http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. As fans of the comedy series "Portlandia" know, the secret to merchandising is to slap a bird on it. And apparently, the same holds true for baseball...]]> May 17, 2013 05:31:28 PDT We've now reached the final four. Or, if you prefer, we've reached the league championship series. Either way, the Battle of the Uniforms is now i...]]> May 15, 2013 11:35:51 PDT Whew! That was a close one. The New York Yankees -- wearers of pinstripes, owners of the most identifiable uniform in American sports, and so wealthy...]]> May 14, 2013 11:11:17 PDT As a wise man once said, "Vote early and often." And that's exactly what baseball fans did Monday, as the first-round balloting in the Battle of the U...]]> May 14, 2013 04:12:52 PDT Jerry Seinfeld famously said that because of the way players constantly change teams and teams occasionally change cities, sports fans are actually ro...]]> May 01, 2013 09:49:43 PDT Branch Rickey always said it was better to trade a player a year early than a year late -- you might miss out on one more great season from said playe...]]> July 24, 2012 04:02:25 PDT Opening Day -- well, Opening Night, really, and we technically already had one of those in Japan, but who's counting? -- is finally here, as th...]]> April 04, 2012 02:56:04 PDT Doug Fister opened the season with the Seattle Mariners. Ivan Nova opened it more familiar with Scranton than the Bronx. But as the two pitchers prepa...]]> October 06, 2011 01:49:24 PDT We can understand if you don't want to take the time to grade your tech-support help on the other end of the telephone, but when we're talking about t...]]> April 08, 2011 04:25:40 PDT Rank 'Em: How does the AL Cy Young race shape up at midseason? Rank 'Em: NL Cy Young race? | NL MVP race? | MLB Power Rankings? Cliff Lee hasn'...]]> July 07, 2010 05:30:23 PDT It's just like the census, only this one is fun and doesn't come in the mail. And nobody from FOX News or MSNBC will yell at you about it. It's time f...]]> April 13, 2010 04:14:30 PDT Just who is this Jack Zduriencik guy? Born outside a small town in Vermont with an oddly-shaped-but-aerodynamic head and forced to sled two miles down...]]> December 16, 2009 02:48:34 PST Rankings: Which teams occupy the top spots in SportsNation's Power Rankings? "Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got out of hand in a...]]> August 10, 2009 03:54:02 PDT