As with any good argument, there are two sides to the Players Association's grievance that the commissioner's office unilaterally extended the signing deadline past midnight on Aug. 15, allowing the Pirates and No. 2 overall pick Pedro Alvarez to agree on a $6 million deal.

He hit a batter in the first inning. Hit another batter in the fourth. And he plunked his third batter in the fifth. 'It was a horrible night,' he said. 'Nothing was working.' What a difference six days meant for the Mariners' ace. Hernandez held the

'Lauren does well on days when the Yankees win, and she does well on days when the Yankees lose; but it's nicer when she does well on days when the Yankees win,' Greg wrote on Nov. 1, 2001, in one of those daily emails to friends and family that

While the team went to Anaheim to begin its final road trip of the season, a three-city, 11-game journey, Bloomquist returned to his Peoria, Ariz., home to rejoin his family and continue his recovery from a strained right hamstring suffered on Aug. 9

Putting Tuesday night's rough outing aside, ace right-hander Felix Hernandez (9-10, 3.41 ERA) has been solid virtually the entire season and should have a much better record. Left-handers Ryan Rowland-Smith (4-2, 3.61) and Ryan Feierabend (1-2, 5.53)

That could be the case at Angel Stadium on Thursday night, when Morrow takes on the Angels in the opener of a four-game series. 'I won't get caught up in any of that [encore] stuff,' manager Jim Riggleman said, 'but it's human nature for a lot of fans to

But in the end -- and to the relief of the Mariners -- power took a back seat to timely hitting, as Seattle held on for an 8-7 victory over the Rangers in front of 23,644 at Safeco Field and several thousand interested spectators at Angel Stadium in

PM ETBy Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com BALTIMORE -- One guy is listed at 180 pounds, the other at 240. They might not exactly be twins, but Indians left-hander Jeremy Sowers and designated hitter Travis Hafner do have this much in common: They're both

PM ETBy Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com BALTIMORE -- It's conceivable that we're already looking at the Indians' outfield composition for the outset of 2009. Although it had once been assumed the Indians would go into the winter looking for a corner bat,

PM ETBy Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com BALTIMORE -- One day after his return to the Indians' lineup, Travis Hafner was back out. It was something akin to one of those tag-team wrestling matches Pronk is a fan of. Hafner tapped out, and Victor Martinez