The Los Angeles Dodgers limped to the end of the 2009 baseball regular season. However, in their first game of the postseason, the Dodgers looked like the team that dominated the National League for much of the season.
After Ryan Ludwick hit a single to put the St. Louis Cardinals up 1-0, the Dodgers got a two-run blast from Matt Kemp — and never trailed again. Los Angeles ended up winning the ballgame 5-3.
Chris Carpenter, who is likely to win the 2009 NL Cy Young Award, didn’t fair well. In five innings, he gave up nine hits, four walks and four …read more

The baseball winter meeting is underway and that means a lot of baseball news is sure to generated in the next week. Which players are most likely to be traded during the winter meetings?

1. Jermaine Dye, Chicago White Sox
The White Sox seem to be dangling Dye to any team that will listen. One rumor that has grown legs suggests that the White Sox are considering trading Dye to the Cincinnati Reds for pitcher Homer Baily.
2. Jeremy Hermida, Florida Marlins
The Marlins have already made a lot of moves to help save money in forthcoming years. Moving Jeremy Hermida would do just …read more

Mark Teixeira
It sounds like the Los Angeles Angels are going to do whatever it takes to keep Mark Teixeira. The first baseman who they traded for in the middle of the 2008 season is a player the team would hate to see let go. Others thought to be interested include the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles.
CC Sabathia
The 2007 American League Cy Young Award winner pitched great for the Milwaukee Brewers after they aquired him in a midseason trade. The Brewers want to keep him and are reportedly willing to give him $20 million per …read more

Check out this video of Carlos Beltran making an amazing catch. Beltran robbed a homer by Ryan Ludwick by leaping over the center field wall and pulling the ball back into play. This play will no doubt go down as one of the best plays of the year in 2008.
Check out the Carlos Beltran video here:

Albert Pujols suffered a calf injury while running out a ground ball in the seventh inning. Pujols, who is having another great season for the St. Louis Cardinals, had hit a two-run homer earlier in the game.
After the contest, which the Cardinals topped the Cincinnati Reds 7-2, Pujols was diagnosed with a strain calf. Further tests will be performed to determine how long Pujols will be out. Initial reports indicate that St. Louis fears that Pujols will miss a significant amount of games.
Pujols is currently hitting .347 and has 16 homers and 42 RBIs. It’d be …read more