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The ESPN Fantasy staff has published its mid-May rankings -- their top 250 players for the rest of the season. It's always interesting to see the different opinions. Everybody agrees on guys like Miguel Cabrera and Ryan Braun, but here are some gu...

Chris Capuano pitched effectively into the seventh inning and Scott Van Slyke homered, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday.

We'll let Phyllis Tobias' middle digit let you know what we think of the cavemen at Maxim. Obviously, they couldn't handle a real woman.

Thoughts on Sunday's games ... A brutal weekend for the suddenly disintegrating Dodgers. Swept by the Giants, including two on walk-off home runs. Hanley Ramirez, just activated from the DL earlier in the weekend, landed back on it after strainin...

With apologies to the nice starts of the Pirates and Rockies, the most important story line of April has been the Braves' opening up a 3.5-game lead over the Nationals in the NL East. Considering the importance of winning the division and avoiding...

Why did Scott Rice remain in the game for the ninth inning with the score tied Thursday afternoon? Terry Collins had a reasoned answer. The manager said he risks burning out Bobby Parnell by using him in too many tie ballgames. And the way the ...

WHAT IT MEANS: Left-hander Scott Rice spent 14 seasons in the minors -- including the past two with the Los Angeles Dodgers -- before becoming a positive contributor this year in his first MLB season. The 31-year-old Rice stumbled Thursday afterno...

Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports Jordany Valdespin celebrates with teammates after the first walk-off grand slam by a Met in 22 years. FIRST PITCH: David Wright had a game-tying two-out single in the ninth that plated Mike Baxter and Jordany Valdespin ...

Not a lot has gone right for the Dodgers so far, and a lot went wrong on Wednesday night in New York when Carl Crawford dropped a fly ball in the ninth inning (it was generously ruled a double for Mike Baxter) that led to the tying run scorin...

USA TODAY Sports The Mets face (l to r) southpaws Clayton Kershaw, Ted Lilly and Hyun-Jin Ryu this week at Citi Field. METS (9-8, third place/NL East) vs. LOS ANEGELES DODGERS (8-10, fourth place/NL West) Tuesday: LHP Jonathon Niese (2-1, 3.80) ...

Tristan H. Cockcroft says not to panic too much over a number of top hitters getting off to slow starts.

Quick thoughts on Monday's games ... The Blue Jays' lineup on Monday included just three players who finished the game with an OBP over .300, and one of those was ex-Mariners backup infielder Munenori Kawasaki, playing shortstop for the injured J...

The Dodgers, aware of the spotlight on them for Jackie Robinson Day, said before Monday night's game with the Padres that there would be no retaliation for last week's brawl that led to pitcher Zack Greinke breaking his left collarbone.

In determining what Clayton Kershaw is worth to the Los Angeles Dodgers, how does the team ownership put a price on memories like Monday's?

Earlier, the SweetSpot bloggers overwhelmingly supported Mike Trout for AL MVP and Justin Verlander for the AL Cy Young Award. Let's see how the predictions line up in the NL. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER For the second straight, the SweetSpot bloggers s...

Matt Kemp's leadership is key to the Dodgers' season.