Kansas City Royals

How much does preseason success really mean?

MANAGER BUDDY BELL third season with Royals

Dice-K isn't the only newcomer who will leave his mark on the 2007 season. These players won't all start the season in the Show, but by year's end SI believes that you'll remember their names

Flush with cash, teams are lavishing eight-figure salaries on some of the most unlikely free agents (Gil Meche?). Good news for the '07 crop: Binge spending won't be a one-year phenomenon

The American Way My job wants me, advertisers want me, my ex-girlfriend still wants me, Uncle Sam wants me and now U.S. Soccer (June 5)? I applaud how far the program has come in just under 10 years, but this is...