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  • Alex Rodriguez Reaches 630 Home Runs ; Doesn’t Deserve to be on List

    Alex Rodriguez hit his 1st home run of the 2012 season, moving him up to fifth on the all time list with 630. He’s now tied with Ken Griffey, 30 behind Willie Mays before he ventures, if he ever gets that far, to the 700 territory, where Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds reside. Like Bonds, Rodriguez shouldn’t be on it.

  • The Top Ten Highest Paid MLB Players in 2012

    Alex Rodriguez leads the highest salary list in MLB once again, getting overpaid for producing less and less each year, like most huge contracts tend to do. He’s joined by two other Yankees in the top 4, while the Detroit Tigers send three players as well into the list of mostly overpaid players.

  • Yu Darvish Comes Out as a Winner After Roller Coaster Debut

    Yu Darvish showed all through the first inning just how much pressure is on a guy who cost the Texas Rangers $112 million to get him from Japan. He needed 42 pitches to get through a nightmarish debut inning for him. But he picked himself up, enjoying a loaded and potent offense, getting the win in the 11-5 opener against the Seattle Mariners.

  • New York Mets Silence Critics By Winning Season Opening Series

    The New York Mets didn’t listen to the preseason criticism and doom prophecies, beginning the 2012 MLB season with some impressive hitting from David Wright and Lucas Duda, beating the Atlanta Braves twice to go 2-0 for the first time since 2009.

  • Pitchers Dominate Another Opening Day

    Another opening day for the 2012 MLB season, this time with an actual feel to it, with 7 games taking place instead of just one. The year of the pitcher? Seems like it again, with Justin Verlander and Roy Halladay looking as dominant as they were in 2011, leading their teams to their first wins.

  • 2012 Opening Day Lost in the Confusion

    The Miami Marlins didn’t have the greatest of debuts in their new home park, losing to the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 in a second opening day for the 2012 MLB season, which actually opened a week ago in Tokyo, Japan, in a two game series between the A’s and the Mariners. Did anyone notice, anyone at all?

  • Matt Cain & Joey Votto Get Huge Extensions From Giants & Reds

    Matt Cain landed an extension with the San Francisco Giants, making him the highest paid right handed pitcher in the history of Baseball. Joey Votto, the 2010 NL MVP, becomes yet another NL first baseman, who actually didn’t leave his team (Cincinnati Reds) landing a huge contract.

  • The Oldest Players in MLB Heading Into the 2012 Season

    Jamie Moyer returns to Major League Baseball, taking his spot back on the pedestal of the oldest player in the league, leading a group that includes Mariano Rivera and Jim Thome as the 9 players beginning the 2012 over the age of 40, the oldest players in MLB.

  • Baseball Is Nearly Back, If You’ve Noticed

    The 2012 Baseball season has already started, but it hasn’t been really noticed. The NBA, despite of the lockout, didn’t really take a hit in popularity. Too many stars, too many crowd-pleasers in the league right now. March Madness and College Basketball has been extremely appeasing, despite the apparent uneven field. We’ll see if Kansas can do something about it.

  • Yoenis Cespedes Starting To Get Comfortable With MLB

    Yoenis Cespedes shook off the debut jitters and hit his first Major League home run, helping the Oakland Athletics get their first win of the 2012 season (4-1) and splitting the opening series against the Seattle Mariners in Tokyo, Japan. The big news for the A’s is that their offense showed a sign of life after scoring just one run in the first 17 innings of the season.