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WHAT IT MEANS: Jonathon Niese showed no effects from the comebacker that struck him in the right leg. The lack of support came from teammates. Scott Atchison allowed a pair of runners inherited from Niese to score in the seventh inning and the Phi...

Jimmy Rollins hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the sixth, Jonathan Pettibone had an impressive major league debut and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 Monday night.

When a fight results in an injury that might sideline Zack Greinke for months, it's time for an Off Base refresher on the proper way to brawl in baseball.

Carl Crawford got a lot of supportive texts and phone calls after he wore mismatched Jackie Robinson commemorative cleats in Monday night's game, but Major League Baseball was not among the well-wishers.

The new movie "42" about Jackie Robinson opens up Friday night. I haven't seen it yet but expect I'll go watch it at some point this weekend. Jerry Crasnick has a piece on director Brian Helgeland's two-year odyssey to make the movie and Jerry, Jim C...

PHILADELPHIA -- Terry Collins pulled out from the desk in the visiting manager's office at Citizens Bank Park a white envelope with the words "IN ESCROW" handwritten on it. "I've got it right here," the manager said. Collins had fined Matt Har...

Getty Images/USA TODAY Sports The Mets face (l to r) Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Kyle Kendrick this week in Philly. METS (4-2, second place/NL East) at PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (2-4, fourth place/NL East) Monday: RHP Matt Harvey (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP...

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- As the good vibes from another World Baseball Classic reverberate through San Pedro de Macoris, here's a fascinating suggestion from a two-time WBC participant from the U. S. of A. on how this event can build on the groundwork it'...

Carlos Gomez ran after balls hit into the outfield and zipped from base to base with the same intensity, his big new contract apparently not affecting his style of play.

Losing to Mexico puts the U.S. team in mathematical bind whose best solution is to win, win again and hope.

Justin Verlander, Prince Fielder, Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout aren't on the United States roster, and their absence means a lot of fans don't care about the World Baseball Classic -- certainly not enough to spend a Friday evening in early March wa...

On Sunday, March 17, Fox's "The Cleveland Show" will pitch a sports doubleheader. At 7:30 pm, catch "The Hangover Part Tubbs," which will see Cleveland and his crew stranded at Richmond International Speedway after a night of drinking. In de...

Sometimes a fantasy owner simply needs to break away from comfortable strategies that have worked in the past to try something new. It might be difficult, might take some practice, but when I walked into the Arizona Republic building in downtown Phoe...

Blog | March 06, 2013

The baseball analytics revolution has helped us answer many questions that might have seemed unknowable before. We can now measure not only a pitcher's velocity but also the exact horizontal and vertical break on his pitches, the precise coordinates ...

Eric Karabell reviews his NL-only LABR draft team and some new strategies he used this year.

Blog | Conversation | March 06, 2013