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A's agree to trade LHP Gonzalez to Nationals By JANIE McCAUL...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- All-Star pitcher Gio Gonzalez said Thursday the Oakland Athletics have agreed to trade him to the Washington Nationals, and the deal is nearly finished."It's 99 percent done," Gonzalez said in a phone inte [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

NZ invited to World Baseball Classic

New Zealand will try to qualify for baseball's equivalent of the rugby and soccer World Cups for the first time next year. Baseball New Zealand has been invited to participate for the first time in the World Baseball Classic, a four-y [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

NZ PM's son offers rugby tips to baseball star

For most New Zealand teenagers the summer holidays involve going to the beach, movies and hanging out at malls, not giving a US$30 million ($A30.2m) baseball player tips on how to throw a rugby ball. Summer holidays tend to be a bit diff [...]

Posted On : Jan, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Australia crush NZ 11-0 at baseball champs

The Oceania Under-16 Baseball Championships got swinging in Auckland today, with New Zealand hosting Australia and Guam. A place at the World Champs in Mexico was up for grabs and the Kiwis made a great start, trouncing Guam 14-3 in the [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Gonzalez, Padres rout Diamondbacks 12-1

All-Star slugger Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run homer to key a five-run outburst and Jon Garland threw six strong innings, leading the San Diego Padres to a 12-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Gonzalez put the NL [...]

Posted On : Jul, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Gonzalez homers in fourth straight as Rockies win

Carlos Gonzalez homered for the fourth straight game and Clint Barmes connected in his third in a row, helping the Colorado Rockies beat the Washington Nationals 5-4 on Wednesday night. Gonzalez has homered in six of the last eight games [...]