Last Laugh for San Fran?
Down the stretch in the midst of a wild card race last season, Brewers 1B Prince Fielder slugged an extra inning walkoff homer to beat the Giants. This wasn’t the issue though. As Fielder approached home plate, he jumped in the air and landed on the plate, which led to his teammates falling over like bowling pins. And yes, the Giants took offense to this.
So on Thursday, Giants pitcher Barry Zito, in the team’s first chance for retaliation, hit Fielder in the first inning in the …

Money Talks, Upton Listens
The Diamondbacks have announced today that they have reached an agreement with Justin Upton on a six-year extension reportely worth $51.25 millon.  Good for the Diamondbacks locking up what looks to be a player headed for superstardom.  Justin is the younger brother of BJ (who plays for the Rays) but has enjoyed more success (in the regular season) than his brother thus far.  Upton is just 21 and last year hit .300-.366-.532 with 24 HR and 86 RBI.  The D-backs now have a centerpiece to build around for …

Disclaimer: Some information written in this section is strictly rumor, and has no factual information outside of what has been heard, or speculated upon, via outside sources.
Derek Jeter Minus the Pinstripes?

Nahhh… Although, this has come into question this week due to his contract ending after this year. Jeter has simply stated that he wants to remain a Yankee for the remainder of his career (3-6 years?). And about those pinstripes, he couldn’t imagine not wearing them. Jeter has been the heart and soul of the Yankees since they won in …

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Manny’s Farewell Tour

In the final year of his two-year, $45 million contract (overpriced much?), Manny Ramirez has announced that he is not coming back to the Dodgers next year. Please tell me he’s retiring..!!! Well, not so fast – Manny says he is undecided on what to do next year, but he expects to be either retired or back to DH in the American …

For those of you who don’t follow the Olympics, could care less whether Brett Favre will play another year, don’t care about basketball, and have been hit with snow in the last week (yes, that includes you in Texas too), get a warm feeling! Baseball is on it’s way back!

No, it’s not quite the summer months yet, so don’t pull out the shorts from the closet quite yet… but today marks the first day of mandatory pitchers and catchers practice! Position players are required to join the battery men next week, …

Until yesterday no one wanted Johnny Damon on their team, including the Yankees.  Reason being is he wanted $10 million per season at the age of 36 AND a multi-year deal which would be him at age 37, at the least.  All of a sudden Damon is now getting offers from the Braves (1-year, $4 million) and the Tigers (1-year, $4.5 million) and I’ve even heard rumors of the Rays being interested.
Johnny Damon is a prime example of players demanding too much money.  Obviously this happens year after year, we …

Disclaimer: Some information written in this section is strictly rumor, and has no factual information outside of what has been heard, or speculated upon, via outside sources.
Tom Glavine Officially Retires

After realizing he would no longer be offered a contract to pitch again in the majors, former Braves great Tom Glavine has retired from baseball. Glavine is a sure-shot Hall of Famer after reaching 305 wins with the Mets a couple years ago. He is also the 1995 World Series MVP with Atlanta. He sat out last year in hopes of …

Time and time again Ozzie Guillen puts his foot in his mouth. This weekend was no exception.
For those of you who don’t know, the Minnesota Twins will be moving out of the Metrodome this coming season to play in an outdoor stadium (Target Field). There was a special advantage in the ‘Homerdome’ that was truly not duplicated anywhere else. The sound was louder than any other field, the turf was so hard that it allowed them to build teams around speed, and the roof was white (try catching a white baseball …

For years, Alex Rodriguez was the most underachieving postseason player based on his regular season statistics in sports history. In 2009, A-Rod ‘exercised his demons’ and had a terrific playoff to help lead the Yankees to their 27th World Series title. In addition to this, Rodriguez won the Postseason MVP award at the 87th annual New York baseball writers’ dinner on Saturday night. Not only this, but A-Rod choked up and started to cry at the achievement that he won and the obstacles he had to overcome.
Give me a break.
Rodriguez …

With 30 MLB organizations, you would think that there would be enough money to pass around, right?
Not according to the most powerful union on earth – the MLB players’ union.
The Florida Marlins have grudgingly reached an agreement with the players’ union to increase their spending of payroll to avoid a violation of baseball’s revenue sharing provisions. Now, what is an increase – that’s not defined.
Year after year, the Marlins have had one of the lowest payrolls in all of baseball, but it’s not that they’ve been one of the worst …