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In 1982, Robin Yount had one of the greatest overall seasons of any major-league shortstop, before or since.

The Red Sox should win the Eastern Division, but that doesn't mean Yankees' haters are safe.

As July turns to August's Dog Days, more than just the thermometer will be heating up. Let's look at the 2007 MLB divisional races and the Wild Card card fight in the AL.

The 1951 race to the pennant between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants was as great a pennant race as there has ever been. Ever.

If today's playoff structure were used in 1978, the differences would have been beyond radical.

Torre's teams finished first as many times as Stengel's, but Torre won 4 fewer pennants because he was defeated in the playoffs, which didn't exist when Stengel managed.

Mickey Mantle was one of the all-time greats in baseball history. As great as he was, some say he never reached his full potential. Here's a part of his story.

Yankee Stadium Will Close at the end of the 2008 baseball season. Here are just a few of the memories that it leaves behind.

With so many retired numbers, the New York Yankees may someday be the first team to have a player wear number 100.

When Babe Ruth became a Yankee in 1920, the Yankees were sharing the Polo Grounds with the New York Giants. After Ruth changed the game, the Yanks had to change stadiums.

The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry heated up of the field long before the two teams became bitter enemies between the lines. When Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth, a Curse Was Born.

The 1948 Indians, with Ken Keltner, Lou Boudreau, and Joe Gordon, had an all-100 RBIs infield.

In in-depth look at the greatest rivalry in sports, and how the boys from Beantown just might be turning the tables on the Bronx Bombers.

The greatest New York Yankees of all time, position by position.

Legendary home run king Babe Ruth would not have had the chance to be a hitter with the desinated hitter rule

It is unconceivable that the Tigers will go with Todd Jones and that the Indians will go with Joe Borowski if they hope to be taken seriously.

Managers of winning baseball teams are often hailed as geniuses. History suggests that ballplayer talent counts for more, but that good managers can make a difference.

George Brett's best season was 1985, when he hit .335 with 112 runs batted in and a career-high 30 home runs.

The Yankees and Red Sox have had some of the most memorable regular season series in baseball history. Here are a few of the best in the first 100 years of the rivalry.

Frank Robinson won two MVP awards, a Triple Crown, and became the game's first African-American manager in 1975.

Although Cy Young won more games, and Christy Mathewson won more acclaim, it is hard to argue that any pitcher was better than Johnson during the early 20th century.

Detroit Tigers needed to keep Jim Leyland and Ivan Rodriguez, but also need to find a new relief pitcher to replace the inept Todd Jones.

Four Red Sox stars of the 40's and 50's forged a lifelong friendship that gave new meaning to the concept of team.

There is no arguing the point. Iron Man Joe McGinnity and Christy Mathewson had the greatest season of any pitcher teammates in baseball history. Each won over 30 games

If Ted had one more hit or one less at bat, he would have become the first player to win the Triple Crown three times. Since 1901, only he and Hornsby have won it twice.

The 1917 White Sox won 100 games, but they have become an afterthought since many of their stars played on the 1919 Black Sox.

The lineup card for the 1928 Philadelphia Athletics reads like the player's directory to the Baseball Hall of Fame. So why did they finish in second place?

The '49 American League season came down to one game between the Yankees and Red Sox. The contest was a portent of epic battles to come.

Several White Sox players confessed to deliberately losing the 1919 World Series. Although they later recanted, eight men were banned for life and the sport almost died.

The House that Ruth Built Will Close Its Doors in 2008 to Major League Baseball. The new, more modernized Yankee Stadium Signals a Newer Look for the Bronx Bombers.

Stop listening to the negative baseball media and focus on some of the good things in baseball today.

Stumped by Christmas shopping? Then buy your favorite baseball fan a few of these great page turners about our National Pastime.

High expectations, surprising achievements, and baffling disappointments marked the return of baseball's top stars from the war.

Major League Baseball doesn't require the beneficiaries of revenue sharing to spend the money they receive on players.

The best venue in America for watching a Major League baseball game has survived two World Wars, and 86 year World Series drought and economic pressure to make it bigge

Biography of Connie Mack, a Hall of Fame baseball legend and record-breaking manager of the Philadelphia Athletics for 50 years

Yogi Berra was so great, they named a cartoon character after him.

Speaker was the first in a line of immortal offensive and defensive centerfielders that includes Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Ken Griffey, Jr.

When he was hired to manage the Yankees in 1996, no one could have predicted that Joe Torre would enjoy such longevity and success as skipper of the Bronx Zoo.

Jose Canseco's 2005 book made some startling allegations about steroid use in baseball. Many of them have been proven to be true.

As MLB bubble gum millionaires open the season on April 5-7, management should wake-up and remember the public once disowned America's national pastime over cheating.

Babe Ruth still holds quite a few hitting records. But as the heroes of the New Dynasty get a little bit older, they are starting to amke their mark on Yankee history.

The 1959 Yankees and the 2007 team had pitching staffs that could have great -- or that could have cost them the pennant.

The 1919 Chicago White Sox threw the World Series. In doing so, they threw away their careers, their Hall of Fame chances, and their baseball legacies.

The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies, whose youth and enthusiasm earned them the nickname the "Whiz Kids," were the surprise team of the season.

Inside Profiles and Rankings for each of the five best general managers in Major League Baseball.

Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx were the top sluggers of the 1930s, but they were only the tip of the hitting iceberg in baseball's most offensive-rich decade.

After a decade interrupted by war, baseball returned to its full glory during the 1950s. Here are the very best hitters from the Rock n' Roll decade.

In the days before Babe Ruth, home runs were less common than smart decisions by the Bush administration.

The Yankees came all the way back from a 14 game deficit to tie the Sox at the end of the season, setting up the greatest one-game playoff contest in baseball history.