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Baseball Brunch: Meet the Rarest Breed

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.Cody Ross blames his mom. "My dad was a really good athlete (Kenny Ross, who played safety at New Mexico in the late 1960s)," said Ross, the Marlins' right fielder. "My dad was all right[-handed]. My mom's a lefty, so maybe I got that gene from her."...

Baseball Brunch: 40 Time -- Game's Rules About to Undergo Annual Change

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.In two days, major league teams will begin playing with different rules than they did for the first five months of the season.Some clubs will have 25-man rosters. Some will have 28-man rosters. Some will have 32-man rosters.Some will have extra...

Baseball Brunch: With Rare High Expectations, Cubs Have Disappointed

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.Tossing an $8 beer on the head of an opposing outfielder, as happened at Wrigley Field last Wednesday -- that's a waste.Spending $28 on a Jeff Samardzija t-shirt, which is what it still cost Thursday after Samardzija was sent back to Triple-A -- that's...

Baseball Brunch: Youth Served in L.A.

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.Yes, the Dodgers' solar system revolves around Manny Ramirez. He's their star on the field and their main attraction.But they wouldn't have Ramirez, nor many of the players who carried the team in his absence, were it not for a farm system that has been...

Baseball Brunch: Halfway Home

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.The most remarkable thing about this season as we hit the not-halfway halfway point of the All-Star break isn't Albert Pujols' RBI total. Or Zack Greinke's ERA. Or the PED suspension of one of the game's biggest stars.It's the standings. And they not...