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CHICAGO -- As Anna McDonald noted, there are plenty of reasons to question why anyone would move Troy Tulowitzki from shortstop anytime soon. Despite his checkered injury history, only one of Tulo's injuries came while fielding. The Yankees have done...

ST. LOUIS -- Troy Tulowitzki belongs on the baseball field. Whether a product of self-determination or God-given talent or a little of both, he was made to play shortstop. Where other shortstops simply take their position on the field, Tulowitzki bec...

ST. LOUIS -- The baseball season is a process. A systematic series of countless decisions and actions building on each other every day for 162 games directed at one end: the postseason. So, when on May 6 we see Shin-Soo Choo ranking second in the ...

ST. LOUIS -- For an iconic shift in the ideology of our culture all it takes is one voice. One voice to provoke people to rethink. One voice passionate enough to diffuse idle chatter into real change. Mike Matheny has a voice. "I don't know how...

ST. LOUIS -- Waiting in the tunnel of Busch Stadium eight Clydesdales are each wearing approximately 130 pounds of harnesses and collars. Their hair is braided with red, white and blue ribbons. As they stand waiting for their traditional Opening Day ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- On a day when Joe Mauer has a lot of work to catch up on because he played in the World Baseball Classic, he takes some time to sign autographs. As Mauer signs baseball after baseball, a lady tells him about her grandchildren and ...

Tim Wakefield says throwing a knuckleball looks easy. It only travels 65 miles per hour. How difficult can it be, right? "Everybody thinks that they can get up there and pitch," says Wakefield, the knuckleballer who played 19 seasons in the majors...

ST. LOUIS -- On the bookshelves in John Mozeliak's office, several books with a dark background and bright red letters on the spine stand out. The shelves hold many items, some pictures and many baseball books, but it is the red letters the eye gravi...

This offseason, nine teams -- the Cubs, Red Sox, Dodgers, White Sox, Phillies, Royals, Rays, Pirates and Reds -- have added a second hitting coach. Several other teams are thinking about hiring an assistant hitting coach before spring training. Befor...

Anna McDonald never expected to become a football mom, but she and her husband agreed to let their son go out for the sixth-grade team when he asked. And they're glad they did.

There is no magic formula to predict which team will win the World Series. We can look at numbers, we can look at heart, we can look at talent, but with baseball prediction is an impossible task. This year though, if the similarities between Buster P...

If you watch enough baseball games during the season, pictures from the field begin to unconsciously embed in your mind. Maybe it's the pitching mechanics of the staff ace, maybe the batting stance of your favorite player, but baseball fans -- as opp...

ST. LOUIS -- Matt Holliday is not a guy who leaves much room for chance. The St. Louis Cardinals' All-Star left fielder is extraordinarily disciplined. From his eating habits to his preparation for a season, his work ethic is rarified air in baseball...

ST. LOUIS -- What A.J. Burnett remembers thinking, in the middle of the gut-wrenching pain, was don't fall to the ground. He kept telling himself not to collapse in a heap in front of his new team. He wanted to take the throbbing he was feeling under...

St. LOUIS -- After the final out hits his glove, San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey walks back to the dugout with his mask in his hand. It's a familiar but often overlooked sight on the baseball field: A catcher's quick change from team quarte...

It was the quote heard around the baseball world. In his annual question and answer session at the All-Star Game, commissioner Bud Selig spoke about when, if ever, instant replay will be expanded to include such plays as trapped balls in the outfield...