C.C. Sabathia can't pitch every day for the Milwaukee Brewers, who went for broke to reach the postseason. And now, in Game 1 of their National League Division Series against the ... Read More

Those who enjoy watching baseball every day have to be liking this season. There will be another unscheduled game on Tuesday evening in Chicago, and this one should certainly pack ... Read More

The Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins are playing a little overtime for the last playoff spot in the American League. On Monday afternoon, the White Sox will host the Tigers ... Read More

Television networks are always accused of having a New York bias at playoff time because it's good for business to have the Yankees or Mets playing in prime time. That won't ... Read More

The New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins all won in dramatic fashion on Thursday night, setting up a very interesting final weekend of the regular season. Weather permitting. The Mets' ... Read More

Jayson Stark of ESPN pointed something out in his Insider column that shows that steroid testing in MLB might be working. Unless Miguel Cabrera or Alex Rodriguez go on a major ... Read More

The New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers are in their 26th mile of their marathon, and both look ready to fall flat on their faces. The one that stays standing ... Read More

Final game: Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, Yankees 7, Orioles 3. Final putout recorded by: Yankees first baseman Cody Ransom. Final hitter: The Orioles' Brian Roberts. Final pitch: The Yankees' Mariano Rivera. Final home run: ... Read More

Lost in a hoopla of the ascension of the Tampa Bay Rays has been another small-market wonder in Minnesota, where the Twins traded away their ace in Johan Santana, yet ... Read More

With the Yankees all but mathematically eliminated from the playoff race in the American League, a weekend series between New York and the Baltimore Orioles will have a ceremonial feel, ... Read More

The National League Central is resembling a soap opera. There's a little desperate backstabbing, a natural disaster as a setting and a curse involving a goat. Hollywood probably couldn't come up ... Read More

Of all the no-hitters in baseball history, Carlos Zambrano's will go down as one of the strangest. For one, Sunday's no-hitter against the Houston Astros was the first ever at a ... Read More

The Los Angeles Angels' Francisco Rodriguez saved his 58th game on Saturday night, breaking Bobby Thigpen's record set in 1990 with the Chicago White Sox. It seems to be perfect ... Read More

It appears that Milwaukee is the site du jour for games moved because of weather disasters. The Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros will play a night game Sunday and a day ... Read More

Hurricane Ike will bring high winds and a big storm surge to the Houston area on Saturday. It could shape the National League playoff race as well. The series between the ... Read More

The first playoff participant is locked in, and it's no surprise that it's the Los Angeles Angels. The Angels won the American League West for the fourth time in five years ... Read More

A big part of what made the 2007 pennant race interesting was the dramatic surges (Rockies) and collapses (Mets). The collapse could still come from anywhere. The surge? How about ... Read More

It was an interesting weekend for pennant races as three weeks remain in the baesball season. And it seems a lot will be determined by pitching health. The Mets salvaged the ... Read More

In my youth, I worked at a minor-league ballpark in food service. What better way to be around baseball if you're not good enough to play it anymore? Turns out the ... Read More

A few numbers to throw out there from this week in Major League Baseball: 1: Instant replay challenge. The first in baseball history came Wednesday when Alex Rodriguez's ninth-inning home run ... Read More