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09/20/2008

Hot corner: Plenty of value in these award picks
Though our ballot for AL Most Valuable Player doesn't have to be sent in for another week, here's a look at the choices if columnist Evan Grant had to cast them now.

09/13/2008

Hot corner: A Rockies road?
When Colorado came from the middle of the pack last September to capture the NL wild card and, ultimately, the NL pennant, it was considered a comeback for the ages. Well, it might be a short age.

09/06/2008

Hot corner: Tampa Bay in the stretch
The upstart Tampa Bay Rays have one final hurdle to clear before becoming the first team other than New York or Boston to win the division since Baltimore in 1997, writes columnist Evan Grant. That hurdle: A nine-game stretch against the Red Sox and Yankees that begins this week.

08/30/2008

Hot corner: A quick fix
The biggest news in Major League Baseball's, um, war on drugs this year: There hasn't been any news.

08/23/2008

Hot corner: The heat is on
If you are looking for close September pennant races – though close doesn't necessarily mean "exciting" – the National League West is a good place to start. In five of the last seven years, the NL West race has been decided by no more than 2 ½ games.

08/16/2008

Solid pitching, defense a boost to Twins
The Great State of Minnesota hasn't gone "red" in a presidential election in 30 years and has done so just once in the last 50. Nevertheless, John McCain and Co. are coming to the Twin Cities later this month for their convention, and because of it, they are booting the baseball team out of town for two weeks.

08/09/2008

Hot corner: The Cubs – yes, the Cubs – should reach World Series
The MLB curse business has taken a real downturn this century. Both Boston and the Chicago White Sox ended their 80-plus-year droughts with World Series wins. The only curse still functioning is that Billy Goat thing plaguing the Chicago Cubs.

08/02/2008

Hot corner: Sliding in under the wire
A confusing trading deadline came and went last week. Among those traded in the final hours were one slugger with 600 career home runs, one with 500, perhaps the greatest catcher in the history of the game and not a single impact pitcher. Who says pitching is important? Certainly not the last-minute shoppers

07/26/2008

Hot corner: Brewers' GM Melvin an ace in his field
It remains one of the most successful road trips Doug Melvin went on as the Rangers' general manager. Too bad he didn't see a pitch of it live.