With another showcase season upon us, we were once again reminded of our lucky we are to be located in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina. Despite the sweltering heat and humidity we get to see some pretty good baseball. With USA Baseball’s offices located just down the road as well as the National Training [...]

The Pirates dealt their starting left-fielder, their most relied-upon reliever and a utilityman for a former top prospect, a power bullpen arm and a couple low-level prospects in a pair of deals today. Here's a recap of who the Pirates obtained: Casey Erickson - one of the players obtained in the Hinske deal, Erickson was pitching in A ball. He'll turn 24 in August, so he hasn't moved through the minors particularly quickly, but he struck out 37 in 44 innings without allowing many runs.

This Wednesday, us Pyle of Listers are trying something a bit different… an audio liveblog. Think of a DVD commentary mixed with Mystery Science Theater 3000, except it’s all about sports and completely live. The goal is to create a system that accompanies sporting events so sports fans could listen to the commentary while watching the game live, or they could download it and start it later if they DVR’ed the game. As we all know, the TV play by play and color analysts are ripe for mocking and

To watch SNY.tv’s New York Baseball Today, which features a rotating panel of experts, click play below:

MLB Betting Odds: Mariners vs. Yankeesby BigpoppaThaShowstoppa | June 30th, 2009 Ichiro Suzuki will once again have to shoulder the offense for the Mariners to have a chance against the Yankees. (AP Images)Though various injuries slowed down some players during interleague games, the New York Yankees are surging as they try to extend an eight-game home winning streak versus the Seattle Mariners in the opener of a three-game set tonight.The Yankees finished a 9-6 stretch against the NL, and ma