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Expanded Playoffs Discussed at GM Meetings; Changes Unlikely Until 2012

ORLANDO -- Baseball's general managers put their wheeling and dealing on the backburner for a few hours on Tuesday to discuss the future of the sport, with big changes possible because of next year's negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement. Rob Manfred, the executive vice president of Major League Baseball,...

Maple Bat Debate Raging On in Wake of Tyler Colvin's Injury

OAKLAND -- When Brad Ziegler saw what happened to Tyler Colvin on Sunday, it reopened a not-so-old wound. Less than three weeks ago, the A's pitcher had a six-inch gash ripped into the back of his right shoulder by a chunk of shattered maple bat. "I think, one way or another, something has to be done," Ziegler told...

Baseball Brunch: Time for Draft Reform?

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.As the No. 1 overall pick in 1990, Chipper Jones signed with the Braves for $275,000.Even in today's dollars, that's about $450,000 -- or about 3 percent of Stephen Strasburg was guaranteed as this year's No. 1 pick.And Jones agreed to his deal the...

The Dugout: Jay Gibbons Speaks

The Dugout is a feature at FanHouse that brings the lives of Major League Baseball players directly to you...sort of. The official chatroom of the MLB keeps you up to date with all the recent happenings of your favorite players both on the field and off.Late night Dugout today. Things have been pretty crazy on my end...

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05/17/12 Selig: Oakland move might be considered Source: The Californian - Salinas CA Owners also approved having a 2-3 playoff format in this year's division series, deviating from the 2-2-1 that had been used since 1998.
05/14/12 Baseball Fires Arbitrator Who Overturned Braun Ban Source: The New York Times - New York NY Braun became the first major league baseball player known to have won an appeal of a drug suspension when he convinced Das that his urine samples taken in early October were mishandled by a drug collector.