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Quick Hits: When Luke Gregerson walked Matt Wieters on Sunday, it snapped a streak of 118 batters faced without issuing a walk. The Padres' reliever still sports the best BB per 9 IP among relievers this season. Let's take a look at some other intere...

Quick Hits: With about 100 games to go on each team's schedule, several players are on pace for history. Yesterday, we touched on hitters, and today it's the pitchers' turn. Zack Greinke is on pace for just 5 wins and 197 strikeouts. The fewest wi...

Quick Hits: On Sunday, there were 11 games decided by one run. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that tied a major league record, done twice previously (1918 and 2001). That is continuing a larger trend that puts us on pace for 750 one-run games ...

Today's Trivia: Derek Lowe and Kevin Millwood are both scheduled to start on Tuesday, but that's not the only thing they have in common. Both pitchers have thrown a no-hitter on April 27 before; Lowe in 2002 and Millwood the following year. In fact, ...

Today's Trivia: Who is the youngest position player to win the NL Rookie of the Year? Quick Hits: Over their last five games, the Red Sox are 0-for-30 with runners in scoring position, which has certainly contributed to the fact that they haven't he...

Today's Trivia: Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the Indians trading Rocky Colavito to the Tigers for Harvey Kuenn. At the time, Colavito was just 26 and the reigning AL home run champ. Kuenn lasted just one season with the Tribe before he too was...

Today's Trivia: With Target Field opening, name the only three remaining teams whose ballpark also is the home for a professional football team (question courtesy of Jeff Bennett)? Quick Hits: Some fun with early pitching oddities and irregularities...

Today's Trivia: Happy 92nd birthday to Bobby Doerr, the oldest living player inducted into the Hall of Fame. Who was the only American League player with more hits than Doerr in the 1940s? Key Matchups -- Miguel Cabrera has hit safely in eight strai...

Today's Trivia: As Bobby Cox readies himself for his final Opening Day, let's look back on his first. In Cox's first game as manager (April 7, 1978), a pair of future Hall of Famers dueled on the mound, as the Braves started Phil Niekro against the D...