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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

Dereck Rodriguez edges Ronald Acuña Jr. in battle of two top NL rookies

This march to the final out of the season gets more ... Pennant winning moment that would be part of history forever. Bedlam broke out with Ishikawa running around the bases with his teammates running ... read more

This week in Cubs history: 20 years ago, the Cubs and Brewers played a series for the ages

This week’s Cubs/Brewers series was well-played, and had postseason implications for both teams ... don’t ask me why Jim Riggleman started Wengert in the middle of a pennant race). They came back to t... read more

Back and Forth the Dodgers and Rockies Go as They Battle in the Wild, Wild NL West

Since the start of September, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies, and Arizona Diamondbacks have been interlocked in a game of musical chairs with high-stakes implications ... and Dodgers will f... read more

Heart In San Francisco

"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

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

Giants notes: Outfield mistake proves costly in ninth straight loss

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

The Unlucky 13: The Most Pivotal 2014 Injuries for MLB Playoff Contenders

The pained grimace that Garrett Richards wore after injuring his knee on Wednesday was presumably mirrored on the face of every Angels fan on ... Fernandez’s pain was our pain, but it also had pennant ... 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

MLB Trade Rumors: All 30 Teams' Hottest News on the Rumor Mill

The former is expected to load up for the NL pennant race by ... for Matt Garza or Jake Peavy. More likely, St. Louis would consider Phil Hughes and Bud Norris as low-cost additions if Carpenter doesn ... 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