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We've had a brawl, we've had upsets, we've had dramatic late-inning rallies and, thanks to one big swing from David Wright, we now get a monumental showdown between bitter enemies Canada and the United States to stay alive in the World Baseba...

2012 in review Record: 93-69 (91-71 Pythagorean) 808 runs scored (1st in AL) 707 runs allowed (9th in AL) Big Offseason Moves Lost free agents Josh Hamilton, Mike Napoli, Mike Adams, Scott Feldman, Ryan Dempster, Roy Oswalt and Koji Uehara. Si...

2012 in review Record: 69-93 (74-88 Pythagorean) 734 runs scored (5th in AL) 806 runs allowed (12th in AL) Big Offseason Moves Signed free agents Ryan Dempster, Mike Napoli, Stephen Drew, Shane Victorino, Jonny Gomes, Koji Uehara and David Ros...

With help from the blog network writers, here are reasons each team can win the World Series. St. Louis Cardinals 1. A potent, balanced lineup. The Cardinals had the best on-base percentage in baseball, including four starters -- Matt Holliday, J...

The Texas Rangers took over possession of first place in the American League West on April 9, the fourth game of the season. They held that position every day since then, all by themselves, 182 consecutive days. Until now. Now they're in danger...

For all the hype about the trade deadline, the early returns haven't been good. Ryan Dempster, Rangers: Has been pounded for 19 runs in 17.1 innings in three starts, including two starts with eight runs. He gave up eight-plus runs just three time...

Tuesday's Baseball Today Podcast featured Eric Karabell, myself and a guy who loves to eat. 1. Adam Richman of "Man vs. Food" fame joined the podcast to discuss his new show, "Adam Richman's Best Sandwich in America," which made Eric very hungry a...

Let's fast-forward a couple of months. Pretend you're Ron Washington, preparing for the first game of the Division Series. Who do you start? When the Texas Rangers invested more than $100 million to sign Yu Darvish, they had to believe Darvish ...

Some links from the SweetSpot network to check out: Hunter Pence to the Giants Bay City Ball: Giants trade for Praying Mantis Crashburn Alley: Phillies send Hunter Pence to San Francisco Rangers get Ryan Dempster Baseball Time in Ar...

Kenny Williams never seems to get a lot of respect. During his tenure as Chicago White Sox general manager, which began after the 2000 season, he's built two division winners, including the 2005 World Series champions. Maybe the most impressive as...

We had lots of trade deadline questions and suggestions in this week's chat -- and some of the ideas were even reasonable. Anyway, Justin Upton's name came up a lot ... and Ryan Dempster ... and Matt Garza ... and Cole Hamels ... well, you get the id...

ESPN Insider Chris Sprow joined me to talk about some of the latest rumors out there. Should the Cubs consider trading Matt Garza? What do the Phillies do with Cole Hamels? Is Astros shortstop Jed Lowrie a building block or a trade chip? As always, y...

With Eric Karabell on vacation this week, I co-hosted Tuesday's Baseball Today podcast with Keith Law. There was a lot of news to talk about ... 1. R.A. Dickey is unbelievable right now. We discuss the run he's on and his "hard" knuckleball. 2....

Do the Detroit Tigers need a second baseman more than a starting pitcher? Are the Pittsburgh Pirates for real? Will the Cleveland Indians make a deal? Who should be in the Home Run Derby? Is Mike Trout worthy of MVP discussion? And why were accused o...

In this season of parity, in this season of two wild cards, in this season of the first-place Pirates and the last-place Red Sox and best-record-in-baseball Dodgers, almost anything is possible. Except the idea that your team is going to make a bi...

This looks like the pitching line of a dominant closer: 88.2 IP, 49 H, 15 R, 14 ER, 27 BB, 77 SO, 2 HR, 1.44 ERA That's the collective work of Thursday's 14 starting pitchers. Eleven of the 14 allowed one run or zero runs. Justin Verlander and ...