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The NL Central is up for grabs. Will the Crew be good enough to take it?

On the use and misuse of batted ball stats.

The NL Rookie of the Year Award race is wide open. Here are the contenders.

Trevor Hoffman has been placed on waivers. If you’re Philly, wouldn’t you rather have him closing games for you than Brad Lidge?

The disappointing Brewer has been DFA’d. What does that say about Doug Melvin’s original decision to lock him up?

The guy who fired his manager mere days before his team made the playoffs is making moves again: Brewers’ GM Doug Melvin has fired pitching coach Bill Castro. He has sent J.J. Hardy down to Nashville and has called up Alcides Escobar. He has designated Bill Hall for assignment. Unlike the Yost move last year, […]

Bob Watson is investigating the whole Mota-Fielder incident. Ken Macha: “[Fielder’s] been hit a lot. . . . He doesn’t like when somebody does it on purpose. I don’t blame him. . . . This type of mentality puts everybody in jeopardy. Giving a guy a $500 fine and two-game suspension isn’t enough.” Well, yeah, […]

All Star Game ratings continued their decline, and two franchises choose a new spring training home.

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