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Peavy faces more pennant implications

Peavy will face Justin Verlander in the opening game of a weekend series ... what happens over 162 games tells you more than what can happen in an October series. When the White Sox were leaving Arizo... read more

Matt Cain watches Giants win pennant without two key players. “The guys just ran with it.”

Matt Cain stood off to the side, a wide grin on his face. Across the clubhouse ... “One hundred percent, with what they did. Guys stepped up — Peavy came over and stepped up and Petit stepped in. Blan... read more

Jake Peavy may be key to the Giants' playoff run

"You throw hard enough," Maddux quoted his coach as saying, "but as you face better hitters, you're going to need more than just velocity to get ... After over 2,000 days and 14,000 stories, Sports on ... read more

World Series Game 5: An inside look at how a championship slipped away from the Dodgers

The moments are not endless, but they feel that way in the aftermath of Game 5, a night of perilous exhaustion, misguided heroism and franchise-altering implications ... pennant in 30 years. The team ... read more

NL West Pennant Race: Three Fanbases in a Wild, Wild West Mindset

The NL West has featured some of the more interesting pennant races in recent memory ... Yet they relate more to whom the Padres face. Excluding their last series against the Cubs, the Phillies and Re... read more

White Sox righty Jake Peavy throws eight shutout innings, cuts Tigers' lead in AL Central to 1

For this season, Peavy was a big gamble that Chicago lost on ... "A lot of teams, when they're not in the pennant race, they're more relaxed and play better. Right now we're playing pretty good baseba... read more

How Will Possible PED Suspensions Affect MLB Teams?

Nelson Cruz, DH/OF, Rangers: Now we get to the big pennant ... five or more are missing from this list. OTL’s June report stated that MLB might still be sifting through Biogenesis logs to match up pla... read more

POLL: Giants memorable moments -- Ishikawa's HR wins '14 Pennant vs Pablo's 3-homer Game 1 of '12 WS

Pennant winning moment that would be part of history forever. Bedlam broke out with Ishikawa running around the bases with his teammates running down the line with him jumping and screaming. Jake Peav... read more

KIPP Alumni Are Thriving at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Here's Why

Low-income minority students who are the first in their family to go to college face ... pennants in hallways and name classrooms after Ivy League universities and big state schools. They also emphasi... read more

Does Red Sox's Versatility Make Them AL Pennant Favorites?

as Lester allowed only two earned runs in 7.2 in Game 1 and Peavy allowed one earned in 5.2 in Game 4 before he was given an early shower so Farrell could start playing the matchup game with his bullp... read more

Yankees vs. Blue Jays series has October implications

"Even the series we had (last month) in Toronto, the crowd was into it more there than probably any other regular ... Masahiro Tanaka and Michael Pineda have yet to go through a true pennant race in t... read more

Royals fans hoping for more Game 6 magic, just like 1985

It is worth worrying when your first baseman lacks the fundamental awareness to realize he is about to hit his own pitcher in the face at point-blank range with ... involving entrepreneurs in somethin... read more