Jesse Spector

With Ben Zobrist making Akinori Iwamura expendable with the Rays, the Pirates swoop in and trade a middle reliever for a player who can help them immediately.

Mark Teahen is a solid addition for the White Sox, while the Royals' return for the third baseman is underwhelming.

A look at Manny Ramirez's easy decision to take $20 million to stay in Los Angeles, plus some other contract options exercised and declined as the hot stove season gets ready to roll.

Carlos Gomez goes from a champagne shower to Bernie Brewer's chalet as Milwaukee sends J.J. Hardy to Minnesota.

OK, so I picked Lou Piniella and the Cubs to win the World Series. But my predictions weren't all horrible.

The Yankees have more championships than the three teams with the next-highest title totals (Cardinals, 10; A's, 9; Red Sox, 7) combined - and they've won nine more titles than any other team has made World Series appearances (Dodgers, 18).

No more baseball. Still more blog.

The Yankees remain one win away from their 27th world championship, coming home to try to finish off the Phillies in the onx tonight. For Game 6, there are six key issues the Yankees must deal with.

I post these links every day, so you know what they're about and I don't really need this summary thing. So I'll just say this today: that is Pedro Martinez's official 2009 headshot, pulled from the MLB Pressbox website yesterday. Why they couldn't get one when he signed with the Phillies, I don't k...

With five touchdowns, Texans tight end Owen Daniels was the breakout star at his position, a 6-3, 250-pound dynamo with wide receiver moves and good speed. Finding a replacement will be impossible now that Daniels is out for the season with a knee injury.

Game 5 highlights included Chase Utley's home run binge, Ryan Howard's record-tying strikeout total, Cliff Lee joining some immortals in an odd way, Alex Rodriguez staying hot, Mark Teixeira flopping and Derek Jeter failing in the clutch.

Yes, A.J. Burnett was terrible in Game 5 of the World Series. But it's not totally his fault -- his manager, despite the advantage in the series, didn't put his pitcher in the best possible position to succeed.

Thoughts about Brad Lidge in comparison to Mark Wohlers, plus the Yankees' and Phillies' decisions on starting pitching in the World Series.

Johnny Damon becomes the first player to steal second and third base in the same inning of a World Series game since B.J. Upton. OK, that doesn't sound like much since Upton did it last year. But it's been a bit longer since a Yankee did it.