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Kevin Millwood, pictured here, is 0-8 with a 5.91 ERA after his first 14 starts of the 2010 season after being traded to the Baltimore Orioles. The 2010 baseball season has not been kind to the Baltimore Orioles, and a big part of their failure has been Kevin Millwood failing to win a game this season. His 0-8 record and 5.91 ERA were not what the Orioles expected when acquiring him ...

Last week, a historic piece of baseball memorabilia officially was put up for auction to the highest bidder. The 34-inch Mizuno bat was used by banished former star Pete Rose in 1986 when he recorded his final and major league record 4,256th hit of his career. The auctioneer, Lelands.com, expects that the collector's item could potentially fetch the highest price ever obtained for a baseball bat, perhaps exceeding the $1.3 ...

The Golden Baseball League seems to have this habit of generating headlines in a sport dominated by A-Rod, Derek Jeter, and the New York Yankees. On Saturday afternoon, during the Fox Saturday Game of the Week, the Boston Red Sox were playing host to the Philadelphia Phillies. Nothing out of the ordinary, except that the Phillies are in dangerous team slump where hitting and pitching have ...

While it was nice to see the Phillies leave Boston on a positive note with a 5-3 win against the Red Sox, it's difficult not to look ahead and dread the Phils' three-game series in New York against the red-hot Yankees. The two teams have been on two completely different paths this season, as the Yankees have seemingly breezed their way to an impressive 40-23 record, while the Phillies ...

Throughout each and every MLB season, the discussion always seems to arise over the next great feat to be achieved by a single player. These feats are also—more often than not—indelible marks in the record books that sometimes seem unbreakable. But within the mix of these conversations are also discussions about giant feats in baseball that will NEVER happen again, and I put together a top 10 list highlighting some of these ...

Stephen Strasburg was impressive, but not quite as impressive in his second career start.  Prince Fielder continues to hit home runs, but is not driving in runs.  Zack Greinke turned back the clock to 2009.  Let’s look at these stories and all the rest from yesterday’s games: Hitters: Billy Butler (4-5, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 R) -  A much needed breakout.  He had just 3 RBI since May ...

So how did the most hyped debut in Major League Baseball history end up? I think he did alright. Stephen Strasburg reached 101 mph on the radar gun. He fanned 14 batters and had zero walks. Most importantly, he got a W. You could tell just how great Strasburg's stuff was by reading the body language of those around home plate. Time after time, the knees of Pittsburgh Pirates hitters buckled ...

The NCAA is powerless to stop the complete destruction of the Big 12. Nebraska has already joined the Big Ten (now the new Big 12 - or maybe Big 16 soon), and teams such as Texas, Syracuse, Pittsburgh and others could soon follow. Other teams are being courted by the Pac 10.   These big conferences are doing it for money, to create new rivalries, and gain leverage over other conferences with regards ...

  (AP Photo - Kathy Willens) Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 8 1 N.Y. Yankees « 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 x 9 9 1 WP: P. Hughes (9-1) LP: B. Moehler (0-3) Even though Phil Hughes wasn't at his best, the Yankees were able to slug their ...

As fans, we see it every year. Players get off to hot starts, pleasing their fans and giving many a sportswriter a story to write about. Of course, most of the time, the player reverts right back to the level of play we as fans expect, or worse. Maybe their overall statistics still look shiny, or maybe no one notices. This season saw a large number of quick starters. As expected, many ...