Fittingly, it's all coming down to the final day of the regular season in the National League, as the Mets (88-73), Phillies (88-73), Padres (89-72) and Rockies (88-73) vie for ... Read More

Friday night's results gave some clarity to the pennant races in both leagues, and unfortunately for New York Mets fans, it's not a pretty sight. National League: However, it was a ... Read More

There are eight teams vying for four playoff spots in the National League. That's the easy way to put it. And the Braves are essentially eliminated (they essentially would need ... Read More

The turbulent season of the Yankees will continue into October as the Yankees wrapped up their 13th playoff berth in a row, beating the Devil Rays 12-4 on Wednesday. Making the ... Read More

Online voting is over, and 47 percent of the ballots cast on vote756.com agreed: The ball that Barry Bonds hit for his 756th home run will be branded with an ... Read More

The Cleveland Indians were the first team to clinch a division title - by about three hours. The Indians beat Oakland 6-2 to wrap up their first playoff berth since ... Read More

On Sept. 24, 1957, the New York borough of Brooklyn changed forever. That was the day of the final game at Ebbets Field, and Danny McDevitt threw the final pitch in ... Read More

With the American League playoff teams essentially set, all that remains is to sort out which teams get home field. And all four have a shot. The only certain thing ... Read More

Playing in the Mountain time zone and buried in the standings all too often, the Colorado Rockies are one of the most anonymous teams in baseball. The stereotype of the ... Read More

Neither scenario is exactly ideal, but which floundering team with a 1 1/2-game lead would you rather be right now? The New York Mets or the Boston Red Sox? There's an ... Read More

This isn't a good week to be a New York Mets fan, especially with Yankees fans nearby. While the Bronx Bombers are surging into the playoffs (either as the wild-card ... Read More

Wouldn't it be nice to have $752,467 lying around, and then to have some fun with it by making a political statement? That's what Marc Ecko, a hip-hop fashion mogul, did ... Read More

There are some teeth in the Detroit Tigers after all - and history shows they've got the Cleveland Indians' attention. A huge, three-game series opens at Jacobs Field tonight. The Tigers ... Read More

Regular-season little league games draw roughly as many fans as the Florida Marlins drew on Thursday. The announced crowd was 10,121 for the 5-4 Marlins victory in 12 innings, but reporters ... Read More

If the American League is going to have one race at all, it will likely be decided this week when the Yankees and Red Sox meet this weekend for the ... Read More

Baseball's home run records have moderated somewhat over the last few seasons, most likely because the steroid problem in the sport was finally addressed (at least a little bit). Starting with ... Read More

Rick Ankiel is still being cheered in St. Louis. But across the country, his story is another that shows that performance-enhancing drugs have changed the game completely. Say it ain't so, ... Read More

For just about every major league team, a pitcher who throws a no-hitter would immediately become the centerpiece of their pitching rotation. In Boston, he gets shipped to the bullpen. That's the ... Read More

Tim Donaghy did no favors to basketball officials, and his integrity issues are spilling off into baseball as well. No, this is not a good time to be a sports ... Read More

Pedro Martinez returned to a major-league mound on Monday after almost an entire season out because of a rotator cuff injury. The New York Mets ace wasn't the same pitcher Monday ... Read More

Clay Buchholz might have just given himself a shot in the Boston Red Sox's rotation. (Perhaps next year: See update.) In just his second major-league start, Buchholz threw a no-hitter in ... Read More