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The Untold Tale of an Amazing Last Week

HALF A season into Ryan Braun's big league career, the laid-back 23-year-old third baseman already has an NL Player of the Month award (for July). As for his Rookie of the Year credentials, try a .334 batting...

The Swing Machine never stopped striving to be better, studying every pitch of every at bat in search of perfection at a craft that measures success as failing two out of three times. Tony Gwynn's relentless pursuit...

Jake Peavy is a small-town 'Bama boy who can't see a lick and is prone to bad luck. But that hasn't stopped the San Diego righthander from becoming a dominant ace--and a favorite of some of the game's most storied...