If you had to pick a handful of games played over baseball’s rich history, which ones would stand out the most?  You’d possibly be a little biased and focus on the era you grew up in, only because of the familiarity. Or you’d be focused on games that took place closer to where you’ve lived, [...]

Column reader/contributor Abe Knaster of New York chimes in once again on his hometown team: “After much debate, Michael Jackson’s final resting place was finally revealed. He was buried alongside the 2009 New York Mets.” Abe also pointed out that Jose Guillen of the K.C. Royals recently sustained a torn knee ligament while putting on [...]

ITEM: American Joey Chestnut wins his third consecutive Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest–consuming 68 wieners to defeat his archrival Takeru Kobayashi. With some nutritional information in hand, try to fathom this, my friends: That translates to approximately 21,000 calories (not counting the buns), 1,367 grams of fat, 2,380 mg of cholesterol, and 46,512 mg [...]

Great job by the PGA Tour–designating last Saturday as a “Pink Out” day at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Texas–urging all those in attendance to wear something pink in support of Amy Mickelson (wife of Phil) and to raise awareness for breast cancer research. Having lost my Mom to breast cancer in 2007, I urge [...]

The Aaron Heilman era in Seattle didn’t last very long.
The former Met reliever was shipped away from the Pacific Northwest yesterday when the Mariners shipped the embattled reliever to the Chicago Cubs for infielder Ronny Cedeno and left-hander Garrett Olson.
Actually, the trade brings the 30 year-old home since he grew up 140 miles away from [...]

MLB 2009 gives up a preview of New Yankee Stadium with some grand sweeping views.
The Yankees open the stadium on April 3rd and 4th for two preseason games against the Chicago Cubs. The first official home game is April 16th against the Cleveland Indians.
Click on the video to take a closer look.