With less than a quarter of the MLB season remaining, it isn’t too early to start thinking about the playoffs. For some teams, that has been an impossibility since April, but both leagues still have a collection of hopefuls. But do they have the pitching to make noise in October? [More...]
Even as the Minnesota Twins are making moves in the AL Central race -- with Jim Thome hitting the first walk-off home run in Target Field history in the 10th inning against the White Sox last night -- you know who is stealing the front page in the Twin Cities. [More...]
The Yankees face the Rangers and their newly acquired lefty ace Cliff Lee. Not only did Lee dominate the Bronx Bombers last October with the Phillies, he beat them in late June while with the Mariners, scattering eight hits over a complete game win. So, does that make Texas the smart play tonight? [More...]
Tuesday night, Evan Longoria and the Rays spanked Minnesota, 6-4, taking sole possession of first in the East and continuing a red-hot run. Not only has Tampa Bay won 10 of its last 11, it has also taken 23 of 30 to forge baseball’s best record at 67-39. But can the Rays hold off the Yanks and Sox? [More...]
Since the ratings of the MLB Network don’t exactly light up the Nielsen sky, it will be hard to quantify the impact of this season’s six-episode arc of “The Club,” featuring the White Sox. Ratings aside, “The Club” is must-see viewing for those who love to see performances filled with conflict and commotion. [More...]
If the Los Angeles Dodgers weren’t, well, the Dodgers, it might be possible to feel sorry for them. Here they are, trying to contend in the NL West with one arm tied behind their collective back. Actually, there two arms back there, and they belong to Frank and Jamie McCourt, the battling couple whose divorce is holding the franchise hostage. [More...]
Mathematicians no doubt cringe when they hear people refer to the time after the All-Star Game as the “second half,” since the actual, numeric midway point in the season actually came more than a week ago. But the second half is here and the Second City is who you should be betting on tonight. [More...]
When someone asked Phillies manager Charlie Manuel about his team’s inability to replicate the fence-busting, long-ball smashing style that had characterized its previous three seasons, he didn’t blame the injuries that have plagued the team throughout the season. [More...]
It doesn’t always make a lot of sense, but sometimes the best way for a professional athlete to be at the top of his game is to try a little less. For Zack Greinke, that was exactly what he needed to turn the 2010 season around. [More...]
The city of Denver did not declare a state of emergency Tuesday evening when ace hurler Ubaldo Jimenez left Coors Field just before his Rockies took on the Boston Red Sox. But the Cy Young favorite will take the mound tonight to face the Sox for the first time since the 2007 World Series. [More...]
| Games of September 5th | |||
| Chicago | +122 | BOSTON | -142 |
| Toronto | +165 | NEW YORK | -190 |
| Detroit | -128 | KANSAS CITY | +108 |
| Tampa Bay | -180 | BALTIMORE | +160 |
| Texas | -130 | MINNESOTA | +110 |
| Los Angeles | -105 | OAKLAND | -115 |
| Cleveland | +170 | SEATTLE | -200 |
| Houston | -110 | ARIZONA | -110 |
| Atlanta | -120 | FLORIDA | EVEN |
| New York | +125 | CHICAGO | -145 |
| Colorado | +110 | SAN DIEGO | -130 |
| San Francisco | +120 | LOS ANGELES | -140 |
| Milwaukee | +135 | PHILADELPHIA | -155 |
| Washington | -120 | PITTSBURGH | EVEN |
| Cincinnati | +160 | ST. LOUIS | -180 |
| HOME TEAM in caps.  | |||
