The playoffs being what they are, we knew that only one team -- and its fans -- would actually be happy when the whole thing was over. So what did the Tigers and all the other "losers" (and yes, that includes the Yankees) learn from the playoffs?

The off-season for the Yankees will be as intriguing as their playoff performance. There is little tolerance for dramatic failure.

No one expected one inning of runs to start the National League Championship Series. But as they say in the Majors, "that's just baseball!" Two starting pitchers ended their nights early and the starting pitching rotation for the San Francisco Giants is in question.

When Bud Selig and his friends brought you a bold new baseball world with two extra wild cards, this is exactly what they envisioned in their Septembe...

When it comes down to the final month of the MLB season, how a team wins or how much they win by should not matter. What should matter is putting up victories at a faster pace than putting up losses.

NEW YORK — With less than a month to go before opening day, baseball at last decided who's in and who's out come October. Now, even a third-pla...

While the regular season is a marathon, in which statistics rule, the second is an eight-team sprint. To win, being best isn't enough. The winning team must also be hot and lucky.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Their Texas-sized wait is over. The Rangers are going to the World Series. And they got there with a win over their old neme...

Despite a Hall of Fame career, successful business ventures off the field, some still underestimate "Big Tex."

Bobby Cox was a player's manager, and they loved him for that and gave whatever they had, because they knew he'd look into their eyes and not into the stat book before he took the ball away.

"You've got your regular season, and then you've got your post-season -- it's almost like a season of its own."