Sidney Ponson

The dog days of summer are scratching at the door, that special time of year when games pile up and major league teams start scouring for bandages to apply to gaping wounds to their pitching staffs. Case in point:...

One down, two to go.

Heavyweight position battles took to the ring last week as the bell sounded in first-round action of Cactus and Grapefruit league play. While it's still the early stages of those spring training bouts, keeping an eye...

While it's great that Rangers owner Tom Hicks has given GM Jon Daniels permission to negotiate a long-term extension with Michael Young, deep down you know it means two years from now, Mark Teixeira will leave...

Freddy Garcia (way, way "up" -- like in the clouds): According to the Venezuelan newspaper Lider, "the Chief" indulged in the peace pipe prior to the World Baseball Classic. Lider reports that Garcia tested positive...