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2013 MLB Power Rankings: April 30
MLB Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams and players in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings and Players of the Week.  1.  Red Sox—Big ...
3 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, News, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers

Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: April 29
MLB Stay tuned each week to Athlon Sports for a 2013 Fantasy Baseball Weekend Waiver Wire report every Monday. Our fantasy junkies cover the hottest hitters, best waiver wire pick ups, top starting pit...
3 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers

16 Amazing MLB Stats of the Week: April 15-21
MLB The Chicago White Sox finally passed Joey Votto in the Walk Chase, but there remain some amazing digits from the Week of April 15-21. 8-of-9    Batters struck out by Greg Hollan...
4 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Baseball’s Best Rookies at Each Position
MLB It’s tough to gauge just which rookies will emerge this season. Some players—like the Rays’ Wil Myers—are expected to become stars, but the Rays haven’t called Myers up from Durham yet. O...
4 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: April 22
MLB Stay tuned each week to Athlon Sports for a 2013 Fantasy Baseball Weekend Waiver Wire report every Monday. Our fantasy junkies cover the hottest hitters, best waiver wire pick ups, top startin...
4 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers

A Chat with Chadwick Boseman, Star of Jackie Robinson Biopic "42"
MLB When Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch Rickey (played by Harrison Ford) defied baseball’s “color barrier” by signing an African-American player, he understood that he needed a man with the g...
5 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, Monthly, News

10 Amazing Feats From Shortened Sports Seasons
MLB Labor disputes, strikes and lockouts happen in the billion-dollar business of pro sports. This year’s NHL season started in the second period. Last year’s NBA schedule didn’t tip off until mi...
5 weeks ago by Nathan Rush Tags: NFL, NBA, MLB, Overtime, Curt Flood, Fernando Valenzuela, Rollie Fingers, Tony Gwynn, LeBron James, Tim Duncan, Mark Moseley

10 Amazing MLB Stats of the Week: April 8-14
MLB Just two weeks into the season, the sample size is small, but it’s fun to dissect a few notable numbers from the early going. Here are a few from the week of April 8-14. 20    ...
5 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Top 25 Sports Ad Campaigns of All-Time
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5 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, NFL, NBA, MLB, Overtime, News

Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: April 15
MLB Stay tuned each week to Athlon Sports for a 2013 Fantasy Baseball Weekend Waiver Wire report every Monday. Our fantasy junkies cover the hottest hitters, best waiver wire pick-ups, top starting pit...
5 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers

A Look Back at Jackie Robinson and Baseball’s Slow Integration
MLB Today, MLB celebrates Jackie Robinson Day, honoring the man who broke baseball's color barrier amid tough circumstances in 1947. Perhaps no other man had such a far-reaching effect on the game...
5 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Jackie Robinson

Athlon's Essential 11 Links of the Day
MLB This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for April 12. • Sergio Garcia was your first-round co-leader at The Masters after shooting a bogey-free 66. Probably wo...
6 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: NFL, NBA, MLB, Golf

14 Amazing MLB Stats from Opening Week
MLB Baseball is a numbers game. Always has been. Always will be. And here are a few notable numbers for the opening week of the season: March 31-April 7. 15    Earned runs allowed l...
6 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Andy Petttitte, Chris Davis, Clayton Kershaw, David Price, Ichiro Suzuki, Jed Lowrie, Mariano Rivera, R.A. Dickey, Todd Helton, Yu Darvish, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays

10 Young MLB Players Who Will Be Hall of Famers
MLB To suggest that any player in any sport after just a few seasons is a lock to make the Hall of Fame is ridiculous. But it is always fun to look at athletes who have had instant success and try to e...
6 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, News, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals

MLB Series Preview: Washington Nationals at Cincinnati Reds
MLB Cincinnati and Washington each won their respective divisions last season and both came up short in their playoff series. This season, the Reds and Nationals are once again the projected frontrunne...
7 weeks ago by Mark Ross Tags: MLB, National League, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Nationals