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Typically, a new stadium attracts the unknown. People go there for the curiosity factor. Many baseball teams opened up new stadiums since the earlier 90s. We have seen plenty of more in the last few years. Last year, a couple of New York baseball teams opened up new playpens. On Monday, the Twins open up their brand new stadium. In a few years, the Marlins will play in their new stadium. Expect the ...

The 2010 season is underway, and after four games decided by one run, the Orioles begin the season with a 1-3 record. Despite two heartbreaking collapses by Mike Gonzalez, the Orioles have to be reasonably satisfied with their offseason additions. Garrett Atkins is hitting .375 with three RBI through four games, and Miguel Tejada celebrated his homecoming to Camden Yard by going 3-for-5 for four RBI. Matt Wieters has delivered early in ...

Currently four games into the season, the Philadelphia Phillies are looking good, very good. Just about everything looks great. The starting rotation seems to really have been positively affected by the presence of stud Roy Halladay. Further, Cole Hamels looks like he may be back on track, Kyle Kendrick had a decent outing, and J.A. Happ has picked up right where he left off last season. The starting rotation will ...

The 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers were one of baseball’s greatest teams.  They lost the World Championship to the hated New York Yankees, but knowledgeable baseball fans know that the better team sometimes loses four games before they win four games. Brooklyn's eight starting players included Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, and Roy Campanella. Gil Hodges, who should be in the Hall of Fame, was ...

CC Sabathia is on the mound for the Yankees fifth game of the season today. It is a spot where the Yankees could have gone with their fifth starter, but instead left him, Phil Hughes, down in Tampa to participate in extended spring training. Today was Hughes’ final extended start, and he went six innings striking out “five or six” and is ready to go when the fifth start spot comes ...

He’s 6'2", with arms the size of Paul Bunyan’s and thighs that look like folded over sandbags. He doesn’t have a chest, he has Rhode Island, and maybe a little of Vermont. He doesn’t walk, he advances. He’s just shy of 27 years of age and already has 211 home runs, is edging nearer to 800 RBI, and has collected over 1,200 hits. He has a career batting average of ...

Yes, it's only been four games. Yes, the opening day home run raised everyone's expectations. Yes, he's human. However, something is undeniably not right with Jason Heyward right now. After four games, he leads the National League in strikeouts, including four in yesterday's 13-inning loss to the Giants. In that loss, Heyward left four men on base, but more importantly, he seemed nearly clueless at the plate, swinging so wildly that ...

Center field. That vast, green expanse where fly balls go to die. Where the swiftest, most athletic players thrive and make jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring plays on a daily basis. Just ask Vic Wertz. On Sept. 29, 1954, Mr. Wertz hit a prodigious drive out to center field in the Polo Grounds. It looked for sure like Wertz's drive was going to break the 2-2 tie between the Giants and the Indians, ...

Well last night’s game was a debacle, but the Yankees have their ace, CC Sabathia (0-0, 8.44 ERA), out there today trying to right the ship against rookie RHP Wade Davis (0-0, no ERA) and the Tampa Bay Rays. Sabathia was strong in his last start until he fell apart in the sixth inning giving up three runs on two hits and a walk before he was pulled. The Yankees are ...

Before the season began, Major League Baseball was already stirring about the possibility of a blockbuster trade that would send the St. Louis Cardinals' star first baseman to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ryan Howard. The deal never materialized, leaving fans to wonder if a trade for Pujols was imminent. There are several reasons why the Cardinals would be looking to deal the slugger and perennial All-Star. First, Pujols is entering the final ...