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10 Amazing MLB Stats of the Week: April 8-14 [1]

MLB [2] 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 ...

4 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4]

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Top 25 Sports Ad Campaigns of All-Time [5]

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4 weeks ago by Braden Gall [6] Tags: College Football [7], NFL [8], NBA [9], MLB [4], Overtime [10], News [11]

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Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: April 15 [12]

MLB [2] 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 [6] Tags: MLB [4], Fantasy [13], Atlanta Braves [14], Cincinnati Reds [15], Detroit Tigers [16], Los Angeles Angels [17], Los Angeles Dodgers [18], New York Mets [19], New York Yankees [20], Oakland Athletics [21], Philadelphia Phillies [22], San Francisco Giants [23], St. Louis Cardinals [24], Tampa Bay Rays [25], Texas Rangers [26]

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A Look Back at Jackie Robinson and Baseball’s Slow Integration [27]

MLB [2] 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 [3] Tags: MLB [4], Jackie Robinson [28]

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Athlon's Essential 11 Links of the Day [29]

MLB [2] 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...

5 weeks ago by Rob Doster [30] Tags: NFL [8], NBA [9], MLB [4], Golf [31]

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14 Amazing MLB Stats from Opening Week [32]

MLB [2] 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...

5 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4], Andy Petttitte [33], Chris Davis [34], Clayton Kershaw [35], David Price [36], Ichiro Suzuki [37], Jed Lowrie [38], Mariano Rivera [39], R.A. Dickey [40], Todd Helton [41], Yu Darvish [42], Baltimore Orioles [43], Boston Red Sox [44], Colorado Rockies [45], Detroit Tigers [16], Los Angeles Dodgers [18], New York Yankees [20], Pittsburgh Pirates [46], Texas Rangers [26], Toronto Blue Jays [47]

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10 Young MLB Players Who Will Be Hall of Famers [48]

MLB [2] 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 [6] Tags: MLB [4], News [11], Atlanta Braves [14], Chicago Cubs [49], Cincinnati Reds [15], Los Angeles Angels [17], Miami Marlins [50], San Francisco Giants [23], Washington Nationals [51]

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MLB Series Preview: Washington Nationals at Cincinnati Reds [52]

MLB [2] 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...

6 weeks ago by Mark Ross [53] Tags: MLB [4], National League [54], Cincinnati Reds [15], Washington Nationals [51]

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Predicting Baseball’s 2016 All-Star Teams [55]

MLB [2] 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...

6 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4], Albert Pujols [56], Andrew McCutchen [57], Bryce Harper [58], Evan Longoria [59], Joe Mauer [60], Joey Votto [61], Matt Cain [62], Miguel Cabrera [63], Mike Trout [64], Prince Fielder [65], Atlanta Braves [14], Baltimore Orioles [43], Detroit Tigers [16], New York Mets [19], Philadelphia Phillies [22], St. Louis Cardinals [24]

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50 Greatest Nicknames in Baseball History [66]

MLB [2] 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...

6 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4], Overtime [10], News [11]

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Major League Baseball's All-Steroid Team [67]

MLB [2] 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...

7 weeks ago by Braden Gall [6] Tags: MLB [4], Overtime [10], News [11], Baltimore Orioles [43], Boston Red Sox [44], Cleveland Indians [68], Houston Astros [69], Los Angeles Dodgers [18], New York Yankees [20], Oakland Athletics [21], Seattle Mariners [70], St. Louis Cardinals [24], Texas Rangers [26]

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10 Greatest Baseball Advertising Campaigns of All-Time [71]

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7 weeks ago by Braden Gall [6] Tags: MLB [4], News [11]

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101 Amazing Baseball Stats to Kick off the 2013 Season [72]

MLB [2] 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 ...

7 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4], News [11]

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2013 MLB Predictions: National League [73]

MLB [2] 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...

7 weeks ago by Mark Ross [53] Tags: MLB [4], NL Central [74], NL East [75], NL West [76], National League [54], Arizona Diamondbacks [77], Atlanta Braves [14], Chicago Cubs [49], Cincinnati Reds [15], Colorado Rockies [45], Los Angeles Dodgers [18], Miami Marlins [50], Milwaukee Brewers [78], New York Mets [19], Philadelphia Phillies [22], Pittsburgh Pirates [46], San Diego Padres [79], San Francisco Giants [23], St. Louis Cardinals [24], Washington Nationals [51]

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2013 MLB Predictions: American League [80]

MLB [2] 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...

7 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4], AL Central [81], AL East [82], AL West [83], American League [84], Baltimore Orioles [43], Boston Red Sox [44], Chicago White Sox [85], Cleveland Indians [68], Detroit Tigers [16], Houston Astros [69], Kansas City Royals [86], Los Angeles Angels [17], Minnesota Twins [87], New York Yankees [20], Oakland A's [88], Seattle Mariners [70], Tampa Bay Rays [25], Texas Rangers [26], Toronto Blue Jays [47]

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2013 Baseball Preview: Colorado Rockies [89]

MLB [2] 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...

