Bud Selig was wrong … teams like the Tigers and the Mets can compete against the large-market powerhouses!

Why we aren’t thinking about Papelbon’s value as a closer correctly.

Ten things I learned from following the minor league playoffs.

The Padres beat the Dodgers to take first place in the NL West. Crazy game of the day: the Braves scored five runs in the bottom of the tenth after allowing four in the top of the inning.

Lots of hitters hit milestones yesterday: Young and Suzuki reached 200 hits, Thomas hit 100 RBI’s and Joey Gathright hit a home run!

The Red Sox have lost 24 of their last 36…so why on earth haven’t the Jays taken second place?

The Chicago Cubs haven’t had a lot of highlights this year, but they won the rubber game of a crazy three-game series with Dodgers, cutting the Dodgers’ NL West lead to one-half game.

Bumpus Jones, the only pitcher to throw a no-hitter in his first start, pitched only seven more games the rest of his career with an ERA of 10.19. That was in 1893, when they moved the mound back to 60′ 6″ from home plate.

In the third installment of a multi-part series, David examines how size affects older hitters’ power projections, and considers an alternative theory on why size matters.

That’s the lowlight. The highlights: Gary Matthews Jr., Texas Ranger, hits for the cycle, the Padres crush the Reds, and L.A.’s Brad Penny becomes NL’s first 16-game winner.