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CHICAGO -- My grandfather swears to this day that he only met my grandmother because he passed up tickets to a Giants game to go on a blind date. In a way, I guess it's ironic that the only reason I exist is because a man missed a baseball game. F...

Josh Hamilton flipped the bat back and jogged around the bases with his eyes fixed to the ground. There was no fist-pump, no pointing at the dugout, not even a wave to the fans. That's not how you react when you expect to win games, and Hamilton and ...

You'll have to forgive the Philadelphia Phillies if they don't celebrate too much Saturday after a 9-2 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals. Yes, the Phillies clinched the National League East for the fifth straight year. Yes, they picked up their...

As in life, the tragedy of baseball is that it can all fall apart. Sometimes that happens with a single pitch, sometimes in the span of 25 games or with the loss of an invaluable player. It's a cruel sport, one in which you can find yourself hoisting...

The Tampa Bay Rays' ballgame against the New York Yankees on Friday night should have mattered. The fact that they were able to launch five long balls against one of the best left-handers in the game, CC Sabathia, should have mattered. The gem of a g...

On July 31, 2007, only four and a half games stood between the Atlanta Braves and first place. After sitting out baseball's October tournament for the first time in 14 years, the Braves were desperate to make up the deficit and clinch another ticket ...