Bert Blyleven must be positively giddy about how the Cy Young Awards panned out this year. Let me explain. Full Article at Sully Baseball

interestingly, each league ended up with a LF/CF/RF winning the award, which is not a required distinction: i have the Dodgers pulling off some miraculous trade (post Manny) that brings hometown hero Braun into LF and gives the Dodgers an outfield of... Full Article at True Blue LA

With all due respect to the Philadelphia Phillies and grudging respect to the New York Yankees, the 2009 World Series hasn’t exactly been one for the ages. Full Article at Sports Blogs

Thanks to Jimmy Rollins’ throwing error, the Yankees avoided being shut out in back-to-back World Series games for the first time in their history, but that was little solace for the Bombers as they lost to the Phillies, 6-1, in Game 1 of the World... Full Article at New York Daily News

I just wanted to wish Mark McGwire good luck in his new position as the hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals. I have read much praise from the players that he has worked with individually. Full Article at Sports Blogs

Kelly Downs carried fan Billy Kehl off the field after an earthquake shook San Francsico before Game 3. In the middle of the night, when he was searching for peace, Dave Stewart would go walk among the bodies. Full Article at Sports Illustrated

Yes, his name is Mark McGwire. It isn't Mark McGuire, nor is it Mark Maguire, because he is not related to the main character of the movie Jerry Maguire. Spelling is a virtue. He is also the new hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals. Full Article at Bleacher Report

I n the old Yankee Stadium a couple of years ago, we'd all shrug and say the ghosts got to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - that it was the Babe and Lou and Mickey that caused Joe Saunders to lose the strike zone and Howie Kendrick and Scott Kazmir... Full Article at Globe and Mail

NEW YORK -- With an American League pennant-winning victory Sunday at home against the Angels, Yankees starting pitcher Andy Pettitte could add another postseason individual record for most all-time series-clinching victories with five -- breaking a... Full Article at MLB.com

There’s no question that the ALCS has been a two-man show from a Yankees perspective, with CC Sabathia and Alex Rodriguez leading the Yankees one game from the World Series. Full Article at New York Daily News

Now that the Cubs have signed the supposed best hitting coach in baseball in Rudy Jarmillo, maybe they can start thinking really big and go after a coach who can make an even bigger difference: Cardinals pitching guru Dave Duncan. Full Article at Chicago Sun-Times

The Giants and A's were rendered irrelevant after the Loma Prieta quake shook the region. Amid death and destruction, the Series was pushed back 10 days. Full Article at San Francisco Chronicle

The Giants tied the score 1-1 when Robby Thompson hit a sacrifice fly to score Jose Uribe, who had gone to third on a single by Brett Butler after he had reached on a force play that had erased Kennedy, who had led off the inning with a single. Full Article at Athletics Nation :: An Oakland A's Blog

At the sight of Dave Stewart, you pictured him helping victims amid the rubble of the Nimitz Freeway. A glimpse of Terry Steinbach and you were back at Candlestick as he held his wife, Mary, so tightly on the field. Full Article at San Francisco Chronicle