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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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 weeks ago by Mark Ross Tags: MLB, National League, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Nationals

Predicting Baseball’s 2016 All-Star Teams
MLB Now that baseball is back in full swing, we started thinking about the future. And there’s nothing more fun than projecting where today’s baseball stars will be playing three years from now, an...
10 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Albert Pujols, Andrew McCutchen, Bryce Harper, Evan Longoria, Joe Mauer, Joey Votto, Matt Cain, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout, Prince Fielder, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals

50 Greatest Nicknames in Baseball History
MLB Nicknames and baseball players just seem to go together like bat and ball. For as long as young boys and men have been batting baseballs around, they have given each other descriptive nicknames for...
11 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Overtime, News

Major League Baseball's All-Steroid Team
MLB Steroids are now just as synonymous with baseball as hot dogs or cold beer. It is an unfortunate era of the game that fans of all ages must accept. Are the use of performance-enhancing drugs terrib...
11 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Overtime, News, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers

10 Greatest Baseball Advertising Campaigns of All-Time
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11 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, News

101 Amazing Baseball Stats to Kick off the 2013 Season
MLB The 2013 Major League Baseball season kicks off on Sunday night with the Astros taking on the Rangers. Before the first pitch, here are 101 stats to know for the 2013 season. 101 Stats to Kick ...
11 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, News

2013 MLB Predictions: National League
MLB The 2013 MLB season kicks off with Houston hosting Texas on Sunday night. It's an appropriate season opener considering the Astros are now members of the American League. Another change this season...
11 weeks ago by Mark Ross Tags: MLB, NL Central, NL East, NL West, National League, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals

2013 MLB Predictions: American League
MLB The 2013 MLB season is almost here. Texas and Houston will get things started on Sunday night as the Astros play their first-ever game as an American League team. That's not the only change basebal...
11 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL Central, AL East, AL West, American League, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Oakland A's, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays

2013 Baseball Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks
MLB General manager Kevin Towers was at his wheeler-dealer best again this offseason, and his acquisitions should return the Diamondbacks to contention in the NL West, the division they won in 2011 in ...
11 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, NL West, National League, Aaron Hill, Brandon McCarthy, Ian Kennedy, J.J. Putz, Jason Kubel, Martin Prado, Miguel Montero, Paul Goldschmidt, Trevor Cahill, Wade Miley, Arizona Diamondbacks

2013 Baseball Preview: Colorado Rockies
MLB The Rockies will try to rise from the ruins of a 98-loss season, the worst in franchise history, and steer a new course under manager Walt Weiss. A popular, heady shortstop for four seasons with th...
11 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, NL West, National League, Carlos Gonzalez, Dexter Fowler, Michael Cuddyer, Todd Helton, Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado Rockies