The prize makes Pujols only the fifth National Leaguer to win the MVP three times or more, joining Stan Musial (three), Roy Campanella (three), Mike Schmidt (three), and Barry Bonds (seven). Full Article at Sports Blogs

you said “long and hard”. regarding Mauer, I don’t want to register for Twinkie Town to post this, but I wouldn’t sign Mauer to a contract at 6 years/225M (market value based on his 2009 Fangraphs WAR) because I just can’t imagine he’ll have anything... Full Article at Sports Blogs

*You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too. -- Roy Campanella *"Yeah, it turns out the Cubs are nice guys. That's unfortunate." Full Article at Sports Blogs

If you watched Game 5 of the World Series last night, you already know that Chase Utley tied Reggie Jackson’s 1977 record with his fifth home run of the Fall Classic. Full Article at New York Daily News

*You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too. -- Roy Campanella *"Yeah, it turns out the Cubs are nice guys. That's unfortunate." Full Article at Sports Blogs

Billy Martin picked up where he had left off the year before. Full Article at Bleacher Report