Mecir, a sidearming right-hander, has been one of the most effective middle relievers in the American League this season. He was 7-2 with one save and a 3.08 ERA in 38 games for the Devil Rays.

Jim Mecir made one pitch he wanted to have back. But the Oakland reliever would have had to climb the fence in right-center to retrieve it. Mecir, a Queens native, gave the Yankees a brief glimmer … ...

2001-02-21 04:00:00 PDT Phoenix-- In their continuing effort to be creative with their small payroll, the A's pulled off another smart-shopper maneuver yesterday by signing reliever Jim Mecir to a ...

One night after stringing together 4 1/3 perfect innings, Yankees relievers were back to their erratic norm. Asking Jim Mecir, the journeyman from Triple A Columbus, for two quality outings in a ...

OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The Oakland Athletics bolstered their bullpen on Wednesday by activating righthander Jim Mecir from the 15-day disabled list. He did not appear in the Athletics ...

OAKLAND, July 26 -- The Oakland Athletics, with some questions in their bullpen, Friday bolstered their relief corps with the acquisition of setup man Jim Mecir from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Eckerd pitcher Jim Mecir fires the ball during a 2-1 upset Saturday of No. 2 Tampa. Eckerd improved to 14-17; Tampa is 24-13.

A's reliever Jim Mecir says, "it always seems like I'm on a team with another screwball." He means screwball pitcher. Dave Pavlas was the guy when Mecir was on the Yankees from 1996-97 and lefty ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Oakland Athletics exercised contract options on pitchers Mike Magnante and Jim Mecir but declined to do so for outfielder Ron Gant. The 36-year-old Gant, acquired in a July ...

A day after Jim Mecir's right knee was drained, it swelled back up again and required draining again, so the reliever was unavailable, as he often has been since returning from the disabled list ...

BOSTON Jim Mecir knows he’s pitcher No. 111/2 on the Yankee staff. Manager Joe Torre knows it, too, and he feels bad about it. Mecir was called up for the third time this season after Tuesday… ...

A nerve is flaring again in Jim Mecir's right arm, and the pain can be felt throughout the pitching staff. Mecir had a recurrence last weekend of the biceps tendinitis that sidelined him during ...