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When is a home run not a home run? How many pitching changes can you fit on the head of a pin? For answers to these and other baseball rules questions, just 'Ask The Ump!'

The Mets may not do many things well, but you'd be hard-pressed to find an organization that does a better job of getting caught up in asinine controversies. The latest involves Jordany Valdespin getting hit by a pitch and manager Terry Collins snipi...

Blue Jays broadcaster Jack Morris, who last week in Toronto said that Clay Buchholz was throwing a spitball after watching video of Buchholz's performance, said Friday that he sought out the Red Sox pitcher to apologize for the controversy.

ESPN MLB Insider Keith Law thinks that league officials will keep a close eye on Clay Buchholz in the wake of the spitball controversy, amid a report that he used a combination of rosin and sunscreen in an attempt to get a better grip on the ball dur...

Scott Spratt of Baseball Info Solutions uses age to predict the success of Kelvin Herrera and Jim Henderson.

Story | Conversation | April 13, 2013

Rays-Rangers Preview

The Chicago Cubs season is one week old and already there's been a month's worth of controversy. There's the closer controversy (it's been resolved for now with Kyuji Fujikawa replacing Carlos Marmol), there's the Wrigley controversy (it's been on-go...

The main lesson revealed Wednesday is that you don't mess with the iconic Wrigley Field scoreboard. A controversy that mushroomed Tuesday when it was suggested the hand-operated scoreboard could be razed in favor of a new money-making video board,...

TAMPA, Fla. -- We're headed to Clearwater this morning, and for a rare time in any spring, Derek Jeter has to break out the gray pants since he is playing shortstop and hitting second today. [UPDATE, 11:47 a.m.: Jeter has been scratched from today's ...

The Atlanta Braves announced they will not be wearing the "screaming Indian" logo cap during spring training. Frankly, I was surprised the cap was approved in the first place, knowing it would inevitably lead to controversy. Of course, the controv...

As the controversy over Native American imagery in sports churns on, there have been two new developments regarding Major League Baseball -- one showing where the sports world may be heading on this issue, and another showing that it hasn't gotten th...

Yankees captain Derek Jeter plans to wait until teammate Alex Rodriguez addresses his latest off-the-field controversy before commenting on the matter.

There is nothing worse for a general manager than to be blindsided by allegations of impropriety by one of your players. True or false, the news causes an immediate maelstrom of controversy, uncertainty and turmoil. And that's exactly what happen...

Blog | January 31, 2013

The Indians signed All-Star closer Chris Perez to a one-year contract, avoiding salary arbitration with the colorful right-hander and several others.

The 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame is sure to inspire debate and controversy, regardless of who goes in -- if anybody goes in at all. Here are eight former players whose vote totals everyone will be watching for on Wednesday, in alphabetical order. ...

The Red Sox on Wednesday snuffed out any potential closer controversy before it could begin, saying that the newly acquired Joel Hanrahan will get the job and that incumbent Andrew Bailey will move to a setup role. Red Sox assistant general manage...