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Change Coming to TBS as Network Becomes Fixture of Postseason

No matter how the NL West and NL wild-card races shake out, this year's eight-team postseason field will look radically different than the last few with teams like the Reds and Rangers involved. What won't have such an odd feel is the network broadcasting much of the playoffs. TBS is entering its fourth season -- has it...

Andre Dawson Soars Into the Baseball Hall of Fame

When Andre Dawson, known to baseball fans as The Hawk, alights on the stage at baseball's National Hall of Fame and Museum on Sunday, cheers will rise from fans on the plain below in Cooperstown, N.Y. Cubdom as a whole will celebrate Dawson, one of the ancient franchise's most popular players. Older baseball fans in...

Ask the GM: What to Do With Ripken?

It's FanHouse TV's first installment of Ask the GM, where you get to ask questions to our Steve Phillips. How should the Orioles handle the Cal Ripken situation? What can the Red Sox do about teams running all over their catchers? Which team has a better shot at the post season, the Padres or the A's? Click below to...

Ripken Expects Mauer to Follow His Path

Hall of Fame shortstop Cal Ripken became a Baltimore icon by spending his entire career with the Orioles. He's guessing Joe Mauer will do the same. Mauer, of course, is trying to work out a long-term contract extension with the Twins this spring, with free agency in the offing after the season. If there's anyone who can...

Derek Jeter Named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year

It's been a pretty incredible year for New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. He just won his fifth World Series earlier this month after having one of the best offensive seasons of his career, and also got his fourth Silver Slugger award and fourth Gold Glove to go along with it. He also passed Lou Gehrig as the Yankees'...

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06/02/12 Ripken statue last in series being created for... Source: The Herald-Mail Antonio Tobias "Toby" Mendez has been making a new Cal Ripken Jr. in his studio.
06/01/12 Derek Jeter: Yankees Great Already Past Cal Ripken as... Source: 1010 Wins New York Yankees superstar Derek Jeter is within sight of Baltimore Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. on the all-time hits list, and barring injury should overtake him sometime around the summer solstice.
06/01/12 How Baseball Jargon Became Nonsense Source: TheAtlantic.com Announcers once used simple, straightforward language.
05/31/12 Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation set to begin construction of... Source: MassLive.com The nonprofit Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation plans to begin construction of a $1.1 million artificial turf field at Central High School in about two weeks and should complete the project by the start of school, officials said.
05/31/12 Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. helps repair home for... Source: ABC - WKRN News 2 - Nashville TN Hall of Fame baseball player Cal Ripken Jr. spent time in Nashville, painting a house for a resident who's had a heart attack and stroke.