Jack Morris has failed in his latest bid to reach baseball's Hall of Fame.
The 1991 World Series MVP came up 78 votes short of election in the results announced Wednesday.
There hasn't been a party like this in New England for nearly a century.
Turmoil to triumph. Worst to first.
MVP David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox, baseball's bearded wonders, capped their remarkable turnaround by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 in Game 6 on Wednesday night to win their third World Series championship in 10 seasons.
Joe Mauer has been named most valuable player of the Minnesota Twins for the third time in five years.
Glen Perkins was picked as pitcher of the year, and former South Dakota State standout Caleb Thielbar was named outstanding rookie.
The Minnesota Twins have traded Justin Morneau to the Pittsburgh Pirates, sending the veteran first baseman to a playoff-contending team for the final month of the season.
Adrian Peterson set the NFL's single-game rushing record as a rookie for the Minnesota Vikings. His swift recovery from reconstructive left knee surgery last season included a jaw-dropping 2,097 yards rushing and the league MVP award. No matter how rare the feat he's asked about, Peterson will usually insist it's possible.
There's another test he'd eagerly take: for human growth hormone.
LeBron James had 37 points and 12 rebounds and the Miami Heat repeated as champions with a 95-88 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.
Adrian Peterson was inside working out while the Minnesota Vikings went through minicamp on a warm Wednesday afternoon. But this is precisely when the Vikings believe they can spare the time for Peterson to rest. The last year and a half, after all, has been quite the whirlwind of pain, grueling work and eye-popping gain.
Adrian Peterson's rehabilitation has been a lot easier this year. The NFL MVP is fully participating in practice this week with the Minnesota Vikings and says he's "pretty much 100 percent" healed from the surgery he had in February to repair a sports hernia.