Battle of the Decades: 1990s vs. 2000s

Which decade produced better players, the 1990s or 2000s? At least in this simulated series, the old guys get the last laugh.

Selecting the All-Decade team

The 2000s were definitely one heck of a decade. So, selecting the All-Decade team for the '00s wasn't an easy thing to do.

Top 100 players of the decade

Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez were the clear-cut first two choices for the top 100 players of the decade; after that, the list got a little more difficult.

27 titles, 27 World Series facts

In honor of the Yankees' 27th title, Page 2 presents 27 Fall Classic factoids that no one thought of but us.

Giants hold off Rockies, move within one game of NL wild card

Barry Zito carried a shutout into the ninth inning, Pablo Sandoval homered and the San Francisco Giants got within a game of the Colorado Rockies for the NL wild card by beating them 5-3 Saturday night.

Lincecum solid as Giants shrink Rockies' wild-card lead

Tim Lincecum's eight solid innings led the Giants past the Rockies and within two games of the wild card lead.

1- 27 June 2002: Jeff Kent of the San Francisco Giants during the Giants' 11-6 victory over the San Diego Padres...

1- 27 June 2002: Jeff Kent of the San Francisco Giants during the Giants' 11-6 victory over the San Diego Padres...

Painfully true stories of injury cover-ups

Brett Myers recently had to set the record straight about his eye injury, reminding Jerry Crasnick of nine other infamous injury cover-ups.

Ibanez, Hudson among best offseason moves; Bradley on opposite end

...spring and told me the Dodgers had the best defensive infield in the NL. Hudson replaced Jeff Kent, who wasn't as bad as people were saying but, at the end of his career...

...Francisco Giants' Ellis Burks, facing camera, greets teammates ,left to right, Barry Bonds, Rich Aurilia and Jeff Kent, after he drove them in on his grand slam in the third inning against the San...

Linganore, Thomas Johnson looking for titles

A preview of the Monocacy Valley Athletic League for the 2009 season.

MVAL By The Numbers

By The Numbers for the MVAL

AL East … King Albert … and lots more

With the All-Star Game now in the rearview mirror, Starting 9 looks ahead at the top things to keep a close eye on in the second half of the season.

Sandwich Awards: Abreu finally gets homer happy

If it's 4th of July weekend, we should be serving foot-long hot dogs, not Sandwich Awards. But what the heck. The tradition continues. But before thi...