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Vazquez looks to end '09 with flourish

Adam Madison, Special to ESPN.com

Adam Madison previews Wednesday's MLB action and looks for Javier Vazquez to finish his breakout 2009 season with a flourish.

Story | Conversation | September 29, 2009

Cubs beat playoff-hopeful Giants en route to 6th win in last 7 games

Associated Press

Aramis Ramirez homered, Jake Fox hit a two-run single and the Cubs beat the Giants 6-2 on Saturday for their sixth win in seven games.

Recap | Box Score | Conversation | September 26, 2009

Zambrano's two-hitter vs. Giants denies Cards' chance to clinch Central

Associated Press

Carlos Zambrano threw a two-hitter, his first complete game since his no-hitter last season, and drove in two runs as the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0 Friday night.

Recap | Box Score | Conversation | September 25, 2009

Cubs-Giants Preview

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Cubs-Giants Preview

Preview | September 25, 2009

Cubs-Giants Preview

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Cubs-Giants Preview

Preview | September 24, 2009

Many aces dealing this weekend

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass previews this weekend's MLB action from a fantasy perspective, including a bunch of aces taking the hill.

Story | Conversation | September 18, 2009

A somber celebration in Detroit

Buster Olney

Ernie Harwell will chat with his extended family tonight, from a baseball field in Detroit, and Al Kaline has a pretty good idea of what he will say. ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 16, 2009

Giants face two crucial series this week

Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.com

Tristan H. Cockcroft previews Week 24 of the baseball season, which includes the Giants facing both the Dodgers and Rockies.

Story | Conversation | September 11, 2009

Why Greinke should win the Cy Young

Buster Olney

By the standards of a David Wells or Livan Hernandez or John Smoltz or Orlando Hernandez or Curt Schilling or Randy Johnson, Zack Greinke has yet to p...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 31, 2009

How Wagner shifted the market

Buster Olney

...for an alternative to Bobby Jenks), the Cubs (if they decide to look for an alternative to Carlos Marmol), Milwaukee, Baltimore, Atlanta. And teams that probably should save their draft picks and not bother with...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Money for nothin'

Buster Olney

...it's a deal that unquestionably makes them better equipped to deal with the rest of 2009. Carlos Quentin is not fully healed and Scott Podsednik and Jermaine Dye have been slumping, so now the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2009

Why White Sox might want Rios

Buster Olney

...may be that he would start Podsednik in center on some days, flanked by Jermaine Dye and Carlos Quentin, and on other days he could start Rios in center, flanked by Quentin and Dye. Or...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 08, 2009

BP Daily: Is 120 the new 100?

Christina Kahrl, Baseball Prospectus

Mark Prior. Kerry Wood. Good examples of pitch counts destroying a pitcher's career, right? But in other examples -- Livan Hernandez, Tim Lincecum, Curt Schilling -- BP explains that not all pitch counts are the same.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | July 28, 2009

Sanchez makes most of opportunity, throws no-hitter in front of father

ESPN.com news services

Jonathan Sanchez, an unlikely candidate, pitched the majors' first no-hitter this season Friday night, dominating the San Diego Padres with an array of pitches in the San Francisco Giants' 8-0 victory.

Recap | Box Score | Conversation | July 10, 2009

Practically un-bee-lievable

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

A swarm of bees at Petco Park. A flock of sea gulls at Progressive Field. A Nat with almost as many homers as his team has wins. Yeah, it's been one bizarre first half, for sure.

Story | Conversation | July 10, 2009