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As if the Philadelphia Phillies didn’t already have one of the best pitching staffs in all of baseball, they added Jonathan Papelbon to the mix Friday afternoon.

The two sides came to an agreement with the former Boston Red Sox closer reportedly worth somewhere in the ballpark of $50 million [...]

Oh, Pat Burrell.

It sounds like the outfielder’s career might be coming to an end.

Burrell had mentioned late in the season that he would toss the idea of retirement around if he wasn’t able to return to full strength, with that right foot of his giving him all kinds of trouble. Although he has yet to make an official decision, [...]

Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped in his hometown of Valencia, Venezuela this evening. The 24-year-old Washington Nationals catcher traveled home for the offseason and was planning on participating in a few winter ball games with Tigres de Aragua beginning Thursday, until this horrific event took place. According to multiple news reports out of Venezuela, four [...]

he Kansas City Royals changed up their rotation a bit on Monday, trading away outfielder Melky Cabrera to the San Francisco Giants for starting pitcher Jonathan Sanchez. Believe it or not, this guy is an improvement considering the Royals owned the third-worst combined ERA in the American League in 2011. Not coincidentally, this move makes room on the roster [...]

It looks like Jim Thome has a little gas left in the tank after all.

The 41-year-old designated hitter signed on with the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday for one last season to the tune of $1.25 million, his second reunion with a former team after leaving the Minnesota Twins last season in August to end the year with the Cleveland Indians, the club he began [...]

At last, the Rally Claw meets the Rally Squirrel. Wonder who would win in a bench-clearing brawl…

The Texas Rangers didn’t have to wait very long to see who they’d end up facing in the 2011 World Series. Just a day after they beat the Detroit Tigers to punch their ticket to the Fall Classic, the St. Louis Cardinals emerged victorious in Game 6 to send the Milwaukee Brewers packing for the offseason.

This matchup is going to be pretty awesome, pitting All-Star sluggers Josh Hamilton against Albert Pujols, while guys like Nelson Cruz [...]

Here’s a collection of some of our favorite tweets from a few of the clowns we follow on Twitter. These all came up during Game 2 of the American League Division Series between the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers on Monday, in which Nelson Cruz busted out his boomstick again, this time to walkoff in the bottom of the 11th.

Click the tweets to follow. [...]

After not one, but two rain delays added nearly two hours to the game Saturday night, the Texas Rangers came away with a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.

David Murphy hit an RBI triple in the second inning and scored on an Ian Kinsler base hit to give the Rangers an early 2-0 lead before Nelson Cruz busted out his boomstick. [...]

Welcome to this season’s third edition of There’s Always Next Year, starring the Arizona Diamondbacks!

Nyjer Morgan is T-Clutch, which he prefers to be called when he is kicking ass, taking names, and driving in walkoff runs to advance his team to the National League Championship Series. The Brewers advanced Friday night and sent the Diamondbacks packing for the offseason in the 10th [...]

Moving right along with this season’s second edition of There’s Always Next Year…

The Detroit Tigers are headed to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2006 after scraping past the New York Yankees 3-2 Thursday night with an exciting Game 5 victory in the Bronx. The Texas Rangers, who advanced to the ALCS [...]