Monday was opening day for a number of Major League Baseball teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, who has the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In earlier segments in my 2013 Major League Baseball preview, I looked at the American League East, the National League East, the American League Central, the National League Central, and the American League West divisions.
In this segment, my final one, I preview the National League West.
In earlier segments of my 2013 Major League Baseball preview I previewed the American League East, the National League East, the American League Central, and the National League Central divisions.
In this segment, I take a look at the American League West.
In earlier segments of my 2013 Major League Baseball Preview, I took a look at the American League East, the National League East, and the American League Central.
In this segment, I preview the National League Central.
In earlier segments of my 2013 Major League Baseball Preview, I previewed the American League East and the National League East.
In this segment, I'm going to look at the American League Central.
This is the second segment of my 2013 Major League Baseball Preview. In the first segment, I took a look at the American League East. In this one, I preview the National League East.
Check out this monstrous home run that Mark Reynolds of the Cleveland Indians belted on Friday night.
The homer took place during the sixth inning of the Indians' 7-5 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Goodyear Ballpark in Arizona in spring training action...
Zack Greinke and Josh Hamilton were the big-ticket items in free agency this winter, but the intrigue belonged to Melky Cabrera. How would his dismissal from the World Champion San Francisco Giants, and his suspension for performance enhancing drugs, impact his contract? He would leave money on the table because of his actions, but how much? How much were PEDs contributing to his performance? I'll
Otis Nixon is a former outfielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1983-1999, for the likes of the Yankees, Indians, Expos, Braves, Red Sox, Indians, Blue Jays, Dodgers, and Twins.
News reports circulated recently that Major League Baseball and the Drug Enforcement Administration were investigating a clinic in Miami, Florida, run by Anthony Bosch, as being associated with performance enhancing drugs.
Both were surprise playoff teams this year.
And the managers of the Oakland Athletics and Washington Nationals have won their league awards as Manager of the Year.
Bob Melvin of Oakland nosed out Baltimore's Buck Showalter to win the award in the American League...
It's not a shock.
Mike Trout, a prime candidate for the Most Valuable Player award in the American League, and Bryce Harper, the National League's most touted rookie have won Rookie of the Year awards in their respective leagues.
Trout, of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, was a unanimous choice and in the process, became the youngest ever to win the AL award at age 21...
Don't look now, but Mark McGwire will be wearing Dodger blue.
McGwire informed his employer, the St. Louis Cardinals last week that he would be joining the Dodgers. McGwire lives in nearly Orange County.
McGwire has been credited with the development of young Cardinals hitters including David Freese, Allen Craig and Matt Carpenter.
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His team just got swept in the World Series, but the Tigers are happy with Jim Leyland.
Less than 48 hours after the Series ended, Detroit announced that Leyland would return for his eighth season as the Tigers' skipper.
Leyland has led the Tigers to the postseason three times and the World Series twice...
Marco Scutaro's line drive single scored Ryan Theriot with the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers, 4-3, on Sunday night in Detroit to complete a four-game sweep of the 2012 World Series.