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Fantasy Baseball Weekend Rundown: May 24
MLB Stay tuned each week to Athlon Sports for a 2012 Fantasy Baseball Weekend Waiver Wire every Monday and a Weekend Rundown every Thursday. Should I stay or should I go? One of the most diffic...
1 day ago by Patrick Snow Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Fantasy

Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day
MLB This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for May 24. • The New York Daily News has the Big Apple buzzing with the report that the Steinbrenners could sell the Y...
1 day ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, College Basketball, NFL, NBA, MLB

Best Rookie in Baseball: Bryce Harper or Mike Trout?
MLB Mike Trout or Bryce Harper? Proposing the question to most casual fans as to who the top rookie in baseball is this season, most answers will include Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals, ...
1 day ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Bryce Harper, Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels, Washington Nationals

Tony Campana's Awesome Dive to Miss Tag (GIFs)
MLB The Chicago Cubs' Tony Campana put on quite a base-running display yesterday against the Astros. While heading to third, Campana, a pinch runner, dove over Matt Downs to reach third base safely. It...
1 day ago by Rich McVey Tags: MLB, Overtime

2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings For May 21
MLB Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings for May 21, 2012.  1. Dodgers—Won 9 of 11, f...
3 days ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals

Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: May 21
MLB Stay tuned each week to Athlon Sports for a 2012 Fantasy Baseball Weekend Waiver Wire every Monday and a Weekend Rundown every Thursday. Interleague play kicked off on Friday, and while series ...
3 days ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, Fantasy, News, Fantasy Baseball

Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day
MLB This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for May 18. • Sorry for running late today. I was out day trading my new Facebook shares. • If the Pacers beat th...
1 week ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, College Basketball, NFL, NBA, MLB

Fantasy Baseball Weekend Rundown: May 17
MLB Stay tuned each week to Athlon Sports for a 2012 Fantasy Baseball Weekend Waiver Wire every Monday and a Weekend Rundown every Thursday. Kemp Unable to Dodge DL Back on May 5, Los Angeles Dod...
1 week ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, Fantasy, News, Fantasy, Fantasy Baseball

2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings for May 14
MLB Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings for May 14, 2012.     1. Rangers—Fir...
1 week ago by Rich McVey Tags: MLB, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals

Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: May 14
MLB Stay tuned each week to Athlon Sports for a 2012 Fantasy Baseball Weekend Waiver Wire every Monday and a Weekend Rundown every Thursday. As I stated last week, we will no longer analyze the cur...
1 week ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Fantasy

Athlon Sports MLB Fantasy Closer Grid
MLB Athlon keeps fantasy GMs up to date with a complete look at MLB's bullpen situations. Updated May 14, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. CT Team Closer Setup Wa...
1 week ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Fantasy

Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day
MLB This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for May 11. • After the Lakers Game 6 loss, Kobe Bryant calls out Andrew Bynum in an interview with Yahoo’s Adrian Wo...
2 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, College Basketball, NFL, NBA, MLB

Fantasy Baseball Weekend Rundown: May 10
MLB Stay tuned each week to Athlon Sports for a 2012 Fantasy Baseball Weekend Waiver Wire every Monday and a Weekend Rundown every Thursday. Forget about the curve ball, Ricky. Give him the heater!...
2 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Miami Marlins, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals

Rangers' Josh Hamilton Joins '4 HR Club'
MLB On Tuesday night, Josh Hamilton hit four home runs off Baltimore pitching. How rare is that feat? It’s been accomplished only 14 times since 1900; 16 if you go back prior to the turn of t...
2 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Bob Horner, Carlos Delgado, Chuck Klein, Gil Hodges, Joe Adcock, Josh Hamilton, Lou Gehrig, Mark Whiten, Mike Cameron, Mike Schmidt, Pat Seerey, Rocky Colavito, Shawn Green, Willie Mays

Baseball By The Numbers: Weak AL Central, Position Players Pitching and Mo Rivera
MLB 0-8 Boston’s Adrian Gonzalez suffered through an 0-fer day against Baltimore in the Red Sox’ 9-6 loss in 17 innings. The first baseman struck out in the 17th representing the tying run agains...
2 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Adrian Gonzalez, Albert Pujols, Chris Davis, Mariano Rivera, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees

Reds First Baseman Joey Votto Raises Everyone's Average
MLB We often hear baseball pundits talk about the value of hitters being surrounded by other feared hitters in the lineup. It’s easy to see the impact of not having protection behind hitters in the l...
2 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Drew Stubbs, Joey Votto, Zack Cozart, Cincinnati Reds

Mariano Rivera Vows to Come Back
MLB Mariano Rivera vows that he will come back next season, telling reporters last week, “I am coming back,” and to “write it down in big letters.” So…MARIANO RIVERA IS COMING BACK NEXT SEASO...
2 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees

Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: May 8
MLB Stay tuned each week to Athlon Sports for a 2012 Fantasy Baseball Weekend Waiver Wire every Monday and a Weekend Rundown every Thursday. As we enter our second month of the 2012 season, these w...
2 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Fantasy

2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings for May 7
MLB               Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings for...
2 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, MLB, MLB Power Rankings

Is this the end of Mariano Rivera?
MLB Getting carted off of the field before the game even starts. That’s not how anyone wants to end their career, but that could be the case for Mariano Rivera. Rivera, the New York Yankees’ su...
2 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, News, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees

Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day
MLB This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for May 4. • Peter Berg confirms a Friday Night Lights movie, and he is not a fan of Craig James. • Baseball fans...
3 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, NFL, MLB, college basketball, College Football, MLB, NBA, NFL

Fantasy Baseball Weekend Rundown: May 3
MLB Stay tuned each week to Athlon Sports for a 2012 Fantasy Baseball Weekend Waiver Wire every Monday and a Weekend Rundown every Thursday. Tampa Bay’s Third Baseman is Going, Going, Lon-gonia F...
3 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, Fantasy, News

Baseball By the Numbers: AL West bullpens, Kemp and Ethier, and Pujols
MLB 0 Runs scored by the St. Louis Cardinals while Adam Wainwright was in the game during his first four starts this season, spanning 20 innings. 2.05 ERA of the first-place Texas Rangers’...
3 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Andre Ethier, Angels bullepn, Matt Kemp, Pablo Sandoval, Rangers bullpen

Baseball's Best Players 35 and Over
MLB Last week we presented the best of the young guys — 25 and under. Now the old dudes. Needless to say this roster is one huge injury risk. As was the case with the 25-and-under list, I’m using O...
3 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, A.J. Pierzynski, Alex Rodriguez, Chipper Jones, David Ortiz, Derek Jeter, Ichiro Suzuki, Mariano Rivera, Michael Young, Paul Konerko, Tim Hudson, Todd Helton, Torii Hunter

2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings for April 30
MLB Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings for April 30, 2012.   1. Dodgers—Sweep of...
3 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals

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