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Major League Notebook: May 9

Here's what's happening around baseball on Sunday May 9, 2010: • It's Mother's Day, and that means the continuation of a recently minted MLB tradition that sees players, coaches and umpires using pink bats, wristbands and batting gloves as a way to increase breast cancer awareness. • After eight consecutive...

Matt Chico is Too Tense, Goes to Bullpen

Used to be that if you were exiled from the Washington Nationals rotation, you would have to seriously think about finding another way to make a living. But over the last two seasons, starting pitching for the Nationals hasn't been all that bad. Matt Chico was a part of that surprise last year ... but this season things...

Note From the Clubhouse: The Power Outage in Washington

Our MLB editor provides weekly dispatches from major league games in Notes From the Clubhouse. With nearly a month of the baseball season in the books, the Washington Nationals pretty much are what we thought they would be -- a bad team (9-17) wallowing in the cellar of the National League East. Just why they are...

On Deck: Those Obnoxious 1st Place Cubs

On Deck is FanHouse's look at the day's most intriguing matchupsChicago Cubs (12-6) vs. New York Mets (10-7) - 6:00PM Est. ESPNIf you think Cubs fans are obnoxious to begin with (as a White Sox fan I kind of agree with Marty Brennaman's assessment of Cubdom, but at the same time, I don't place the blame on all Cubs fans as...

On Deck: It's Now Or Never

On Deck is FanHouse's look at the day's most intriguing baseball matchupsMilwaukee Brewers (79-76) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (73-82)-8:05PM Est.If the Brewers are going to pull off a crazy last ditch effort to take the NL Central away from the Cubs, they can't afford to make any mistakes from here out. They're currently...