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Hal Bodley, dean of American baseball writers who joined MLB.com as senior correspondent in 2008, has covered baseball since 1958.
 | When Target Field hosts the All-Star Game on Tuesday, it will add to a strong history of Midsummer Classics that started with a 1965 showcase at Old Metropolitan Stadium, where 19 future Hall of Famers took the field, and continued at the Metrodome in 1985.
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 | Tampa Bay's immediate future, if not the 2014 season, very well may be determined during this weekend's series against Toronto at Tropicana Field. An exaggeration? Maybe. Yet if the Rays falter against the Blue Jays in the final series before the four-day All-Star Game respite, their slim chance of salvaging this mostly disappointing season will be greatly reduced.
More» Perez belts a go-ahead, three-run homer in 9th |
 | After two incredible seasons, the American League MVP Award will no longer belong to Cabrera. It's going to the best player in the world, the Angels' 22-year-old center fielder who's having a runaway MVP summer. Mike Trout.
More» Trout ties game with a three-run homer |
 | Gregory Polanco's promotion from Triple-A on June 10 has given the Pirates arguably the best outfield in baseball and helped the Bucs get back on track with wins in nine of their past 15 games.
More» Polanco homers in the 13th inning |
 | With a third of the season behind, the Cardinals are still groping for their identity.
More» Cards TV discusses Wainwright's elbow issues |
 | In an excerpt from Chapter 15 of his book "How Baseball Explains America," Hal Bodley writes that baseball invites innovation, just as America has.
More»Bodley on the experience of writing his new book |
| In an excerpt from Chapter 8 of his book "How Baseball Explains America," Hal Bodley writes about the iconic managerial trio of Bobby Cox, Joe Torre and Tony La Russa.
More»Bodley on the experience of writing his new book |
 | Don Zimmer, who passed away Wednesday at 83, was an incomparable baseball lifer who had a special way of making just about everyone around him feel like his best friend.
More»Hal Bodley takes a look back at Don Zimmer's legacy |
 | Manager Joe Maddon has been praying for a seminal moment, and the Rays may have gotten one Thursday with an unlikely, but much-welcomed, 5-2 extra-inning win against Major League Baseball's best team, the Oakland Athletics.
More» Rodriguez belts a walk-off, three-run homer |
 | The question was probably out of place. Cleveland had just held off Tampa Bay for a 6-5 win, its seventh in 10 games. I asked manager Terry Francona if he felt the Indians had turned a corner with the spirited victory.
More» Shaw seals it for the Indians |
 | Orioles manager Buck Showalter is an intense competitor. But he is also keenly aware that there is life outside baseball. And he certainly doesn't want to be labeled as an "old-school" skipper.
More»Buck Showalter shares his thoughts on managing |
 | It was just one game, an exhausting 6-4 Twins' victory that took 12 innings over 4 hours and 48 minutes to complete as the clock crept toward midnight. But for this success at Tropicana Field -- a chamber of horrors for the Twins -- it was indeed much more than just one game, one win.
More» Perkins gets save, secures Twins' win in 12th |
 | With Thursday night's loss to the Yankees -- a defeat that included hitting into a triple play -- in the past, the Rays must pick up the pieces and rebuild their season.
More» Solarte starts an around-the-horn triple play |
 | The Rangers visit Fenway Park for three games this week, the second half of a draining six-game trip that included a tough weekend against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Manager Ron Washington has butterflies as his pitching faces a big test against the reigning World Series champs.
More» Ross Jr. fans seven in first career start |
 | Recording the best record in the Grapefruit League only added to the expectations for the Rays, and they began regular-season play in a perfect fashion, with a convincing win over the Blue Jays in St. Petersburg.
More» Longoria's single brings home a run |
 | For much of Spring Training, the Detroit Tigers were on cruise control, a multi-talented team poised to win another American League Central title. And then they hit some traffic.
More» Verlander fans seven in solid outing |
 | The improvement for 2014 should be modest, but the key is, yes, the Twins will be better. Picking up the pieces and returning to contention obviously will be difficult.
More» GM Ryan on Twins' upcoming season |
 | Repeating is the daunting task facing the Boston Red Sox, who rose from the ashes of 2012 to send St. Louis reeling in last year's World Series.
More»Red Sox World Series trophies tour New England |
 | The Braves returned to the top of the National League East last year, but they were dispatched in the NL Division Series. Soon after, they said goodbye to veteran leaders Brian McCann and Tim Hudson, so manager Fredi Gonzalez and a young roster will have their hands full trying to hold off the Nationals in their bid to repeat as division champs.
More» Gonzalez pleased after first spring game |
 | This time last year, the Blue Jays were looking forward to getting measured for 2013 World Series rings. The problem was they gagged on the lofty predictions. The Phillies, after winning the National League East five consecutive summers, came up short in 2012 and opened 2013's Spring Training determined to prove that the prior season was a mere aberration. It wasn't.
More» Bautista opens the scoring with a moon shot |
