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Tracking air balls can be power play
Everybody digs the long ball, especially in fantasy baseball. Which occupants of the home run leader board are primed to stay there? And which slow starters are good bets to rebound? We have two metrics that help us answer these questions.
NL Quick Pitch: Apologetic Hanley Ramirez returns, collects three hits
Florida shortstop Hanley Ramirez returned to the lineup after apologizing to his teammates for loafing and collected three hits in the Marlins' 5-1 win in St. Louis.
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Nats top Mets despite Pagan's inside-the-park HR, triple play
Angel Pagan hit an inside-the-park home run and started a triple play Wednesday night, but that wasn't enough for the New York Mets in a 5-3 loss to the Washington Nationals.
Rays' Howell headed for surgery; Mets' Niese to DL
The Tampa Bay Rays received the expected bad news on reliever J.P. Howell
Bobby V criticizes Mets owner Wilpon's high-profile visit to Manuel
New York Mets owner Jeff Wilpon's two-day confab with manager Jerry Manuel and club brass just makes the skipper's job that much harder.
Mets are giving away limited number of free tickets to Yankees series
The New York Mets are giving away free tickets to the Yankees series this weekend.
Sports Weekly Top 5: Less than fantastic finishes
Even if Ken Griffey Jr. wasn't sleeping in Seattle, he was still batting .190 with no home runs and six RBI through Sunday.
Hank Blalock is veteran that could pay off for Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays called up designated hitter Hank Blalock on Saturday to replace recently demoted Pat Burrell. In most fantasy league formats, it would seem Blalock is a player with some value.
New rule is finger-lickin' good but not fully explained, says Ricky Nolasco
Blame the messengers.
To the rich go the spoils
Major league players with perks in their contracts.
Jose Reyes reportedly to play for Mets Saturday
Shortstop Jose Reyes is set to return to the New York Met's lineup Saturday when they host the Nationals, according to The New York Times.
Chicago White Sox Team Report
Manager Ozzie Guillen is fond of saying, "Good teams win, bad teams have meetings." Guess what bad team called a meeting before the series with the Angels on Wednesday?
Yankees top 'Forbes' list with $1.6 billion value
The Yankees are worth at $1.6 billion, topping this year's valuations of major league teams by Forbes. The Red Sox ranked second at $870 million. The Mets ($858 million), Dodgers ($727 million) and Cubs ($726 million) round out the top five.
Predictions based on spring stats can be risky
The great thing about opening day is everything we thought we knew about baseball is about to be proved wrong. That's a great argument against making preseason predictions, but for some reason we can't help ourselves.
Report: Average ticket price up, cost of taking family to ballgame drops
The average ticket price for all major league teams increased 1.7% to $26.79, according to Team Marketing Report. The average cost of taking a family of four to a game dropped by about $1 to $195.13.
Rosters (27.7%) showcase foreign-born players in MLB
The percentage of Major League Baseball players born outside the United States has dipped slightly from last year.
Major league rosters consist of 27% foreign-born players
 Major League Baseball's opening-day rosters were comprised of 27.7% foreign-born players, MLB announced Tuesday, just shy of its all-time record.
