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When watching the Los Angeles Dodgers' Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier, shades of past glory in California come shining through. Remember the days of Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco in Oakland? I don't...I was born in the 80's, but I've seen the footage. Just watching two players electrify a crowd like McGwire and Canseco did draws parallels to today in Chavez Ravine. Add to the beat Silver Slugger Awards for two-thirds of ...

Many love him, many hate him, but Rod Allen is one of a kind. I think we can all agree on that. For a long time, I wasn’t the biggest fan in the world of the Tiger color commentator. I always preferred the old FSN duo of Josh and Gibby over the team of Mario and Rod. But over time, I’ve come to appreciate Rod ...

This spring Mets manager Jerry Manuel spoke of his plan to bat shortstop Jose Reyes third in the order. Since then we have not seen the speedy leadoff hitter anywhere but atop the lineup. Well, according to Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork , this weekend could be the time when we finally see Reyes somewhere other than his customary leadoff position. “I said, ‘Whatever is best for the team, I’m going ...

Francisco Rodriguez did something he has never done before as a New York Met: he recorded a five out save and it sounds like manager Jerry Manuel liked what he saw enough that he might use him to do that more often. “Once he’s ready to go he’s shown he can pitch multiple innings and he can bounce back,” Manuel said . This all actually started in the 20-inning game against ...

The Yankees have won their first five series, including last week's triumph over the Angels, but now the Bombers head out to Anaheim for a rematch in a stadium where New York has not had a great deal of success over the past 15 years. Then again, this doesn't appear to be the same Halos team the Yanks have battled during the past decade-and-a-half. Los Angeles has been mediocre out of ...

Sliding Into Home deserves the credit for this one. Here is a video of the incident that took place between Alex Rodriguez and Dallas Braden that ended in Braden erupting at A-Rod because he walked across the back of the mound on his way back to first base on a foul ball. Another funny thing about this incident is Mike Axisa’s commentary of it over at River Ave Blues . ...

The Toronto Blue Jays began their 2010 season on a high note, starting 5-1 before coming back to the Rogers Centre for their home opener against the White Sox. While Toronto ultimately lost that game, the Rogers Centre was at least buzzing with an announced sellout crowd of 46,321.  What a difference a day made. Just one night later, a then-record low 12,167 saw Ricky Romero take a no-hit ...

Don’t expect the Cubs (6-10) to have an easy go of it facing the Milwaukee Brewers (8-7) this time around. The Cubs opened up their home schedule by taking two of three from the Brewers back on April 12-15—their lone series win to date—but Milwaukee and Chicago are two teams heading in opposite directions. The Brewers piled on 20 runs against the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday and outscored the ...

Baseball is one really weird game. One second you're feeling like an unstoppable freight train. Everything clicks: Pitching, hitting, defense. It just works. Then you blink, and BAM! Everything's upside down, and images of Manny Ramirez rounding the bases or David Eckstein singlehandedly defeating the Giants cause fans to toss and turn. One can only really describe this as "a series of unfortunate events." After a nightmarish 1-5 tour of southern California, the Giants head ...

Let’s kick off our Prospect Tracker by looking at the early production of a dozen prospects.  Have they excelled?  Will they soon be pushing for a roster spot?  Let’s take a look (remember, who we look at will rotate on a weekly basis, so check back every Friday for the latest):   Carlos Santana - Cleveland Indians - Catcher He got off to a red-hot start, hitting .364 with 4 HR, 14 RBI ...