MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― The night was hot and the air was thick, and Fausto Carmona didn’t care. He needed to take his time, between every pitch, and carefully focus on each throw.The Indians were more than happy to let the big right-hander work whatever way he wanted to.Lou Marson hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh inning and Cleveland completed a doubleheader sweep with a 6-3 win over the Mi

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Choo Shin-soo was walking around the Cleveland Indians clubhouse Saturday with a soft cast on his left hand that covered three stitches on his bloodied, broken thumb.The only thing that might hurt worse is the hole in Cleveland’s shattered lineup.The Indians’ prize right fielder will see a hand specialist at the Cleveland Clinic on Monday and expects to have surgery on his inj

DETROIT (AP) ― Trailing by three runs and in danger of falling another game off the pace in the AL Central, Orlando Cabrera and the Cleveland Indians broke through with a big rally.Cabrera had three hits and the Indians came back to beat the Detroit Tigers 6-4 on Wednesday night. After scoring two runs in its previous four games, Cleveland scored four in the fourth inning. Cabrera then added an RB

Kim Kyung-moon, manager of the Doosan Bears in South Korea’s top baseball league, resigned from his post, taking responsibility for the team’s poor season so far.The Korea Baseball Organization club said bench coach Kim Kwang-soo will serve as the interim manager for the remainder of the season.Kim Kyung-moon, the first among eight KBO managers to step down this season, said through a statement th

CLEVELAND (AP) ― Choo Shin-soo says his arrest on a drunken-driving charge has affected his play.“I know what the problem is: I try too hard, I think too much. I need to slow down my mind,” Choo said Sunday as he returned to the Cleveland Indians’ lineup against Texas after getting a game off.Choo said he is no longer worried about the legal problems stemming from his arrest, but is concerned with

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) ― Michael Brantley’s three-run homer and Travis Hafner’s bases-loaded double keyed a 10-run fourth inning Monday night that sent Cleveland to a 19-1 win over Kansas City and put Vin Mazzaro in the record book as pitching the worst game in Royals history.Mazzaro, the third Royals’ pitcher, was charged with 14 runs on 11 hits in 2 1/3 innings. The 25-year-old right-hander

(Fox News)A video clip showing South Korean Major Leaguer Choo Shin-soo being caught by an officer for drunk driving was revealed by Fox 8 News on Thursday. In the video, Choo is pulled over by a police officer and given sobriety tests. He is seen unable to balance during a heel-to-toe walking test, and gets confused when asked to grab his nose with his right hand. (Fox News)Choo is then ordered t

Korean Major Leaguer Choo Shin-soo was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk near his home, police said Monday.The Cleveland Indians outfielder was arrested at 2:25 a.m. on Monday after failing a sobriety test, according to the police statement.A breathalyzer test showed he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.201 percent, above Ohio’s legal limit of 0.08 percent, the statement added.According to polic

Korean Major Leaguer Choo Shin-soo was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk near his home, police said Monday.The Cleveland Indians outfielder was arrested at 2:25 a.m. on Monday after failing a field sobriety test, according to the police statement.A breathalyzer test showed that he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.201 percent, above Ohio’s legal limit of 0.08 percent, the statement added.Clevela

Indians 8-2 win over RoyalsIt’s been a very sluggish start for Choo Shin-soo. After 23 games into the 2011 season, the Cleveland Indian’s best hitter is currently batting just .250. But the Korean slugger, who has gained the nickname “Choo-Choo engine” for his powerful hitting, is starting to get into his stride as the Indians continue to dominate in the American League, sitting pretty at the top

Is this the end of the road for Lee Seung-yeop? The Korean slugger of the Orix Buffaloes is in one of the worst slumps of his career in his seventh spell at the Japanese top-division baseball league. It is still early in the 2011 season, but the opening games saw the veteran hitter struggle to connect on pitches, picking up just two hits in the past seven games.On Tuesday, Lee went 0 for 3 in the

One-run games on the rise in Korean baseball leagueGames decided by the smallest of margins in South Korea’s top baseball league have been on the rise in the early going of the season, a trend that experts say has been exciting for fans but distressing to managers.In the first 52 games in the Korea Baseball Organization through Sunday, 18 games, or 35 percent, have been decided by a single run, ac

CLEVELAND (AP) ― Grady Sizemore never heard the crowd’s roar.Striding to the plate for his first at-bat in 11 months on a surgically repaired left knee, Sizemore’s mind raced. His thoughts drowned out a welcoming ovation from fans who couldn’t wait to see him back in Cleveland’s leadoff spot and roaming center field.As he stepped into the box, the noisy ballpark went silent.“There was a lot going