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Relief Efforts: Chris Perez's future cloudy

Eric Karabell looks at the fortunes of Chris Perez, who was dealt to Cleveland over the weekend.

Eckstein, Padres come from behind vs. Astros

David Eckstein drove in the go-ahead run to cap a three-run rally in the seventh inning, and San Diego beat the Astros 4-3 on Tuesday night, when the Padres lost Gonzalez to a knee injury.

Angels beat reeling Rangers for 6th straight win

Juan Rivera and Kendry Morales hit back-to-back home runs that put Los Angeles ahead and the AL West-leading Angels won their sixth straight game, 5-2 over the struggling Texas Rangers on Monday night.

Gaudin, Padres silence Rangers' offense for win

Chad Gaudin allowed one hit over eight scoreless innings and Scott Hairston snapped an 0-for-17 slide with a homer for San Diego as the Padres won their first series in a month with a 2-0 victory over the stumbling Texas Rangers.

Napoli's tiebreaking HR lifts Angels to victory

Mike Napoli hit tiebreaking home run in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Los Angeles Angels to a 2-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday.

...Sunday, June 28, 2009. Bell worked the ninth for his National League-best 21st save, matching Brian Fuentes of the Los Angeles Angels for the major league lead. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez

Stark: Rumblings and Grumblings -- Unsolved Baseball Mysteries

Why are the Cubs struggling to score runs? Why do the Phillies have such a bad home record? What happened to the vaunted Angels bullpen? A snippet of baseball's mysteries.

For A-Rod and Yanks, a slump brings whispers

The question ricochets among talent evaluators these days as they watch Alex Rodriguez take 4.7 seconds to run to first base, as ground balls scoot by...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 25, 2009

For Fehr it was union first, always at a cost

Former baseball players' association head Donald Fehr had a knack for never saying what baseball fans wanted to hear. He was the embodiment of fine pr...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 23, 2009

Abreu, Angels rally to cool off red-hot Rockies

Bobby Abreu drove in the winning run in the eighth as the hot Angels cooled off the Rockies on Tuesday.

Correia shuts down A's as Padres cruise to win

Kevin Correia took a shutout into the seventh inning and the Padres beat the Athletics on Sunday.

Rivera breaks tie in 8th as Angels edge Dodgers

Juan Rivera hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night 5-4.

Relief Efforts: Middle relievers also valuable

Eric Karabell takes a closer look at middle relievers who still have lots of fantasy value even if they don't get saves.

Angels nip Lincecum, Giants for 6th straight win

Pinch-hitters Torii Hunter and Vladimir Guerrero opened Los Angeles' three-run rally with consecutive singles in the eighth inning, and the Angels beat the Giants 4-3 for their season-high sixth straight victory.