Just when you thought Big Puma/Fat Elvis Lance Berkman had it goin on with his (now seemingly piddly) 8 launches beyond the fence, Feel Good Story Of The Season, Josh Hamilton (who I will now officially begin referring to as "Bam Bam Ham") spent a ridiculous half hour (roughly) pounding out pitches   more...

You're gonna need something to get you through Joe Morgan and Chris Berman tonight. From Bermanisms to Landmarks to Erin Andrews and Alyssa Milano.
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Screaming Sports' Billy Smith checks in on some of the mega-hyped offseason stars, as well as the not-so-hyped offseason stars. Who is living up to it? Who isn't? And who is coming out of left field? Billy has all of those answers for you.
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Take It Deep: www.letsgodeep.comOn Monday July 14th, Major League Baseball will display 8 of the best sluggers in the game today in what promises to be one of the most exciting moments of the 2008 season.Yankee Stadium will act as host for the 23rd installment of the event that has turned into a   more...
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Which fantasy studs dropped the ball last week? And which "sleepers" fell short of their hyped billing? Screaming Sports' Andrew Thibodeau runs down a seven-player list of fantasy bombs.
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You know me and my random thoughts that seem to go in many tangeants. Well it seems that I have a lot of things to talk about during the All-Star Break but unfortunately nothing of great substance. So here's a few quick hits to let you know what's going on at The BearDown during the slowest   more...
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This one surprised me, I was expecting to see either Atlanta's 3B Chipper Jones* or CF Josh Hamilton** of the Rangers on top of this list, but instead, we find Houston's 1B Lance Berkman** just edging out Hamilton. In fact, Jones doesn't even make this top 20 list as he has begun to come down to   more...
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There has been debate about who should vote for the All-star teams but in the end, the teams usually end up equally, even if the AL team always wins. This year's voting has been filled with late overtakings including the young wiz kid Ryan Braun overtaking Ken Griffey Jr. This year there are two   more...
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This week's fantasy dish is going to be different than that of previous ones. I am going to be giving out awards for the 1st half of the fantasy baseball season. These awards will be for both the good and bad performances so far this season. Let's get things started with the first award of the   more...
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There has been debate about who should vote for the All-star teams but in the end, the teams usually end up equally, even if the AL team always wins. This year's voting has been filled with late overtakings including the young wiz kid Ryan Braun overtaking Ken Griffey Jr. This year there are two   more...
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Sending a blank offer is not enough when making trades in your fantasy league. AccuScore fantasy expert Tim Williams gives you an example of a deal he sold in his NL only league this past week.
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After looking through this year's Home Run Derby contestants, I was disappointed to see that bigger names in baseball were unwilling to participate. Players such as Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols, and Ryan Howard aren't on the card for this year's event, which is a historical one at that. It is both   more...
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Foxsports.com fantasy writer Gerritt Ritt's list of the Top 50 fantasy players in MLB. Josh Hamilton leads in RBI and is hitting more than .300 makes him the first half's top fantasy player. These rankings are updated weekly during the MLB season.
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Yankee Stadium is 314 feet down the right field line and 318 down the left field line, so there's a very slight advantage to left-handed hitters. Due to how shallow it is down the lines, line drive hitters will have a bit of an advantage as well.[...]With an exception to Guerrero, it appears that   more...
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With today being the last day before the All-Star break, DraftNation's BJ Pickard outlines his awards for the first half of the year.AL MVP -- Ian Kinsler, 2B, Texas RangersRunner-up -- Carlos Quentin, OF, Chicago White SoxAL LVP -- Richie Sexson, 1B, Seattle MarinersRunner-up -- Edgar Rentaria,   more...