The American League pennant race is getting quite interesting. Sure, the Tigers have a comfortable lead in the AL Central, and the Red Sox have some breathing room in the AL East, but neither team is simply coasting like the Braves over in the NL East. Boston is up three games on the Rays in […]

The Rangers overtook the A's for first place in the AL West for the first time in a month on Saturday by virtue of Texas' 5-4 win in Houston and Oakland's 5-4 loss in Toronto. Oakland has struggled since the Break, playing just 9-11 baseball, while the Rangers have played better at a 13-11 clip. […]

Let's talk about the Kansas City Royals, because no one else is. The Royals beat the Red Sox 9-6 on Friday night, their second straight win against Boston and their 17th win in 21 games since the All-Star Break. Detroit finally lost as well to allow Kansas City to pick up a game, and thanks […]

After the Rangers claimed Alex Rios on waivers from the White Sox on Thursday, the two teams completed a trade to send the 32-year old to Texas, contrary to a report from

I think I'm going to be working on a piece later today about the trade deadline being pushed back. But I just want to note this in the DD today: the Mets nor the Phillies sold at the deadline. Each team has precipitously dropped in the standings, and both would firmly be in the sellers […]

You've got to hand it to the Atlanta Braves: they are stomping a mudhole in the collective ass of the NL East. The Braves swept the Nationals in DC for the second time this year, finishing with a 6-3 win on Wednesday night. Atlanta is 15.5 games up on the second place Nats, who are […]

A statue of Jackie Robinson outside of MCU Park in Coney Island, home of the Mets' NY-Penn League affiliate Brooklyn Cyclones, has been vandalized. According to a report from 1010 WINS in New York, the statue (which features Pee Wee Reese along with his Brooklyn Dodgers' teammate Robinson) was spray painted with swastikas and racial […]

With 50 games (or less, in most cases) remaining in the 2013 season, playoff races are supposed to be heating up. And in the American League, they are. Nine teams are above .500 and in the hunt, and seven of those nine teams are within 1.5 games of the playoffs. It's getting pretty hot and […]

A lot has been made about the recent winning streaks by the Indians and Royals to make the AL Central race interesting. Lost in all that hoopla has been the fact that the Tigers picked up their tenth straight win on Tuesday night. Detroit is 23-8 since the beginning of July, and has managed to […]

The major story yesterday was, of course, Biogenesis. Alex Rodriguez got a 211 game suspension. A dozen players got suspended for 50 games, including Nelson Cruz and Jhonny Peralta. Former MLB pitcher Dan Meyer went after Antonio Bastardo, one of the suspended players. A-Rod made his season debut for the Yankees on Monday night, was […]