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The 2007 Oakland A's may be in trouble. They lost their best hitter and top starter to free agency. Their new lineup is made up of aging vets and career underachievers.

The trade for Matt Holliday could help turn around Oakland's baseball team, but more moves must follow to revitalize the once-dominant franchise.

Gio Gonzalez radiates enough energy to run a small rollercoaster at an amusement park. If he was a battery, he'd be durable and last years longer than the pink bunny.

At the All-Star break, three teams are in the race in the American League West while one is already looking ahead to next year.

Four teams will do battle in the American League West, a division that has been dominated by the Angels in recent years.

Philadelphia acquired right-handed starting pitcher, Joe Blanton from Oakland on Thursday for three minor leaguers.

Ichiro Suzuki has been a special baseball player since he day he arrived at the Seattle Mariners' spring training camp in 1999.

A television broadcast of the World Series at Candlestick Park in San Francisco quickly became a live news report of an earthquake.

The Oakland A's Might Consider Moving Out Of Norhern California Talks For New Stadium in Freemont collapse

The past 25 years have seen pitchers such as Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux and Pedro Martinez win multiple Cy Young Awards.

With the Yankees back in the World Series there has been talk of a lack of competitive balance in MLB. In reality baseball stands up well compared to other sports.

Since the White Sox 2008 exodus from their Tucson, Arizona Cactus League MLB Spring Training site to Surprise, AZ, the Rockies and D-Backs may soon follow.

The Boston Red Sox have been the class of the AL in the first half of 2009, while other surprises and disappointments have dotted the baseball landscape.

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

Baseball history is filled with records and trivia. The following pitchers contributed to these by having no-hitters either early or late in their careers.

Cubs grab Mark Prior with second pick while Gavin Floyd goes fourth to Phillies and Mark Teixeira is selected fifth by Texas Rangers.

The Toronto Blue Jays fired general manager J.P. Ricciardi last week from a position he has held since 2001.

From Don Newcombe in 1956 to Steve Stone and Steve Carlton in 1980, the Cy Young award honors baseball's best pitchers. Here are the winners over the first 25 years.

The most interesting thing about Boston Red Sox director George Mitchell's report is the amount of Yankees names that appear, and the complete lack of Red Sox players.

High school star B.J. Upton taken second by Tampa Bay and Milwaukee went after high school slugger Prince Fielder.

Alex Rodriguez's three years in texas were highlighted by individual success, but the team's failure to improve led owner Tom Hicks to trade A-Rod to the Yankees.

1968 is still the only year in baseball history that two pitchers claimed the four most prominent awards in the game, Most Valuable Player and the Cy Young Award.

Sports fans have long complained about the need for a salary cap in baseball and threatened to abandon the sport because of big free agent contracts.

At the All-Star break, the NL Central contained the three best teams in the entire National League, but only two of those teams can make the MLB Playoffs.

This crop of young players have been the AL's best this season, and some of them are the league's best overall.

Once in a while a Hawaiian sports radio personality makes his way to the mainland to catch up on the doings of various Hawaiian born athletes. Kurt Suzuki is a celebrity.

Some of the most entertaining books in publication are about baseball. Among the best are those that transcend the game with stories reaching beyond the play-by-play.

Twenty years ago this week Field of Dreams opened, just as the baseball season was getting underway. Today it remains one of the finest sports movies ever made.

Two years ago, Rick Porcello was pitching for Seton Hall College Prep in New Jersey. These days he's pitching for the Detroit Tigers, who played in the 2006 World Series.

What do you get that hard-to-buy-for baseball fan on your holiday shopping list? How about game tickets? Or a favorite photo turned into a team ornament?

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

Here is a comprehensive collection of career, season and single game hitting records by Major Leaguers from 1900 to the present.

In 2004, the Montreal Expos played their final season at the Olympic Stadium. Five years later, the franchise is still in Washington, D.C. What about the players?

The Phillies are just one win away from winning the second World Series in their franchise's history after an offensive barrage in Game 4.

The Toronto Blue Jays have fired general manager J.P. Ricciardi after eight eventful years of repeated failure.

Taxpayers are helping Major League Baseball and National Football League teams build multimillion-dollar sports stadiums across the country.

Home runs have provided some of the highest drama in baseball history. They are at their best when they provide a sudden end to an important game.

The bottom of the ninth, two out, full count home run by a hobbled Kirk Gibson was incredible. But what was the strategy that set it up? And who was Mike Davis?

Was NBA superstar Michael Jordan good enough to play professional baseball? Fifteen years ago this fall, he tested his skills in the Arizona Fall League to mixed reviews.

After the dramatic conclusion of game one in the 1988 World Series, Kirk Gibson revealed the tip that led to his dramatic come from behind bottom of the 9th inning homer.

Some of the most entertaining books in publication are about baseball. Among the best are those that transcend the game with stories reaching beyond the play-by-play.

Some of baseball's greatest stars have flopped in the limelight of the World series.

Three of the six pitchers made baseball's Hall of Fame, proving that their careers were consistent.

By having the worst record in Major League Baseball in 2009, the Washington Nationals have earned the first selection in the 2010 Draft - likely Bryce Harper.

It is never too early to review the baseball season and this is a look at the first week in the American League.

There's a reason most major league closers are a little nuts. They face game-changing situations on a daily basis.

Rickey Henderson will be named to the Hall of Fame when results are announced in January. Jim Rice, Andre Dawson and Bert Blyleven may get passed over again, though.

Many fans are upset with the lucrative contracts given to Major League Baseball players. A high team payroll does not guarantee on-field success, though.

In a decade full of great teams, the Cincinnati Reds led by Johnny Bench, Pete Rose and Joe Morgan were the very best.

During the long course of major league history there have been several players who were still wet behind the ears when they entered the big leagues.