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MLB Power Rankings: Week 8

MLB Power Rankings: Where MLB FanHouse's editors, writers and bloggers team up to break down the who's who and the what's what in the baseball world. Well, that took freaking forever ... but the Blue Jays finally started to stink the joint up. I swear to you, you can't stay long atop the MLB Power Rankings -- our failure...

The Closer Report: How Secure Is Your Closer's Job?

It's always nice to know how secure a closer's job is and who's next in line if somebody loses their 9th inning job. Each week The Closer Report will give you that information. And if that wasn't good enough we'll rank the closers from top to bottom.Here's an interesting statistic. Somewhere between 30 percent and 40...

Mauer and Baker Top List of Players Sent Off to Heal

It's inevitable. Injuries are going to take a toll on Major League rosters as players get ready for the grind of a long regular season. It's not terribly relevant whether the injury was Spring Training related or the effects of World Baseball Classic games. All you need to know is that most teams are headed into play next...

Eye Toward October: Sept. 18

With the playoff chase coming down to the wire, our MLB editor rounds up the five biggest pennant race stories in Eye Toward October.- No Time for Panic: The Brewers finally stopped the bleeding Wednesday night, beating the Cubs to end a five-game winning streak and keeping pace with the Mets, who were also victorious, in...

Brewers Insult Cardinals, Blow Lead

If I've learned one thing in all of my years watching the National League Central, it's one simple rule; do not, under any circumstances, insult Albert Pujols. Last night, while holding a 3-1 lead in the seventh inning, Carlos Villanueva celebrated in the Cardinals' faces last night after escaping a bases-loaded jam with a...

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05/09/12 Casey Janssen not the answer to Jays' closing woes Source: CBC.ca After watching his promising, young squad repeatedly squander late-inning leads in 1984, Toronto Blue Jays general manager Pat Gillick made it his priority to upgrade the club's bullpen.
05/09/12 Al Shabab striker Ciel backs team for AFC Champions... Source: Gulf News Al Shabab's top scorer Jociel Ferreira da Silva (Ciel) believes his team is strong enough to collect the points they need from their final two Etisalat Pro League matches to book their spot in next season's AFC Champions League.