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October is in the air and that means the 2010 Major League Baseball postseason is set to get underway.  Before the teams take the field to begin the race to 11, we here at The Five wanted to take a […]

Robert Lowrey // Special Contributor Do you suffer from Post-All Star Game Depression? Do you get frequent lapses of memory about the last time your team made the playoffs? Do you experience brain cramps trying to recall every random player […]

Mike Lederer and Robert Lowrey breakdown the MLB playoff race.

Courtesy of Yahoo! Sports: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—B.J. Upton and the Tampa Bay Rays won a game of home run derby with a shallow fly ball. Pinch-runner Fernando Perez dashed home on Upton’s sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and […]

The AP is reporting: SAN DIEGO (AP)—Jose Canseco was held for nearly 10 hours by immigration authorities after agents said they stopped the former baseball star as he attempted to bring a fertility drug from Mexico, his lawyer said Friday. […]

The AP is reporting: Manager Lou Piniella plans to stick with the Chicago Cubs for a while. The Cubs picked up their $4 million option on Piniella’s contract for 2010 on Tuesday, a day before the NL Central champions open […]

The AP is reporting: Thanks to CC Sabathia and Ryan Braun, it suddenly didn’t matter that the Milwaukee Brewers spent much of the past month squandering a shot at their first playoff appearance since 1982. Sabathia delivered a dominant four-hit […]

Topics this week… MLB: Greg Maddux – Tough July for the veteran NBA: Nicolas Batum – A in-depth look at a solid pick for the Blazers NFL: Brett Favre – The saga continues

The AP is reporting: Willie Randolph figured the New York Mets would fire someone. He just didn’t think general manager Omar Minaya would pick him. “I thought he was talking about whacking a couple of my coaches,” the ex-manager told […]

Only doing Pac-10 players and Oregon State recruits. Arizona – Round 15 – 456 – Minnesota Twins – David Coulon – Arizona Round 16 – 477 – San Francisco Giants – C.J. Ziegler – Arizona Arizona State – Round 14 […]