Hunter Pence emerges from a cloud of dust for a ninth-inning run at Wrigley Field

Early Top 200 rankings for 2010

Tristan H. Cockcroft takes a first shot at a top-200 fantasy rankings for the 2010 season.

Fontenot earns last spot in arbitration

Cubs infielder Mike Fontenot earned the last arbitration spot for players with between two and three years of major league service, beating out Orioles center fielder Adam Jones and Reds pitcher Micah Owings on a tiebreaker.

Yost meets with Astros on vacancy

Former Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost met with the Astros on Thursday, the third candidate to interview to become Houston's skipper next season.

Running through some end-of-the-year observations

Mark Cunningham/Getty Images Toss out everything from this Mets season -- except the uniforms they wore Sunday. Keep those. By Steve Berthiaume, E...

Misch's outing cut short by rain before Mets prevail

Pat Misch pitched five solid innings before his outing was cut short by a long rain delay and the New York Mets beat the Houston Astros 5-1 on Saturday.

Francoeur powers Mets past Astros

Jeff Francoeur and Daniel Murphy each homered to help the New York Mets beat the Houston Astros 7-1 Friday night in the opener of their final series of the season.

Top 100 hitter keepers for 2010

Brendan Roberts prepares for the 2010 baseball season with his top 100 keeper options among hitters.

Phillies beat Astros to win third consecutive NL East title

Kyle Kendrick pitched three scoreless innings in relief of Pedro Martinez and the Phillies beat the Astros 10-3 to clinch their third straight NL East crown.

Feliz hits grand slam as Phillies knock off Astros

Pedro Feliz's grand slam helped the Phillies beat the Astros and reduce their magic number to clinch the East.

Astros-Phillies Preview

Astros-Phillies Preview

Plenty of division battles on tap

Adam Madison previews Monday's MLB action, including a bunch of division battles to start the final week of the regular season.

Bruce, Nix have HR, three RBIs each in Reds' sixth straight victory

Jay Bruce and Laynce Nix homered and drove in three runs apiece, helping the Cincinnati Reds beat the Houston Astros 10-4 on Saturday night for their sixth consecutive win.

Norris solid as Cards denied chance to clinch

Astros rookie Bud Norris prevented the Cardinals from clinching a playoff berth on Wednesday.

Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Houston Astros

Insider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the Houston Astros, who are desperately in need of an intervention.

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