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2011 Comeback Player Of The Year Awards: Lance Berkman and Jacoby Ellsbury

Lance Berkman of the St. Louis Cardinals and Jacoby Ellsbury of the Boston Red Sox were announced on Thursday for the 2011 Comeback Player of the Year Awards. The award for Berkman, 35, was well deserved hitting .301 ... continue

Has Jorge Posada Played His Last Game As a Yankee?

As the New York Yankees' season came to an end last night after a game five loss to the Detroit Tigers, Jorge Posada contemplated his future with the team. Posada is at the end of a four-year ... continue

Chicago White Sox Name Robin Ventura As New Manager

The Chicago White Sox on Thursday announced that Robin Ventura has been named the teams new manager after Ozzie Guillen left the organization last week. The 44-year-old former player agreed to the multiyear deal with the club after ... continue

Boston Red Sox Release Terry Francona After Epic September Collapse

After eight seasons and an epic September collapse the Boston Red Sox have released manager Terry Francona. According to major league baseball the two men were meeting at 10 a.m. with an expected mutual agreement to be made ... continue

MLB Playoff Schedule Announced

The MLB has revealed the broadcast schedule and announcers for this weekend's playoffs. All games will air on TBS with the exception of Saturday's Tampa Bay Rays / Texas Rangers clash, which is is on TNT. All ... continue

Eugenio Velez Breaks MLB Record, Goes Hitless for 46 Straight Games

Eugenio Velez didn't get a hit in the 2011 season. Velez went 0 for 37 for the L.A. Dodgers this year, breaking an MLB record that has stood since 1936. And if you include the last few ... continue

Ozzie Guillen Quits Chicago White Sox, Team Accepts Resignation

Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has been let out of his contract after resigning from the team. Guillen's contract was set to expire at the end of the 2012 season although last month he said he ... continue

Alfonso Soriano Feels ‘Mistreated’ By Chicago Cubs Manager Mike Quade

Alfonso Soriano came to the Chicago Cubs after a career season netted him a $136 million eight-year contract which has been met with nothing but disappointment for Chicago Cubs fans, yet Soriano recently decided to whine about ... continue

It’s “Full Count” for Yahoo!

Major League Baseball (MLB) and Yahoo! announced the debut of MLB.com Full Count, a new online video offering that would allow fans to follow live MLB action throughout the remainder of the regular season. Starting next year, MLB.com ... continue

Torii Hunter: I’ll Retire an Angel No Matter What

Back in June Los Angeles Angels right fielder Torii Hunter was batting .225 while dealing with a painful injury to his right quadricep and while he was contemplating a retirement at the end of the fall 2012 ... continue

Jim Thome Trade to Indians Complete

MLB home run beast, and all around good guy, Jim Thome made his much anticipated debut last night with a franchise and city that is all too familiar to him: the Cleveland Indians. The Indians’ all-time leader ... continue

Jim Hendry out as Chicago Cubs GM

So much for that dreaded vote of confidence. This is yet more proof that not much has changed with the Chicago Cubs. They may have a new owner, but things remain business as usual. Days after giving ... continue

Jim Thome becomes 8th baseball player to hit 600 home runs

Jim Thome became the 8th MLB player to hit 600 career home runs last night. He did so against my Detroit Tigers, and he did so by actually hitting number 599 earlier in the game. Thome has ... continue

Chicago Cubs to retain GM Jim Hendry

Jim Hendry has had a very up and down run as the General Manger of the Chicago Cubs. The sports writer conventional wisdom is that he is one of the main reasons of that team's recent struggles ... continue

Have the Toronto Blue Jays been stealing signals?

I generally do not comment on this kind of stories, but the Toronto Blue Jays stealing signals scandal is starting to grow some legs. That four letter network has an in depth look at what has been ... continue

The Detroit Tigers extend Dave Dombrowski, and Jim Leyland

The Detroit Tigers announced yesterday that they had signed General Manger Dave Dombrowski, and Manager Jim Leyland to contract extensions. Dombrowski and his senior staff were all given contracts through the 2015 season, while Leyland was given ... continue