The white elephant deal

Jim Hendry's Milton Bradley nightmare is finally over.

Dusty Baker and Willy Taveras fist bump prior to a game

Bad choice?

The Cubs chose Lou Piniella over Joe Girardi, whose Yanks may win it all.

Wood: Black Cubs players got hate mail

Former Cubs ace tells Waddle & Silvy it's tough to understand what black players go through

A game filled with crossroads

The moment Nick Swisher lifted the ball over the infield, Angels reliever Brian Fuentes shot his arm into the air, that arm driven by the exultation o...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009

Reds hire Price as pitching coach

Former Arizona Diamondbacks pitching coach Bryan Price has been hired for the same position with the Cincinnati Reds.

Hairston makes most of his opportunity

In the first postseason game of his career, Jerry Hairston Jr. came off the bench to spark the Yankees to a 13th-inning victory in Game 2 of the ALCS.

How the Yankees can slow the Angels

The Yankees' internal conversation about how to slow down the Angels' running game in this postseason started a little while back -- before spring tra...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009

Manuel's faith in Lidge pays off

The fates of managers and pitching coaches are tied to their pitchers, and when a pitcher starts to go bad, some staffers instinctively separate thems...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009

La Russa may be leaving St. Louis

Nobody will know how the St. Louis Cardinals' season might have ended if the third out hadn't escaped them in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 2...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 11, 2009

Must-see Cubs TV

Hiring the next Cubs manager would definitely make for must-see TV for fans.

MLB Playoffs preview

...team doesn't know what he's doing. And yes, clearly I'm still bitter about Dusty Baker's handling of the Cubs' bullpen in the 2003 playoffs. All right, so if those are...

Open Mike with Mike Tirico

...from the regular season? Mike Tirico discusses the differences with former GM Steve Phillips, Reds manager Dusty Baker and 1988 World Series MVP Orel Hershiser

Bailey goes 6 innings as Reds blank Pirates; Phillips delivers with bat

Brandon Phillips drove in three runs, and Homer Bailey shut out Pittsburgh for six innings on Sunday, setting up a 6-0 victory as the NL Central's two more forlorn franchises ended the season together.

Arroyo taking conservative approach

Reds right-hander Bronson Arroyo has decided against surgery on his right wrist for the carpal tunnel syndrome that has nagged him for years.