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Ah, reporting. You have to love it (done in this case by Alan Schwarz) ... The notion that Alex Rodriguez has tipped pitches to opposing players in return for their tipping pitches to him -- one of the more bizarre allegations in the new biography o...

Alan Schwarz on the utility within baseball of computer simulations: Take the age-old question of how much difference a team's lineup order makes. This issue so vexed the former manager Billy Martin that he once literally picked his Detroit Tig...

With a number of matters that remain either undecided or unclear, here are nine innings of questions about the World Baseball Classic.

With roster moves, executive switches, Hall of Fame voting and more, there will be plenty of baseball news in the next five months.

Alan Schwarz offers nine innings of questions that open the second half and will take us to the end of the season.

Alan Schwarz walks through the entire thought process of making up the American League team.

The Blue Jays the best at spotting big leaguers? Alan Schwarz look at Opening Day rosters.

Strength of schedule may play a role in a team's final record, but it's usually not a major factor, Alan Schwarz writes.

The Expos move to D.C., the Carlos Beltran sweepstakes and BALCO will be among this winter's key issues.

No American League catcher has ever won a batting title, but Pudge Rodriguez might be strong enough to pull it off.

Injuries to key players like Garciaparra, Pettitte or Prior doesn't necessarily add up to more losses on the field.

With fewer inner-city children playing baseball, MLB has a plan in place to get more participation in the sport.

While some have flourished going right from high school to the NBA, don't expect to ever see it in baseball.

If baseball is all about stats, which ones matter? Those who interpret them, some for a living, tell us.

Slugging Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Shawn Green plans to sit out what could be a crucial game against the San Francisco Giants on Sept. 26 in observance of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur.