American League

Talk of expanding the Major League Baseball Playoffs to 10 teams by adding a wild card team in the American and National Leagues takes us back to the first League Championship Series’ of 1969. Google Images Before that season, MLB had been divi...

Ken Rosenthal broke down what he calls the “Super Six” in the American League on Fox Sports. After an offseason of spending, the Angels and Tigers join the Yankees, Red Sox, Rays, and Rangers as the elite teams in all of baseball. This...

Regular BRM reader beeker provides an interesting and provocative take on recent trades and signings.

Prince Fielder will play first base and Miguel Cabrera will move to third next season for the Tigers, and manager Jim Leyland is already working on his projected lineup.

Guess another team, the Detroit Tigers, finally got the memo, since Prince Fielder will be waving goodbye to the Brew Crew as the slugger is heading to the Motor City. ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick reported agent Scott Boras got the Tigers to agree to a ni...

Mr. Springstead was an American League umpire from 1966 to 1985 and worked in four League Championship Series, three World Series and three All-Star Games.

Mr. Springstead was an American League umpire from 1966 to 1985 and worked in four League Championship Series, three World Series and three All-Star Games.

We shouldn’t be surprised. Whenever the New York Yankees need a fresh piece for the roster for a perceived need, they go shopping. And unlike some of us, they hardly ever go home empty handed. Whether the pieces are as valuable as they seem rig...

Commissioner-For-Life Bud Selig has just reupped as boss of Major League Baseball for two years. That’s what they want us to think. Selig will never step down. He is like the leader of North Korea. The only way he goes is in a casket to his gra...

Oakland's 2012 Rotation: Who's In and Who's Out? Every Friday, Swingin’ A’s will make a prediction about the A’s 2012 season with the help of our “crystal ball.” The series, appropriately titled “Crysta...

The Yankees liked pitcher Gio Gonzalez, but the price was too high.

On the morning of January 19th, I started collecting links – as many as I can find with minimal effort – that discuss the Albert Pujols contract discussions. Why? Who knows, yet here they are. Oh, and to serve you all, our three loyal r...