A hypothetical workplace quandary in these unsettled times: You're nearing the end of your career constructing widgets, and you've been in your prime earning years for the past decade or so. ... Read More

It was fitting that Brad Lidge finished a perfect season - 48 for 48 in save opportunities - by saving the most imperfect of World Series games. Two days after starting ... Read More

MLB commissioner Bud Selig vowed that the World Series will stay in Philadelphia for as long as it takes to play those final three-and-a-half innings, even if it takes until ... Read More

In a series when the right call hasn't always been made, Major League Baseball finally made the correct one on Monday night in the sixth inning of Game 5 of ... Read More

Hitter "A": 2 for 31, 15 strikeouts. Hitters "B" and "C": 0 for 29, 15 strikeouts. Similar numbers, but vastly different hitters. And "A" came through in a most surprising way on ... Read More

Looking back at Game 3 in Philadelphia, you have to wonder if Major League Baseball would do things a little differently if they could turn back time. On a Saturday night, ... Read More

Jamie Moyer waited 23 years to pitch in the World Series. He wasn't going to let a 91-minute rain delay, or a nasty stomach virus, get in his way. Moyer, the ... Read More

Cole Hamels came up big for the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1, silencing the Tampa Bay Rays' bats for seven innings in his first World Series start. Hamels improved to 4-0 ... Read More

It's almost fitting that Cole Hamels and Scott Kazmir will face off in Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday. After all, they've been linked for years. Young, left-handed, can't-miss ... Read More

Though his accent sometimes betrays him, Charlie Manuel isn't stupid. A Philadelphia newspaper called him "Charlie of Mayberry" in 2005. But with four more victories this year, he'll go down as ... Read More

Joe Maddon hit the right buttons again, and Tampa Bay is going to the World Series for the first time. Rays starter Matt Garza - named the MVP of the series ... Read More

With the Philadelphia Phillies winning their first pennant in 15 years, there’s a move toward new blood in the World Series. The Phillies’ history is quietly incredible in its playoff ... Read More

The Boston Red Sox are down 3-1 in the American League Championship Series. Nothing new there - Boston was in this position in both of their title runs, in 2004 ... Read More

The Manny Ramirez deal - as good as it turned out for the Dodgers down the stretch - could be nullified because of one trade that probably was a one-liner ... Read More

Everybody in Boston expected a big star to be born at Fenway Park on Monday afternoon. They were ready to crown Jon Lester. Instead, they got B.J. Upton. The wiry 6-foot-3, 185-pound ... Read More

I get asked weird questions all the time - keep 'em coming, of course - and thanks to Yahoo Sports, I can answer one of them. Just what are those necklaces ... Read More

Seems crazy to even think about, given the history. Josh Beckett was a star of the 2003 and 2007 postseasons, winning World Series rings with the Marlins and Red Sox. ... Read More

The Phillies and Red Sox have taken early leads in their playoff series, and two big keys to their success have pitched the ninth inning of all three games. All due ... Read More

Facing the hottest hitter in the playoffs, the Philadelphia Phillies needed a little bit of luck Thursday. In Manny Ramirez's first at-bat of the National League Championship Series, the Los Angeles ... Read More

It always amazes me when big-league players are called on to bunt, and they're clueless about it. Now I never had a 95 mph fastball coming at me, but everybody on ... Read More

That was a heck of a way to break a playoff losing streak. The Los Angeles Angels are still kicking in their series against the Red Sox, winning 5-4 in a ... Read More

The Florida Times-Union published an interesting story about former big-league outfielder Rusty Tillman, now homeless and living in the woods near Jacksonville, his hometown. Tillman, now 48, was an outfielder in ... Read More

It was a story too Hollywood-good to be true. Best record in the NL, exactly 100 years from their last title. So the team closest to Hollywood kicked that screenplay aside. ... Read More

The best team in postseason history -- the only one with a 1.000 winning percentage -- can finish the job today in Chicago, and the Tampa Bay Rays can send ... Read More

The Los Angeles Dodgers haven't commanded postseason respect for two decades. For 20 years, since Kirk Gibson's Game 1 homer and Orel Hershiser's bulldog 1988 World Series, the Dodgers haven't ... Read More

It's a new year and a new team, but the same result for CC Sabathia. He was knocked around in the postseason by the Red Sox in 2007 as the Indians ... Read More

The Chicago White Sox pulled off a bit of history to advance to the postseason with three must wins in the final three days of the season against three different ... Read More

This is probably the most interesting first-round playoff series, simply because of history. The Red Sox, despite losing 8 of 9 games to Los Angeles this season, believe they own the ... Read More

Los Angeles vs. Chicago could take on familiar theme in the playoffs. If the seeds play out, there could be an LA vs. Windy City feel in the World Series ... Read More

Of all the first-round series, this has the most blowout potential. Then again, if Yovani Gallardo shuts down the Phillies on Wednesday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, all bets are ... Read More

The Chicago White Sox won a one-game playoff Tuesday night, a 1-0 thriller over the Minnesota Twins, thanks to a two-hitter from one of the top young pitchers in the ... Read More