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Drama was in the air at Miller Park Sunday Night. Home runs aplenty combined with late inning heroics gave way for an interesting game to say the least. The St. Louis Cardinals bullpen couldn't stem the tide as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Redbirds in dramatic walk-off fashion 8-7 on Sunday. Milwaukee's Casey McGehee hit a laser down the left field line off Redbirds reliever Kyle McClellan to slam the door shut ...

It's six down, 156 to go for the Yankees, who escaped Boston and Tampa with a perfectly acceptable 4-2 record. With the home opener set for Tuesday, River & Sunset takes a look back on the first week of the 2010 season. That heavyset gentleman with the gentle smile and powerful left arm, he may be pretty good! CC Sabathia nearly pitched a no-hitter on Saturday against the Rays, flirting with ...

The fantasy baseball season has gotten off to a flying start. There were some pretty incredible performances from the first week of the season. Here are the fantasy studs, the players who already have me concerned, and the potential pickups from April 4-11.   Polanco had a tremendous week for the Phillies Fantasy Studs Miguel Cabrera: .522/2/8/.621. After slipping up both on and off the field at the ...

We are one week into the 2010 MLB season, and we already have some players burning up the base paths. Each week, I will give my top 10 players vying for the American League MVP award. I will not have pitchers in this list, because they have the Cy Young award. Yes, pitchers can win the MVP award, but i will not include them on my list. Top 10 after one week ...

I remember being a fan of Jerry Manuel when he first got the job as manager of the New York Mets. His easygoing attitude was a far cry from Willie Randolph, and at first, the players seemed to respond well. How times have changed... It now seems that Manuel and his laissez-faire demeanor have lost the team.  The Mets have picked up right where they left off in 2009, underperforming in the field ...

After a disappointing road trip to kick off the 2010 season, the Cubs return to Wrigley Field for the home opener against the Milwaukee Brewers at 1:20 p.m. Ryan Dempster (0-0, 1.50) gets the start after throwing a gem in his first start of the year, striking out nine Braves and walking one in six innings of work. Unfortunately, as we’ve already seen one too many times ...

Over the first week of the season, the Rays have felt the loss of one of the best setup men in baseball. The left-handed J.P. Howell put out many fires for the team in the past two seasons. Now that he's on the DL, the fires are raging. In the series finale against the Yankees, the first litmus test of many in the season, James Shields gave up one run in 5.1 ...

The first week of the Major League Baseball season is in the books. For the Pittsburgh Pirates, struggling to end 17 seasons of ceaseless losing, it was a week of ups and downs, star performers and awful performances, and a .500 record. There were some surprises, both good and bad, and a few beliefs confirmed upon closer inspection. Here's a look at the week that was and what we can take away ...

In this morning's paper, six games into the season, the order of the six National League Central division teams was listed as the St. Louis Cardinals, the Cincinnati Reds, the Milwaukee Brewers, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Chicago Cubs, and the Houston Astros. That looks like the season-end order to me. With an offense led by Albert Pujols and a sturdy rotation, the Cardinals figure to top the National League Central again. The ...

Bunting is meant for bad hitters or to get a man from second to third when one run will make or break a game. Sacrifice bunting a man to second base should only happen when you have a player who has a best-case scenario of a strikeout or groundout double play. This is why pitchers bunt. Professional hitters should not have to bunt a man to second. Yes, bunting may keep you out ...