I'm not a professional baseball player and even I could have told you that Yankee Stadium reeks. It appears that this year's crop of All-Stars won't miss Yankee Stadium as much as ESPN would like you to think. Among the complaints are: the smell, the tiny clubhouse and the low dugout roof;   more...
Original Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/sports....

The most talked about man in Cleveland sports these days spells his name incorrectly. But he is swinging a hot bat, and many Tribe fans are having second thoughts about their earlier call for a trade of shortstop Jhonny Peralta.Should the Tribe trade their hottest hitter and the A.L. home run   more...
Original Story: http://tribefanyankeeland.blogspot.com/2....

Did Piniella deserve the ejection? Probably not. It's more of a case of a minor league ump filling in for an MLB ump that wanted to be a big guy for the day. Take a look at the video.
Original Story: http://www.insidetheballpark.com/video-l....

Every year, MLB.com makes a big production "The Final Vote", letting the fans pick the 32nd man on the All-Star team in each league. But arguing about who got snubbed is really only half the fun of All-Star debates. With that in mind, I thought BBTF commenter "DKDC" had a great idea when he   more...
Original Story: http://vegaswatch.net/2008/07/all-star-0....

Yet another worthless mid-season list. But it's from the Muffin so read up, it's good for you. On to the AL MVP candidates:1a. Josh Hamilton (TEX), .311 average, 19 HR, 76 RBI, 50 R1b. Milton Bradley (TEX), .332 average, 15 HR, 48 RBI, 47 R, ML-leading .452 OBP and 1.079 OPS1c. Ian Kinsler   more...
Original Story: http://www.thesportsmuffin.com/2008/06/a....

With FOX and Major League Baseball jamming the All-Star game down our throats (It's at Yankee Stadium! The Last One! So Historic!), it's time to look at who is actually going to play in this mid-season celebration of big name fan favorites. We'll examine the AL and NL voting for one position daily.   more...
Original Story: http://goesdownlooking.blogspot.com/2008....

While the AL is trouncing the NL in interleague play yet again, the NL has emerged as the Talent League, with the majority of elite fantasy players residing in the Senior of the two circuits. The Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame takes a step back at the virtual midpoint of the season to construct All   more...
Original Story: http://blog.fbhof.com/2008/06/25/2008-fa....

In just 24 days baseball will give us the 77th Midsummer Classic. That's right, the MLB All-Star game is less than a month away. I for one am looking forward to watching the best players in the game come together and do battle. However, as it stands right now, there will be some dominant players   more...
Original Story: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp.

It's that time a year again and the one and only Mark Healey from Gotham Baseball Magazine hits up his sources to bring us all the latest in Major League Baseball's Rumor Mill.
Original Story: http://www.fantasybaseballguy.com/major-....

Here is the pre Spring Training ranking list of American League third basemen for 2008.
Original Story: http://www.crookedpitch.com/195/2008-ame....

A great look forward to the offseason for the Chicago White Sox. A great read for any Sox fan.
Original Story: http://www.fannation.com/blogs/post/957.

The final two All-Stars have been named - Evan Longoria and Corey Hart. But that got me to thinking who the most underrated and overrated players are. Later I'll post the underrated players, but for now, it's the Andruw Joneses of the league (note: he's not on here because everyone knows he has   more...

Joe Crede and the White Sox avoided arbitration, and have agreed to a one year $4.94 million deal.
Original Story: http://tomfornellisportsblog.blogspot.co....

White Sox season awards...Mark Buehrle -- The Tums Award -- For upsetting the most stomach's with his performances.Jose Contreras -- Egghead Award -- For having the biggest head, EVER.Neal Cotts -- Worst LOOGY Award -- For not being able to get out lefties.Freddy Garcia -- Cheech and Chong Award --   more...
Original Story: http://chisoxblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/a....

As we all continue to do our research for the up-coming season, I wanted to pass on some American League Notes I've gathered over the last couple of days. This information is the type you want to have stored away when you go into your drafts in a month or two. It's this little bit of information   more...
Original Story: http://www.fantasybaseballguy.com/2008-f....