Saturday night's game in Los Angeles was anything but typical. In fact, it shared something in common with just five games out of the hundreds of thousands in big-league history. There ... Read More

One of the biggest Cinderella stories in baseball history took place on Wednesday night, as Fresno State won its first national championship with a 6-1 victory over Georgia, winning the ... Read More

The potential Hall of Fame class of 2013 could be quite a doozy. It could be a blockbuster class, or there could be so much debate over these players that ... Read More

For a game whose basic rules have been established for almost 150 years, it's tough to come up with a situation where a rule isn't on the books. But everybody ... Read More

I still think interleague baseball is little more than a waste of time, and unfair to boot, but there are times when this gimmick has its moments. In the Second City ... Read More

We're almost three months into the season, and it seems there's a big name going on the disabled list daily. In fact, you could field an All-Star team just from ... Read More

Human resources professionals say it sometimes takes delicate maneuvering to let somebody go with dignity. And on all fronts, it's just about unanimous that the New York Mets are guilty ... Read More

The business of baseball has to take a back seat sometime, but the Triple-A Iowa Cubs did something unprecedented on Saturday. They played a game in front of a paid ... Read More

If the New York Yankees are going to climb back into the playoff race, it will have to be without their best pitcher. Ace Chien-Ming Wang is out indefinitely, and ... Read More

Baseball has always reflected society in so many ways. It's a game that catered to the elite way back in the 19th century, came to the masses in the 20th ... Read More

Baseball rules changes normally move at a leisurely pace, much like the game itself. (There's been a 35-year debate on the designated hitter, after all.) But a rash of incorrect ... Read More

Some guy named Justin Kimball says he wants his ball back. He's got a bigger problem: Most people don't believe he had it in the first place. And if he ... Read More

It looks like one of the strongest fields in years for the College World Series, as five of the top eight national seeds survived regional and super-regional rounds. Translated into ... Read More

The Kid finally came through, launching a ball into orbit in Florida. Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 600th career home run on Monday night in Miami, a tape-measure shot in the ... Read More

The puzzling season in the American League Central continues, and it's with bad news for both of the teams who were expected to be the favorites. Both the Indians and Tigers ... Read More

In spring training, the Tampa Bay Rays seemed to be on a search for respect, playing against the Yankees in a Grapefruit League game like it was September in a ... Read More

The 2008 draft is in the books, with a high-schooler on top and, as always, some familiar last names on the ledger. There are many father-son and brother combos that make ... Read More

John Smoltz wants to go off on his own terms, and having shoulder surgery in June of his final season doesn't constitute that. So that, as much as anything, is why ... Read More

The MLB draft is a day away, and the Tampa Bay Rays, who have the top pick, are playing it close to the vest. Their short list includes a high school ... Read More

New to the site: Fantasy correspondent Kevin Kleps takes a look at 16 players who have been pleasant surprises in the first two months of the season. But the baseball ... Read More

Boston slugger Manny Ramirez hit his 500th home run on Saturday in Baltimore. I remember No. 1 quite well. I was in my first job as a reporter/copy editor in suburban ... Read More