Tejada acknowledges age discrepancy  —  Shortstop is actually two years older than previously believed  —  PHILADELPHIA — Miguel Tejada just aged two years.  —  Astros general manager Ed Wade was recently informed that Tejada was actually born on May 25, 1974, as opposed to May 25, 1976, as listed in the club's media guide.

Gameday Live 17:Yanks-Red Sox  —  10:12 One last try for Manny.  This time, he didn't take one deep or nearly take one off the back of his head.  He flied out deep to center in the top of the ninth, having followed yet another fruitless at-bat by David (Bif Papi) Ortiz …

Carlos says loosen up, then has blast of own  —  He stirred up spring training with his “team to beat” boast.  Before Tuesday's win against the Nationals, he gave a pep talk to teammate Jose Reyes, encouraging the shortstop to return to his dancing, wildly celebrating self.

The Business Of Baseball  —  The key numbers show that the national pastime is more popular than ever.  In 2007, baseball broke its attendance record for the fourth consecutive season when 79.5 million fans hit the turnstiles.  A big plus: Interleague games, where teams in the American …

One homer, 15 balls returned: A new trend at Wrigley?  —  Everyone was a little surprised at the barrage of baseballs being tossed back onto the field Wednesday night after Adam Dunn's home run onto Sheffield Avenue.  —  “I didn't think that many people hit a home run today,” …

Orioles rally past White Sox  —  Jones' RBI single pushes O's past Chicago; Orioles trailed 5-2 in the eighth  —  Adam Jones singled in the game-winning run in the 10th inning, capping a late comeback that gave the Orioles a 6-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox tonight.

Why the Tampa Bay Rays should sign Barry Bonds  —  With Barry Bonds currently out of work and teams always looking to improve their lot in MLB, the Shunned One's name will undoubtedly be brought up countless times this season.  So each week until Mr. Bonds catches a fulltime ride …

A natural righty, Drew bats from left side  —  D-backs' shortstop gave up switch-hitting to hone stroke  —  PHOENIX — Not long after he joined the D-backs last summer, Jeff Cirillo found himself in the batting cage with shortstop Stephen Drew.  —  Cirillo watched Drew take some swings from the right side and then the left.

A.J. Pierzynski Takes On Chicago Sun-Times Writer Joe Cowley In Base Stealing Extravaganza  —  There are a lot of sports writers out there that go after athletes who aren't exactly performing up to snuff.  Bloggers do this too, of course.  But the most vicious stuff I've seen usually comes …

Schrodinger's Bat  —  Opus 100 … —Stephen Jay Gould, “Opus 100”, reprinted in The Richness of Life: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould  —  Twenty-five years ago, paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science Stephen Jay Gould wrote his 100th monthly essay …

Rocky start puzzles Pirates' Morris  —  TRIBUNE-REVIEW  —  LOS ANGELES — Every time Matt Morris takes the mound, he's hoping to discover why he has struggled so much this year.  —  Three starts into the season, and all he and the Pirates' coaching staff have are more questions.

Even Santa believes in Mantle's 565-foot blast  —  The longest home run ever hit did not go 565 feet.  Not even close.  —  Actually, the longest home run ever hit isn't even the longest home run ever hit.  —  “The truth hasn't caught up to the original legend,” Bill Jenkinson says.