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I think the Cards won 83 or 84 games in '06. But they won when it mattered most - in October. Mets eliminated on the final day of the season for the second straight year. Although this collapse wasn't quite as bead as the seven-game lead they lost last year, still not good. And then they had...

You think the Yankees' ticket prices will be bad? At least they're not doing what the Jets and Giants are doing when their new stadium opens. They're charging for personal seat licenses (PSLs) for season-ticket holders. The PSL is a certain amount of money (in the thousands) that you have to pay...

Phils/Cubs. 7th inning, 2 out, 2-2 game. Runners at 1st and 3rd. Ryan Howard hit a ball to short, I believe. The replay showed he clearly beat the throw but was called out. Phils would have been up 3-2, with a chance to score more. Instead, Soriano hit a home run in the bottom of the inning to...

So Kenny Rogers thinks it's a "slap in the face" to umpires? Well, the umps don't seem to have a problem with replay. Kenny should stop talking for them. 2012

Instant replay to start Thursday for Phillies/Cubs, Twins/A's, Rangers/Angels series. It'll start everywhere else with Friday's games. It will be used in "determining whether fly balls went over the fence, whether potential home runs were fair or foul and whether there was fan interference on...

Yes, I think you are overthinking this and definitely projecting way too far into the future. MLB hasn't even officially announced how replay will be used, and you already have them expanding its use. With as opposed to replay as Selig has been, I see him wanting as limited use of it as...

MLB has made it very clear that replay will be used solely on borderline home run calls. I don't see how umpires will use replay unnecessarily. I think situations when replay is needed will be fairly obvious. 99% of home runs are clearly home runs. Use replay for the 1% that aren't. It seems...

Your comment must have lit a fire under the Nats, Philip. Today, they scored 13 runs in a win against the Cubs, the team with the best record in the NL. :laugh:

Good to see a Boston fan doing his best Yogi Berra impression.

ESPN is reporting the Padres have traded Greg Maddux to the Dodgers. No word on what SD gets in return. Agreed.

Boston acquired Paul Byrd today, which is probably much-needed pitching help, given Boston had a 10-0 first-inning lead today (including 2 3-run HRs for Ortiz), and they're currently down 16-14 in the 7th!

And this is the last Olympics baseball until at least 2016, as it was voted out of the '12 games.

Bad news for the Rays (and my fantasy teams) - both Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria have been placed on the DL.

Looks like Manny isn't the only one who doesn't want to play in Boston. Brian Giles vetoed a trade to the Red Sox today, saying he'd like to finish his career in San Diego (where he's apparently from).

Yeah, I think the Dodgers have essentially won the NL West with the trade. The D'Backs offense can't even come close to LA's now. It'll be interesting to see Manny and Torre in the same uniform after years of playoff battles. I don't like this trade for the Red Sox. They essentially gave up...

Here's a trade that caught me by surprise. The Yankees have traded Kyle Farnsworth to the Tigers for Ivan Rodriguez. So I-Rod will be joining A-Rod in New York. Too bad the Yanks can't trade for K-Rod. Elsewhere in the AL East, Buster Olney is reporting that the Red Sox are in "serious...

How did Francona respect the fans by making those moves? Mariano and A-Rod have better numbers this season this Papelbon and Manny, respectively. He played it that way because he felt it gave him the best chance to win. Plain and simple.

By annual salary, maybe. But it's not close in terms of total money. Zito's contract is for more than $100 million. Jones just signed a 2-year deal, worth about $40 million, I think. L.A. basically took a short-term risk on Andruw's contract, whereas San Fran went all-in with Zito's deal...

At least he didn't strike out. It'll be interesting to see which number is higher at the end of the year - Howard's average or his strikeouts.

It's probably not so much because of their speed as much as it is their lack of experience with bunting. There's a good chance they wouldn't be able to get the bunt down in fair terrority due to their inexperience with it, and I probably wouldn't try it again a second time because the surprise...

What will likely be the biggest trade before the July 31st deadline appears to be a done deal. The Indians and Brewers apparently have a deal in place, sending C.C. Sabathia to Milwaukee for some minor leaguers, led by top Brewers prospect Matt LaPorta. The deal is expected to be finalized...

Here's something that doesn't happen often: the Dodgers beat the Angels last night, 1-0, with a 0 in the hit column (the run scored on 2 errors and a sac fly). But it doesn't count as an official no-hitter for the Angels because they only pitched 8 innings (the home-team Dodgers didn't hit in...

Imagine his reaction if the Yankees miss the playoffs this year because of a blown HR call by the umpires in the final game of the season. ;)

Because of the players' union/collective bargaining agreements. That was a major policy change that the union didn't want. This is replay for HR calls. Not in the same ballpark as drug testing. Replay will not "change the whole face of the game." I think that's a bit exaggerated. The mlb.com...

USA Today is reporting that MLB wants to implement instant replay for boundary calls in time for the postseason, possibly as early as August 1.

They need to find a new setup man to replace Joba. The combination of Hawkins/Farnsworth won't work. Ramirez is probably their best option to try from within. Personally, I think they should designate/release Hawkins but they won't. He's worthless. Of course, maybe seeing him blow the...

Mike Piazza has officially called it a career, retiring after 16 seasons.

I'm not usually a Manny fan, but this is great.

I still want to get tickets to a game at Yankee Stadium this year before it closes.

Is Jim Edmonds' career (and .178 average this year) done after being released by the Padres today? Could David Wells still have a career? He seems to think so.