Jeff Manship

|TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball--World Series, Detroit Tigers at San Francisco Giants, 6:30 p.m. (FOX) College Football--Clemson at Wake Forest, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN); Delaware State at Morgan State, 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU) NFL Football--Tampa Bay Buccaneers at...

|TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball—Playoffs, St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves, 4 p.m. (TBS); Baltimore Orioles at Texas Rangers, 7:30 p.m. (TBS) College Football—Pittsburgh at Syracuse, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Utah State at Brigham Young, 9:15 p....

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Soccer-Premier League, Sunderland vs. Arsenal, 8:50 a.m. (ESPN) Baseball-Junior League, Championship Game, 10 a.m. (ESPN2) Little League Baseball-World Series, Elimination Games, 11 a.m., 5 and 7 p.m. (ESPN), 2 p.m. (ABC)...

MINNEAPOLIS - Tigers starter Max Scherzer was visibly frustrated on the mound when he walked the first two Twins he faced in the second inning. Scherzer's bout with wildness was brief. He recovered quickly at Minnesota's expense. Miguel Cabrera became...

TODAY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' SOCCER Aberdeen Central at St. Thomas More, 8 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SOCCER Aberdeen Central at St. Thomas More, 6 p.m. HIGH SCOOL BOYS' GOLF Aberdeen Central at West River Tournament in Spearfish, 8 a.m. Northeast...

TODAY LEGION BASEBALL State B Tournament in Milbank YOUTH BASEBALL B League Tournament 9 a.m. - Championship, Bears vs. Wolves, (D). D Minor League Tournament 12:30 p.m. - Third place, Phillies vs. Astros (B); Championship, Yankees vs. Twins...

TV SPORTS Major League Baseball--New York Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves, Noon (ESPN) Tennis--ATP World Tour-WTA, Sony Ericsson Open, Noon and 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Soccer--UEFA Champions League, Bayern Munich at Marseilles, 1:30 p.m. (FXSP) NBA Basketball--...

FORT MYERS, Fla. - In desperate need of a bullpen upgrade, the Twins took a chance on righthander Joel Zumaya, a pitcher blessed with incredible power but cursed with fragility. They began to look forward to games in which Zumaya would enter in the...

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Minnesota Twins relievers have heard the talk and fielded the questions about turnover in the bullpen since the end of last season. It has simplified their goal for 2011: To prove that change can be good. Or, in the Twins' case,...

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson had finished watching a bullpen session from Carl Pavano. They talked for a couple of minutes before Anderson gave his Opening Day starter the traditional slap on the back and began taking the enclosed...

It's only Jan. 5, but I've got baseball on the brain. Several of the many emails I got this morning dealt with baseball. Then an East Coast caller brought up ESPN baseball guru Buster Olney in a phone conversation with me. So I have several things to...