Had Jayson Werth not had an historic offensive performance last night against the Toronto Blue Jays, Jimmy Rollins and his poor approach at the plate and on the base paths would have been in question.   more »

A daily look at baseball transactions.   more »

Interleague play begins and we have all your recaps right here! The scoreboard has now been expanded to include full linescores, and tomorrow's pitching matchups are, of course, right at your fingertips...   more »

They would be smart to trade him if they feel they have no shot at winning the NL West. However, if the Rockies win three of their next five games starting tonight, that would leave them at 18-27, exactly where they were after 45 games last season when they went on to win the NL pennant.   more »

The Billy Wagner meltdown continues in New York. Evidently not content just taking shots at Oliver Perez, he's now ...   more »

An awards poll among baseball writers on the web and the results for the season up to week six.   more »

A daily look at baseball transactions.   more »

Thursdays recaps and scores plus Friday's probable pitchers as we head into a weekend of interleague play!   more »

BDD is looking to expand its daily flow of news and information and would like to add 2-3 members to our staff. Read on for application details...   more »

A lot of guys never drew a walk in their career. For grins, here are the top 10 from 1901 ...   more »

We use 'random chance' when we're trying to predict the outcome of an event that may or may not happen. There is no implication EVER that we can only use 'random chance' for events that are somehow "truly random."   more »

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The Brewers called a 10 a.m. CT (11 ET) news conference on Thursday to announce a contract extension for left fielder Ryan Braun. The deal is said to be at least seven years beyond this season and exceeds the six-year, $31 million contract signed by Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki.   more »

Which current players would you describe as characters of the game?  Eric Byrnes comes to mind.  Who else?

Classic examples ...   more »

The Phillies, along with the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres of last season, know exactly how much one game can mean in the standings, so they can't afford to let the Brett Myers issue fester.   more »

Wednesday scores and recaps plus probable pitchers for the full slate of games scheduled for Thursday...   more »

The Tampa Bay Rays and pitcher Scott Kazmir have agreed on a four-year contract extension. The first three years of the agreement covering 2009, 2010 and 2011 are guaranteed with the team holding an option for the 2012 season. The contract guarantees Kazmir $28.5 million and has a maximum value of approximately $39.5 million.   more »

As per usual, it is time to get ready for my weekly segment on ESPN 1450's Mike Gill Show. Today we toss around the following...   more »

Overall, it was a great experience. We got there at 3:30 PM, walked around the perimeter of the ballpark for some pictures, went into McFadden's for about an hour, and then took in batting practice before the game started.   more »

While searching for something totally unrelated at Baseball-Reference (I forget what), I stumbled onto the number of times a team ...   more »