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Starting Five: Shoe Is Now on Other Foot In Bronx

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action with a quick nod to what is ahead.You Oughta Know ...The New York Yankees started the season 0-8 against their despised rival Boston Red Sox. After a 5-0 win Saturday, the Yankees have now won three straight against Boston and six straight overall. They have...

Maybe Tom Gorzelanny Just Needed Change of Scenery?

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday. In 2005, Tom Gorzelanny pitched in the majors for the first time. He was just 22. Two years later, he went 14-10 with a 3.88 ERA -- logging more than 200 innings in 32 starts for the...

Youth Served in Oakland Rotation

OAKLAND -- The future has arrived a little early for the A's pitching staff. A team that looked awful as recently as a few weeks ago is suddenly on a roll, having won six games in a row, largely on the strength of the youngest rotation in the majors. "It's extremely exciting, not just as a player, but as a fan of the...

Roto Rush: Who Is 'Zorilla' and What Has He Done With Ben Zobrist?

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.Ben Zobrist has transformed from a run-of-the-mill slap hitter into one of the most powerful middle infielders in baseball. Right when you thought he might be cooling off, SMASH! -- a...

Fantasy Week 8: Two-Start Pitchers

Maybe I'm being a bit hard on these guys, but almost 59 percent of the 41 pitchers who are starting twice this week are being placed in the "Risky Business" category. There are a couple of touted rookies who make up the 59 percent like the Rays' David Price and Atlanta's Kris Medlen. There are also some big-named pitchers...

DallasBraden News From the Web

05/08/12 Braden, Anderson progressing in rehab Source: MLB - Oakland Athletics Lefty Dallas Braden took a notable step in his rehab process Monday, and fellow southpaw Brett Anderson is set to do the same Wednesday.
05/04/12 Obscure or not "perfect is forever" Source: Estevan Mercury - Saskatchewan - Canada Who is the more obscure pitcher to throw a perfect game: Dallas Braden or Phil Humber?
05/04/12 Daily list: No-hitters authored by baseball's 2004... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI The White Sox pitcher's 12th career victory was a perfect game against the Twins.
04/27/12 Matchups: The True Source of the Modern Perfect Game Source: The Hoya - Georgetown Univ - Washington DC When Randy Johnson threw his perfect game in 2004, my mom came to my room to wake me up so I could witness what she described as an event that only happens every "five years or so."
04/23/12 Humber latest in unlikely pitchers to achieve... Source: Maine Campus - Univ of ME - Orono ME Perhaps one of sports' greatest feats is the elusive and nearly impossible act of pitching a perfect game.