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The Cardinals didn't even have Lance Berkman back for a full week's worth of games -- he started in just five of seven games -- before a troubling knee injury forced him back to the DL. Wasn't Berkman supposed to stay healthier after moving back to f...

Justin Verlander very nearly pulled off a no-hitter against the Pirates, which would have been his third career no-hitter. Two outs shy of the feat, the Pirates' Josh Harrison waved his bat in time to flick a soft liner up the middle, thwarting the t...

First: Derek Lowe spun his first shutout in nearly seven years? OK, that's interesting, but hey, it was the Twins; they're terrible. And he induced four DP grounders? That's pretty cool, but part of what goes with the territory facing a balls in play...

Not every move involves rosters: Some just involve putting your better assets to work. Case in point: Today's lineup card for the Cleveland Indians, which featured Shin-Soo Choo batting leadoff, something Manny Acta started trying just yesterday. ...

The Washington Nationals aren't the only team struggling to put its best nine out there on any given day. The Tampa Bay Rays have suffered another injury, losing Desmond Jennings for at least the next two weeks after placing him retroactively on the ...

First: Marco Scutaro drove in a run for the Rockies. That may not seem like a big deal, but it was his first baserunner plated since April 11 and just his second of the season. Before driving in Dexter Fowler, Scooter was the only big-league regular ...

Washington placing Wilson Ramos on the disabled list has to be seen as the move of the day. First, because he's gone for the season, which makes him the latest big-time loss to risk spoiling the Nationals' coming-out party this season. The lineup'...

What do we know? Let's face it, six weeks ago, if you'd said that Brian Matusz would outpitch the Rays' Matt Moore for an Orioles win, you might chalk it up to one of those things, lightning in a bottle, a random outcome, the baseball gods acting in ...

First: Christian Friedrich made the first start of his career for the Rockies in what might be considered close to the definitive soft landing: Facing a Padres team with the worst record in the National League, in Petco, against the 15th-ranked offen...

We're almost a fifth of the way into the season, and many of the expected storylines in both leagues have gotten the usual attention. The East divisions get the attention because both provide full five-team tangles of contenders and pretenders, with ...

The Society for American Baseball Research recently cranked out a history of the 1970 Baltimore Orioles, appropriately titled, Pitching, Defense, and Three-Run Homers, reflecting the three things that their skipper, Earl Weaver, always preached as th...

First base: That's where Allen Craig was playing for the Cardinals on Tuesday night, not just giving the Birds back the ninth bat they've missed, but more importantly giving them an immediate substitute for the still-injured Lance Berkman. Much like ...

While the Nationals lost in Bryce Harper's home debut, they clung to first place thanks to the Phillies-Braves battle. If you left the Phillies for dead because the right side of their infield is on the DL and Cliff Lee, also injured, hasn't even beg...

First base: Well, it was about time a slugger got off the schneid, especially at home, and especially after all the fuss made over his slow start. Naturally, we're talking about Giancarlo Stanton. Who else could we be talking about? But after having ...

The Rangers are giving notice to the rest of the American League that they're not just a two-time pennant winner, they're a club settling into ruling the roost -- the ascendant franchise in the circuit. From among the old standbys, it doesn't hurt th...

First base: If you're in Chicago, it's hard to think of first base and not think of Paul Konerko, so let's give the White Sox slugger his due for his 400th career home run. That game-tying shot off Oakland's Grant Balfour may not have delivered a win...