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  Team Name followed by record of current week (11), then shown the record of the previous week (10) followed by a plus minus of the difference in their record from that week. For example, a 4-3 record is +1 and a 3-4 record is -1.   New York AL (40-23 from 35-22) |+4| With Alex Rodriguez falling to injury, the ...

When you look at it, major league baseball is a game played using statistics to determine who is the best and worst player over the course of a career. Those who stand at the top of the game when their careers are over are enshrined as baseball's immortal. Well, let's not bring Pete Rose or Joe Jackson into the equation, that's another one of Pandora's Boxes that will remain closed...for ...

Mascots have been around since 1964, when Mr. Met appeared at the Shea Stadium opening. Since then, the major league baseball mascot has taken on incredible responsibilities including diving down slides, dancing on dugouts, and racing each other around the field for pure amusement. The following is a ranking of the best mascots in baseball, from worst to first. One little note: Only four teams in major league baseball are without ...

Before Hideki Matsui signed a one year, $6.5 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels, he had never known a major league team other than the New York Yankees. The reasons that Matsui left New York; injury concerns, payroll, age, meant nothing to the bleacher creatures who worshipped him at the height of his outfield playing days in the Bronx. Matsui was and will always be a true Yankee, even ...

This is a difficult storyline to write about unless you are fine with blowing things way out of proportion. The fact that a major league rookie hammered a three-run home run on the first swing of his career is, in and of itself, an impressive feat. Now add a stiff mixture of the following: an incredible amount of hype that has surrounded said rookie since the beginning of spring training, followed by ...

To a respectable, married, man, the Detroit Tigers are like a provocatively dressed woman. You don’t want to look, it’s almost painful in a way, because when you do, you get reprimanded and regret it. But that opportunity to see something amazing is just so great that you can’t help but watch. And besides, if there were no consequences to face, what would the point of looking be? So we watch and we ...

Warning: You're about to get roughly 1,000 words detailing another person's fantasy draft. If that sort of thing doesn't appeal to you, then I completely understand. Live Drafts are usually incredibly boring, especially after the first five rounds, which is why I have chosen to go another direction in this column. If you want, you can exit out right now. I don’t know who you are so I can assure you ...