Cole Hamels came up big for the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1, silencing the Tampa Bay Rays' bats for seven innings in his first World Series start. Hamels improved to 4-0 in the playoffs, makin...

The Baseball Hall of Fame ballots are out for the 2010 class, and there are a few first-timers who should make the grade over the next few years. But I don't think any of them will make it this year in their first year of eligibility. Voters hold out...

The offseason is a time to relax for some players, to refine skills in winter ball for others. For Pirates pitcher Ross Ohlendorf, it's a time for working as an unpaid intern for the Department of Agriculture. The Princeton-educated...

The free agent season is off to a slow start, and part of that is because teams are deciding what they want to do with their own young players who are eligible for arbitration, and coming up with a strategy based on what the other 29 teams do as...

While 29 teams are still doing a little window shopping for the free agent season, the Chicago White Sox made a beeline for the bargain bin. For just $500,000 plus incentives, they picked up a five-time All-Star with 10 Gold Gloves who is just 32...

When the Boston Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 and 2007, it didn't go over well in New York. They spent money on free agents with abandon in the offseasons. And when the Yankees win the World Series, as they did earlier this month, it obviously...