All about the nail-biters.

Craig Biggio sets the HBP record, Kenny Rogers has a confrontation with camermen, Vladimir Guerrero reaches 1500 career H and the rest of the news around the majors.

Aaron picks his National League All-Stars.

Partisan Politics and the Supreme Court

Kerry Wood comes off the DL today, Rafael Palmeiro ties Reggie Jackson on the HR list, Craig Biggio ties the HBP record and the rest of the news around the majors.

In the first of an occasional series, Steve examines each of MLB’s expansion franchises: how did they approach the challenge of constucting a roster, and how well or poorly did they pull it off? This time we look at the true pioneers, the Los Angeles Angels and the (new) Washington Senators.

Dave returns to a subject from his last “Ten Things” column and hopefully does a better job of explaining himself this time.

Kenny Rogers breaks a bone in his hand, Kevin Millwood combines for a SHO and the rest of the news around the majors.

Aaron picks his American League All-Stars.

A look at the Smart Ball Sox of 2005 and an investigation on the reliability of the Pythagorean method in the middle of a season.