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"Hawkeye" is named for a camera-based replay system in tennis. Major League Baseball will experiment with it next month, as well as a replay system that uses radar detection in golf. Both experiments will take place in...

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Despite having the best record in all of baseball, the New York Yankees have had their share of injuries this season, some of them to key players.

You can now add Alex Rodriguez to that list.

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Major League Baseball announced which players will represent their respective leagues at the All-Star Game in Kansas City on July 10. Here’s what’s happening in MLB this week:

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Pittsburgh Pirates' outfielder Andrew McCutchen

We're about halfway through the 2012 Major League baseball season, and there have been a number of surprises in the first half of the season.

Most people aren't surprised that the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers lead their respective divisions, but what about the other divisions, where the the Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals, and Chicago White Sox lead the way?

The Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, and Baltimore Orioles are three other teams that have raised more than a few eyebrows

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The New York Yankees and Texas Rangers are the best teams in the American League thus far, while the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals lead the National League. Here’s what’s happening in Major League Baseball this week:

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For years, I've argued that the closer role in Major League Baseball is an overrated, overvalued position.

Now, don't get me wrong, I think bullpens, as a whole, are underrated, but the closer role is overrated.

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Major League Baseball hasn't had a Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox accomplished the feat back in 1967.

Currently, outfielder Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers leads the American League in both home runs and RBI's, and is second in batting average

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A .405 batting average.

Fourteen homers.

36 runs batted in.

It would be safe to say the Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton is off to a good start to the 2012 season.

And, last night, against Baltimore, he joined baseball immortality

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Many baseball parks were built in the early 1900's.

Only one has survived.

Boston's Fenway Park has survived more  than one fire, and more than one attempt to replace it with another new, state of the art park

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There's a little bit of irony that two of the greatest catchers ever are nicknamed "Pudge."

Carlton Fisk had that nickname on his way to catching the most games in major league history with the Red Sox and White Sox

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