Interleague play returns to the MLB this weekend! Check out some of the best and most intriguing matchups of the weekend RIGHT NOW!

Chicago White Sox @ Chicago Cubs – The battle of ChiTown starts in the North Side. These two teams truly hate each other, but who can blame them? Both of these teams are easy to hate (i.e. AJ Pierzynski and Carlos Zambrano) so why wouldn’t they hate each other!
Houston @ NY Yankees – The last time these two teams met in New York the Astros threw a combined …

It’s the end of an era in the MLB. Ken Griffey Jr. has retired from baseball.

Griffey, aka The Kid, aka Junior, aka my favorite player growing up, is leaving the Seattle Mariners and baseball in the middle of the season. Before Wednesday’s game against the Twins in Seattle, the 40-year-old informed the team that his career was over.

Griffey felt he was not helping the team anymore and he didn’t want his frustrations with his lack of production and his pending retirement after the season to distract the team in any …

This edition of News and Rumors highlights an excited Capitol and a young pitcher looking for yet another fresh start. Let’s get to it:
Mark the Date

The Stephen Strasburg era is almost here. According to the Washington Nationals, the 21-year old phenom is being prepped to make his much anticipated major league debut on June 8. Is this significant? Ask the Nats. They did all they could to promote this date and it looks as if they have already sold out their home game that day – against the Pirates of …

It’s Memorial Day, and in the eyes of baseball it is the first official checkpoint in a team’s season. For anyone not familiar with what I mean by this, Memorial Day draws the line that separates the early part of the season from the rest of the year. Therefore, if you’re projected as a good team but in last place, you may not actually be good team, and if you’re projected as a bad team but in first place, it’s possible that you actually are a good team. In other …

What a crazy couple of days for the Anaheim Angels ballclub and their fans.

Originally, I was going to do a post strictly focused on Kendry Morales’ injury following his walkoff grand slam on Saturday. I planned on saying plenty about how ridiculous the injury is based on how it came about and question what would happen in future celebrations by the Angels and other teams in the league.
Well, we were able to find out how the Angels would celebrate (for now at least) only about 24 hours later, but I …

From a possible trade, to whining, to some jewelry, this edition of News and Rumors is jam packed with a whole bunch of baseball.
I’ll Take One Trade To-Go, Please

Only a couple weeks back, Astros 1B Lance Berkman made a splash by saying he was willing to waive his no-trade clause to leave Houston if it was in the team’s best nature. Well, now he’s not alone.
Now Astros ace Roy Oswalt, who is only 2-6 this year but with a 2.66 ERA, says he would like to leave the only team …

Interleague baseball is back! Whether you hate it or not, those around baseball say it’s good because it brings in the dough. I just think it’s funny that on rival weekend there are matchups like Marlins at White Sox. Tell me how that’s a rivalry! (I mean, Sox fans love the Marlins for embarrassing the Cubs in 2003 – they love Bartman too, ha!) Here are some matchups featured this weekend!
Intrastate Rivals
NY Yankees @ NY Mets – It’s too bad the Mets had to tank the last couple of weeks …

Florida Marlins superstar SS Hanley Ramirez is feuding with manager Fredi Gonzalez.  In last night’s game against the Diamondbacks, Hanley fouled a ball off his left shin in the first inning and was shaken up but remained in the game.  In the top of the 2nd, a blooper was hit to left field over his head and fell in for a base hit.  While he was chasing after it he accidentally kicked the ball far into the left field corner.  Instead of running hard to get the ball, he jogged to …

Anyone who knows me at all knows how much I hate ESPN. It is the foremost motive of the SPORTS channel to provide comedy, moving further and further away from their score/highlight giving roots.
Yes, something is wrong here.

A little over a week ago, Giants catcher Bengie Molina fell victim to this ‘comedy’ routine as he simply played some baseball. While showing a highlight of the Giants game in Miami, the producers and anchors of Sportscenter thought it would be funny to make fun of Molina’s slowness on the base paths. …

This weekend has a handful of great matchups around the majors, starting in Cincy and the Civil Rights Game. Hey, here’s a question: Will there be a perfect game this weekend too?

St. Louis @ Cincinnati – The Reds come into this first place series with a five-game winning streak and a chance to take over first in the NL Central. I’m not too thrilled that the Cards could be out of first place after this weekend, but at least it isn’t the Cubs for now. Also, Saturday is the annual …