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Atlanta Braves 20-year-old outfielder Jason Heyward made the opening day lineup and has begun to produce immediate results, with three home runs and 10 RBI. Other recently drafted, under-25 players such as Brian Matusz of the Baltimore Orioles, Wade Davis of the Tampa Bay Rays, and Alcides Escobar of the Milwaukee Brewers began the 2010 season in the majors. But other young players such as Washington Nationals RHPs Stephen Strasburg and ...

These players came into the 2010 Major League Baseball season with high expectations—but disappointment is the only word to describe the would-be All-Stars’ production this week. Some of these millionaire sluggers caused your team to fall in overall production, leaving you the joke around the water cooler. After a week of dramatic swings, these guys usually missed.   1) 1B Mark Teixeira (NYY) He was 0-for-16 for the first four games of the ...

After a five-game losing streak, David Huff rescued the Cleveland Indians from the depths of early-season despair. The beginning of the 2010 campaign hasn't been much different than the beginning of the 2009 campaign so far. The Indians have shown some good pitching from the starters, bad pitching from the bullpen and an inability to get clutch hits. But that wasn't the case today as Huff lasted all nine innings and Shin-Soo ...

The New York Mets are off to their worst start in 18 years following Chris Iannetta’s walk-off blast at Coors Field Wednesday night. So much for that fast start to 2010 that everyone was calling for. Before last night's loss, the Mets had not started a season 2-6 since 1992. Only a victory in the series finale against the Rockies Thursday will stop them from dropping to 2-7 for the first time ...

The Mets lost another tough game last night against the Colorado Rockies, extending their losing streak to four straight. The optimist in me looks at the loss as a good one, with the Mets fighting back late in the game to eventually tie it in the top of the ninth. The pessimist in me, who has a much louder voice, says a loss is a loss. It seems ...

As of this blog posting, the Houston Astros will try to notch their first win of the season as they close out their three-game series in St. Louis against the venerable Cardinals. The good news is Houston has won nine games this season. The bad news? The Astros have been playing this season in German, so in essence they've won nein games. As Arnold Schwarzenegger, Heidi Klum-Seal, Boris Becker, and Steffi ...

You have to hand it to Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. His taste in women is as varied as his hot zone at the plate. He's been linked to women old enough to be his mom (Madonna) and he just reportedly let a 25-year-old loose for being too clingy. He's gone Hollywood with Kate Hudson and high society with girls like Key West socialite Elaine Spottswood. He's gone from Kate's chest impairment ...

Arch Ward was the sports editor of the Chicago Tribune from 1930 until his death in 1955. He was a powerful, influential individual who could sell sand at Jones Beach. In 1933, during the Great Depression, Ward argued that "baseball needed to show that it was not in a state of decadence." Chicago was going to have the Century of Progress World's Fair that summer and ...

A perfect example of Reds starting pitcher Homer Bailey came Wednesday night against the Florida Marlins. The frustration fans have felt about this guy is back. We all thought he had turned the corner. We all thought the former phenom finally "got it." We all thought the Reds had found a solid starter for the next 10 years. Looks like we were wrong. Sure, the season is still in its infancy, and the marathon ...

I love going to Yankee games. Love, love, love it. My feeling is probably similar to how Hank Steinbrenner reacts when the Phillip Morris Convention rolls into town. Pure titillation. So when my buddy Mark offered me a ticket to the Yankees' home opener against the Angels on Tuesday, you can guess that my schedule was quickly cleared. Being your dutiful Yankee blogger, I felt it was my responsibility to do a couple ...