Two milestones in one day
Friday June 29, 2007
It's rare enough to get a player hitting his 500th home run, as the Toronto Blue Jays' Frank Thomas achieved on Thursday afternoon. Then on Thursday night, the Houston Astros' ... Read More
Time to break up the White Sox?
Thursday June 28, 2007
Mark Buehrle pitched out of trouble , won on Wednesday night against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and picked up his 102nd career victory for the Chicago White Sox.
Was it ... Read More
An underrated achievement
Thursday June 28, 2007
Imagine what would happen if a No. 10 seed won the NCAA basketball tournament? TV's talking heads would be beside themselves, calling it one of the greatest upsets of all ... Read More
Interleague play is over; it's about time
Monday June 25, 2007
When interleague play started in 1997, it sounded promising. And those first few series were interesting, to see different teams in your home ballparks and matchups that were unique.
Now it ... Read More
Minors' Miracle holds inspired promotion
Sunday June 24, 2007
Some of the best minds in baseball are lurking in the bush leagues, scheming plans to sell tickets to baseball games in towns across the country. It's obviously a tougher ... Read More
Sammy's comeback was worth it
Thursday June 21, 2007
The comeback that raised a few eyebrows appears to have been worth it.
It was a full-circle moment when Sammy Sosa hit his 600th home run on Wednesday for the Texas ... Read More
Shake-up in Baltimore
Monday June 18, 2007
If you had Sam Perlozzo in your first-manager-to-be-fired pool, you cashed in.
The Baltimore Orioles, mired in an eight-game losing streak, were swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks at home over the ... Read More
Licensing baseball sites? It's just an MLB fantasy
Saturday June 16, 2007
You might have seen the headlines again this week: Major League Baseball is arguing that online fantasy baseball sites must pay license fees to MLB to compensate players for the ... Read More
A no-hitter revival?
Wednesday June 13, 2007
There were 37 no-hitters from 1990 through 1999. There have been just 10 since then, including a gem by Justin Verlander (right) on Tuesday night in Detroit, a 4-0 victory ... Read More
The art of scorekeeping
Wednesday June 13, 2007
The next time you attend a game, you'll see somebody with the tell-tale signs: A clipboard and an arsenal of sharpened pencils. It doesn't matter if there's a scoreboard on-site ... Read More
Oregon State will get title defense
Tuesday June 12, 2007
Oregon State will get a shot to defend its national championship from 2006 -- when it fought off six elimination games -- and all three remaining national seeds won in ... Read More
Will Price be right? History says no
Saturday June 9, 2007
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays decided that Vanderbilt pitcher David Price was too good to pass up with the No. 1 overall pick on Thursday. The lefty looks like a ... Read More
Cheer up, Curt
Thursday June 7, 2007
Bud Smith has one. So do Chris Bosio, Joe Cowley, Juan Nieves, Mike Warren and Jim Colborn.
None of them can hold a candle to what Red Sox ace Curt Schilling ... Read More
Hitting the air for the first time
Wednesday June 6, 2007
The NFL draft is a two-day April event that couch potatoes look forward to all year. The NBA draft is also televised nationally and is a night that hoops fans ... Read More
Favorites flop in NCAA
Tuesday June 5, 2007
It was an upset-filled regional round in Division I college baseball, as just three of the top eight national seeds survived the first weekend. One of the victims was No. ... Read More
Weekend at the fights
Monday June 4, 2007
Fuses were short around baseball over the weekend. It was quite a fight card. On the undercard, we had Ozzie Guillen of the White Sox and Grady Little of the ... Read More
Should Barry be an all-star?
Friday June 1, 2007
We're 40 days from the All-Star Game in San Francisco, and the answer to this question will be an interesting one to follow for the next month. Will Barry Bonds ... Read More

