With Mariano Rivera and Lee Smith being inducted, the Baseball Hall of Fame can say it has the best of the best closers.
Author: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY
10 biggest questions for the MLB trade deadline
A guide for what to expect – and not to expect – with baseball’s trade deadline rapidly approaching.
Opinion: Finally, an MLB All-Star Game that reminds us of what baseball once looked liked
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Opinion: Major League Baseball is at a crossroads. What does it want to become?
Baseball is at a crossroads. Juiced balls, intentional or not, is among the litany of anxieties that are troubling the players and the union.
As Indians’ past and present collide at All-Star Game, will they make the same mistake with Francisco Lindor?
Cleveland’s All-Star game is a welcome home for Michael Brantley and CC Sabathia, but Francisco Lindor’s upcoming free agency is a tricky topic.
Opinion: Decades later, we’re wondering about steroids in baseball – again
Here we are two decades later, with MLB having one of the most extensive drug-testing programs, and we’re left wondering if history is repeating itself.
MLB’s steroid question: David Segui wonders why players still are demonized for PEDs
MLB still says it’s illegal, but don’t ask ex-player David Segui, who remains an advocate for steroids and tells USA TODAY he still uses testosterone.
‘You can’t help but wonder’: As home runs fly at a record pace, MLB’s doping question is back
Juiced baseballs are cited as the reason for home runs being hit at a record pace, but what if PED use is also to blame? “You can’t help but wonder.”
As Albert Pujols shines in St. Louis return, you can’t help but wonder: What if he never left?
“We learned it’s sure hard to replace a man like that,” Adam Wainwright said, pondering what might have been if Albert Pujols had stayed in St. Louis.
Snubbed in free agency twice, Brewers’ Mike Moustakas having All-Star season
Mike Moustakas, snubbed on the free-agent market two years in a row, is making sure it won’t be a trifecta with All-Star banner season.