Who Will Rise to the Top?

...Anthony Hewitt, the 24th overall pick to the Philadelphia Phillies; and Gerrit Cole, the 28th overall pick to...

Players' postseason pool down from last two seasons

A full World Series share was worth $351,504 for the Phillies, below the record $362,173 set by the Cardinals two years ago.

Maddon, Piniella win manager of year awards

Joe Maddon has won the American League Manager of the Year after guiding the Rays from baseball's basement to the World Series. Lou Piniella of the Cubs is the National League winner.

Rays' Longoria, Cubs' Soto win rookie of year awards

Rays third baseman Evan Longoria is the American League Rookie of the Year, and Cubs catcher Geovany Soto is the NL winner.

Maddon: This is just the beginning

It won't take the Rays long to get over their World Series loss to the Phillies. They know they accomplished something very special this season.

Rays' hopes riding on ice-cold bats of Pena, Longoria

Tampa Bay's Carlos Pena and Evan Longoria have gone cold at the worst time imaginable.

Maddon asked plate ump to check Blanton's hat

...the 2006 World Series but Rays manager Joe Maddon questioned the dark smudge on the bill of Philadelphia starter Joe Blanton in Game 4. After noticing that Blanton was touching the smudge on his cap...

Sonnanstine, Blanton survive on finesse

...ESPN Research WORLD SERIES GAME 4 Rays at Phillies 8 p.m. ET, ESPN Radio World Series...233 against Blanton, which bodes well for the Philadelphia starter in Game 4. So does the fact...

...CA - AUGUST 14: Brett Myers #39 of the Philadelphia Phillies pitches against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger...

Save the champagne celebrations for a real title, please

Time for baseball to deal with a most pressing crisis: It's drunk on champagne celebrations. Time to go cold turkey -- except for the big one.

10/6: NLCS and ALDS

Eric and Peter recap the weekend in baseball and discuss the AL series that continue tonight. Plus, we hear from Dodgers manager Joe Torre.

10/2: Russell Martin

Eric and Peter recap Wednesday's games with some help from the ESPN Radio broadcast teams. Plus, they listen to the Dodgers' Russell Martin after the ...

THE BACK AND FORTH: WHICH SPORT HAS THE BEST POSTSEASON?

MLB playoffs just started. Cool! There've been some classic moments in Octobers past: the entirety of the 2001 World Series ('cept Game 6), Aaron Boon...

Tim Kurkjian, MLB

...results from Wednesday. He says that Carlos Zambrano may be too emotional for the postseason and the Phillies made the right decision pulling Cole Hamels after eight innings

Audio PodCast | October 01, 2008

John Smoltz, MLB

John talks about what it's like to be a pitcher in a game with the season on the line. He also previews the playoffs from a players' point of view.

Audio PodCast | October 01, 2008