Tickets for the Home Run Derby range from $100 to $650. At those prices, the game's most renowned sluggers should be almost obligated to appear - not just for the ticket buyers, but also for the television viewers and the promotion of their sport.Alas,

Tampa Bay Rays The coolest kids on the block, over .500 for 78 days, 12 more than in the first 10 years of their existence combined. Home teams As of Wednesday, the winning percentage of teams at home was a telling .569, second highest since baseball

Cleveland Indians From American League Championship Series to a fire sale in just 10 months? But beware. They were farther out of first place at the break in 2006 and went on to test the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS in 2007. Detroit Tigers They have

There were no cutouts of Madonna, but there were, as you can see above, plenty of photos used to garner Alex Rodriguez' attention while in Toronto this past weekend. Fans had some fun at Alex Rodriguez's expense at the Rogers Centre last night,

Filed under: Braves, NL East, MLB Biz, MLB Rumors July 31 is rapidly approaching. Buy or Sell lets each team know where they stand on the trade market with the deadline right around the corner. The Braves are stuck in one of the most interesting trade

Chad Billingsley struck out a career-high 13 batters and the Los Angeles Dodgers jumped out to a 6-1 first-inning lead Sunday in a 9-1 rout of Florida. Billingsley (9-8) went seven innings, allowing one run on five hits with no walks for the Dodgers, who

Mike Pelfrey tossed eight shutout innings and the New York Mets won their ninth straight game Sunday, routing Colorado 7-0. Pelfrey (8-6) limited the Rockies to six hits and no walks, striking out five and running his consecutive-start winning streak to

PHILADELPHIA (AP)Now in his ninth season, Pat Burrell would like to someday play in an All-Star game. In the meantime, he plans to keep getting big hits for the Philadelphia Phillies. Burrell hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the eighth inning and

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler extended his hitting streak to 25 games, longest in the majors this season, with a leadoff double in the first inning Sunday against the . Kinsler, who will be an AL reserve for the All-Star game on

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)Ian Kinsler, Michael Young and Milton Bradley took care of business at home before heading to the All-Star game. Kinsler extended his majors-best hitting streak to 25 games with three hits and drove in three runs, and Young and