7 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4], NL West [76], National League [54], Carlos Gonzalez [90], Dexter Fowler [91], Michael Cuddyer [92], Todd Helton [41], Troy Tulowitzki [93], Colorado Rockies [45]

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2013 Baseball Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks [94]

MLB [2] 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 ...

7 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4], NL West [76], National League [54], Aaron Hill [95], Brandon McCarthy [96], Ian Kennedy [97], J.J. Putz [98], Jason Kubel [99], Martin Prado [100], Miguel Montero [101], Paul Goldschmidt [102], Trevor Cahill [103], Wade Miley [104], Arizona Diamondbacks [77]

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2013 Baseball Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers [105]

MLB [2] It has been a billion-dollar makeover. The Dodgers have emerged from bankruptcy and the dark days of the McCourt ownership transformed into one of baseball’s heavyweights. Armed with deep-pockete...

7 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4], NL West [76], National League [54], Adrian Gonzalez [106], Brandon League [107], Carl Crawford [108], Clayton Kershaw [35], Hanley Ramirez [109], Hyun-Jin Ryu [110], Josh Beckett [111], Kenley Jansen [112], Matt Kemp [113], Zack Greinke [114], Los Angeles Dodgers [18]

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2013 Baseball Preview: San Francisco Giants [115]

MLB [2] A band of misfits won the World Series in 2010. Two years later, the Giants simply banded together. Their second title in three seasons felt more scripted than ad-libbed, as a fantastic defense mad...

7 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4], NL West [76], National League [54], Buster Posey [116], Hunter Pence [117], Madison Bumgarner [118], Matt Cain [62], Pablo Sandoval [119], Tim Lincecum [120], San Francisco Giants [23]

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2013 Baseball Preview: San Diego Padres [121]

MLB [2] Despite new ownership and a new TV deal, it looks like it’s going to be more of the same for the Padres. While the NL West rival San Francisco Giants are coming off a second World Series title in...

7 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4], NL West [76], National League [54], Cameron Maybin [122], Chase Headley [123], Edinson Volquez [124], Huston Street [125], Yonder Alonso [126], San Diego Padres [79]

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Athlon's Essential 11 Links of the Day [127]

MLB [2] This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for March 29. • They're about to start playing games that count in MLB. These lovely WAGs will be watching, including D...

7 weeks ago by Rob Doster [30] Tags: College Football [7], College Basketball [128], NFL [8], NBA [9], MLB [4]

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2013 Baseball Preview: Chicago Cubs [129]

MLB [2] Back in December, Cubs president of business operations Crane Kenney introduced Jim Deshaies as the team’s new television analyst and said he would be “the guy who will call the next World Seri...

7 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4], NL Central [74], National League [54], Alfonso Soriano [130], Anthony Rizzo [131], Carlos Marmol [132], Edwin Jackson [133], Jeff Samardzija [134], Kyuji Fujikawa [135], Matt Garza [136], Starlin Castro [137], Chicago Cubs [49]

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2013 Baseball Preview: Cincinnati Reds [138]

MLB [2] The Reds dove head-first into the 2012 season determined to make a run at more than just the NL Central division when they traded away Edinson Volquez and two prospects to acquire starting pitcher ...

7 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4], NL Central [74], National League [54], Aroldis Chapman [139], Brandon Phillips [140], Homer Bailey [141], Jay Bruce [142], Joey Votto [61], Johnny Cueto [143], Mat Latos [144], Shin-Soo Choo [145], Cincinnati Reds [15]

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2013 Baseball Preview: Milwaukee Brewers [146]

MLB [2] It will all come down to pitching. Heard that one before, Brewers fans? Offensively, Milwaukee has a versatile and explosive lineup built to contend right now. The Brewers led the National League i...

7 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4], NL Central [74], National League [54], Aramis Ramirez [147], Carlos Gomez [148], Corey Hart [149], Jean Segura [150], John Axford [151], Kyle Lohse [152], Rickie Weeks [153], Ryan Braun [154], Yovani Gallardo [155], Milwaukee Brewers [78]

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2013 Baseball Preview: St. Louis Cardinals [156]

MLB [2] After another unlikely October comeback, the Cardinals won three quick games against San Francisco and found themselves one victory away from a second consecutive National League pennant and the Wo...

7 weeks ago by Charlie Miller [3] Tags: MLB [4], NL Central [74], National League [54], Adam Wainwright [157], Allen Craig [158], Carlos Beltran [159], David Freese [160], Jason Motte [161], Matt Holliday [162], Yadier Molina [163], St. Louis Cardinals [24]

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