What really annoyed the umpires about Wednesday's game, and why I suspect the league is threatening Scioscia and company with fines, was probably Brian Fuentes' accusation that the umpires were afraid to make the right call in Fenway: Fuente...

A clear threat to society I suppose I shouldn't be so blasé about Wednesday's traffic stop story; in case you've been living in a cave for the last few, the Pittsburgh police stopped Bucs' cent...

A surprisingly taut pitchers' duel, both sides scoring a pair in the fifth, the Rockies' on Ryan Spilborghs' two-run jack. The Dodgers' runs came a bit more strangely: with men on first and second, Ubaldo Jimenez misread Randy Wolf and thought he...

The Dodgers picked up an early 1-0 lead on a Rafael Furcal RBI single, but Clayton Kershaw's clay feet quickly came into play in the next frame, as he walked four straight and drove in two that way. Kershaw ran aground again in the fifth, with Jeff...

Jon Heyman's Twitter feed reports the Mariners will be getting Cliff Lee from Philadelphia as part of a blockbuster 3-team deal. Roy Halladay, spotted earlier in the day in a Philadelphia hotel, is said to be on his way to the City of Brotherly Love....

I am not a mark. I do not have to give Arte a nickel; I choose to anyway, despite all the team's historic and recent flaws. Insulting, puerile, and trite -- good grief, he hauls out the "grade school teachers about $40,000 a year while we pay an...

For a DH role. The contract is rumored to be one year at $6.5M. Not sure I like it, but at this point he's probably a better option for DH than Vlad. Come to think of it, I could see a scenario where Vlad ends up with Oakland or Kansas City or...

So says Metsblog.

The complete list: Chad Billingsley, Jonathan Broxton, Andre Ethier, Matt Kemp, Hong-Chih Kuo, James Loney, Russell Martin, Jason Repko and George Sherrill.