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Brian Cashman spoke with reporters yesterday and announced that the Yankees plan to activate center fielder Curtis Granderson from the disabled list come this Friday. This is big news for the Yankees who have been inconsistent in the outfield, both offensively and defensively, since he went down. Granderson last played on May 1st, and Marcus Thames has gotten most of the playing time in his absense. During that time he ...

It's events such as these that proves my frustration towards Philly fan haters is justified. To those who may complain that Philly inhabitants are rude, reckless, and front-runners, read on. Phillies fans proved they're just as phanatic as ever at the 26th annual Phillies Phestival Monday night. Over 7,000 fans, the most in phestival history, showed up to Citizen's Bank Park for the sold out event which raises money for the ...

In late September the Atlanta Braves lost two of the three to the visiting Florida Marlins to close out the regular season. By then, the Philadelphia Phillies had already closed out the National League East division and the battle at Turner Field was for second place. Fast forward eight months later. The two teams are a half game apart in the standings and will once again face each other Tuesday night at Sun ...

Not literally, but the Cincinnati Reds do need to do it figuratively.Memorial Day weekend is just a few days away—marking the unofficial start to Summer—and for baseball, this weekend also marks the "real" start to the season. The pretenders begin to show their true colors, and the contenders grab the bull by the horns as the temperatures rise.For the last decade, Reds fans have been used to watching their teams melt ...

In his first three Triple-A starts, Stephen Strasburg did not allow a run—earned or otherwise—while blowing away the more seasoned hitters in the highest minor league. Monday night, in what promises to be one of his last tune-ups for his major league duty, Strasburg got into trouble in two straight innings, allowing a pair of runs, including the first earned run against him in Triple-A.He ended up going just five innings ...

You may have heard some rumblings about this Stephen Strasburg guy. Allegedly, he's pretty good. Check that: he must be good, as usually the only time a Washington National warrants media attention is in relation to a comedy of errors (cough, cough, Nyjer Morgan , cough, cough). But from some of the trade proposals I've viewed in retaining Strasburg's services, you would think this guy was the mutant lovechild of Sandy ...

Last summer, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Henderson is one of the greatest players of all time, and an easy choice for voters. Rice was a more difficult choice, making it after more than a decade on the ballot. But plenty of worthy candidates remain on the outside looking in. In Bill James' book about the Hall of Fame, he suggests ...

The New York Mets have been perhaps the most volatile team so far this season. They have shown flashes of World Series quality baseball, by winning eight games in a row in April, and have struggled miserably at other times, losing nine of 11 games in mid-may. As much as the Mets season has been a roller coaster ride, the hype surrounding Jerry Manuel has been just as crazy. When the ...

With the major league baseball draft about two weeks away, there are many teams still scrambling around trying to figure out what to do. High School versus College? Power bat versus Pitcher? Immediate help or projection player? High school or prep telent is looked upon as what is their ceiling. There is a lot or projectibility here, whereas college talent usually has almost all their tools in order. They basically ...

There are only three things you have to do in baseball: catch the ball, throw the ball, and hit the ball. Right now, the Los Angeles Angels are struggling to do any of those. Coming into Saturday's game, the Angels have made the fourth most errors in the American League (30 in 44 games, including four at the catching position), leading to 19 unearned runs. Which hasn't done anything to help a beleaguered ...