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The most important player in baseball has a career triple-slash line of .224/.282/.397. He was never a truly significant prospect in the way that Bryce Harper or Mike Trout were, or even a flameout like Justin Smoak, but what little shininess he has ...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Adam Jones bashed an 11th-inning home run to lead the Orioles past the Mariners 3-1 and give the club its 15th straight extra-innings win, the longest ...

Duff McKagan answers a few of the numerous emails sent in over the past few months by his readers.

While providing more prospects to the States, the state of America's pastime in Europe is making big gains in popularity.

Sports have been dreary in Seattle recently: The Sonics fled town, the Seahawks still haven't won a Super Bowl and the M's just suffered a 17-game losing streak.

Duff McKagan lines up for some chip shots on penalty kicks that decide World Cup champions, lawyering in the NFL and the free-spending McCourts' destruction of the Dodgers.

The already odd interleague series between the Florida Marlins and Seattle Mariners added another twist in the finale with the latest Sunday night start in Safeco Field history.

Scott Boras will often make extraordinary claims -- and make almost unbelievable comparisons. The perception of some executives is that he will present really high numbers in speculation about his clients so he can make the eventual terms look more p...

Blog | December 06, 2010

Buster Olney blogs from the first day of the winter meetings by looking at the Jayson Werth deal -- which may have said more about Scott Boras than about Werth -- and then looking at the markets for Carl Crawford and Adrian Beltre off that deal.

Blog | Conversation | December 06, 2010

Before his band Loaded plays at halftime of a Seattle Seahawks game, Duff McKagan talks to The Life about sports, Bieber Fever and recently joining old pal Axl Rose on stage.

YOUR MORNING (VUVUZELA) BUZZ Group F: New Zealand vs Slovakia (7:00 am ET on ESPN, ESPN3.com) The Kiwis are the lowest-rated World Cup qualifier in ESPN's Soccer Power Index, coming in at 92nd - one slot higher than Al-ba-ni-a ("...You border on th...

Gary A. Vasquez/US Presswire Mauer Returns, Twins Win Joe Mauer returned to the Twins starting lineup Sunday, going 1 for 3 in a victory over Baltimore. Mauer, who struck out as a pinch-hitter Saturday night, had been out since bruising his left...

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports.

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports.

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports.

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports.