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  • Getting revenge for a regular-season home loss to Carolina was sweet for the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday
  • Peyton Manning set a single-season touchdown pass record for the second time in his career on Sunday
  • Patriots fans who left the game at halftime at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough on Sunday night probably had a few regrets when they got home
  • The concern for the Denver Broncos going into Sunday’s game against Kansas City was that their quarterback would get pounded by the league’s leader in sacks
  • Was it great offense or just lousy defense in the New Orleans Saints 49-17 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night?
  • Boston, which once longed for a World Series championship, now has three in the past 10 seasons
  • Big plays in the World Series usually are replayed or talked about for years after the game
  • So who will be the difference-makers in this year’s World Series?
  • In the first five games of the American and National League Championship Series, there were three shutouts, and two no-hit bids that went more than five innings
  • Stephen Vogt and Sonny Gray were in a situation on Saturday night that they’ve dreamed about it as kids
  • The St. Louis Cardinals have made a habit in recent years of reaching the postseason
  • This time, the Oakland A’s didn’t make their fans wait until the final day
  • This is the time of the season that usually provides some excitement with teams competing for a division title
  • They’ve finally done it
  • Miami Marlins rookie pitcher Jose Fernandez had an easy explanation for his success this season after beating Colorado 3-0 in a recent start
  • The Boston Red Sox won their 26th series of the season when they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-1 on the road on Sunday
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers have been playing so well lately that Las Vegas has taken notice and made the Dodgers favorites to win the World Series
  • Getting hot and winning double-digit games seems to be the trend these days
  • Three All-Stars were among the 13 players suspended on Monday for violating Major League Baseball’s drug policy, and their involvement with Biogenesis, the anti-aging clinic in Florida
  • Tampa Bay sent a message after the All-Star break by winning eight of its first 10 games, all of which came on the road
  • It was the perfect ending to Mariano Rivera’s final All-Star Game
  • Despite all of the struggles that San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum has faced this season, one game may have turned things around
  • Chris Davis leads the major leagues in home runs, and he also topped all players in fan votes in All-Star Game balloting
  • The Toronto Blue Jays were a favorite to win the American League East before the season started
  • Two teams that were seemingly going nowhere last month are beginning to make waves
  • The annual major league draft includes players who will be future stars, but it also includes connections to stars of the past and present.
  • It has been proven that you don’t need a great offense to win in baseball
  • Miguel Cabrera is backing up baseball’s first Triple Crown season in 45 years with another great season
  • Things weren’t looking too good for the Cleveland Indians when they were drubbed 9-0 in the first game of a day-night doubleheader at Kansas City on April 28
  • Yu Darvish and Matt Harvey started playing in the major leagues last year, but they have quickly moved into the role of an ace pitcher
  • R.A. Dickey, the NL Cy Young winner last season, may have said it best after the Toronto Blue Jays’ loss on Saturday
  • Bryce Harper began his major league career on April 28 last year with huge expectation
  • Allowing 11 hits in six innings was not the way Adam Wainwright wanted to start the season for the St. Louis Cardinals on April 1 in a 6-2 loss at Arizona
  • The New York Yankees might have a down year in terms of wins this season, but they still have the largest payroll in Major League Baseball
  • The Washington Nationals have built their team around Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg, a pair of No. 1 overall draft picks
  • When a major league player achieves something that hasn’t been accomplished in 45 years, you know it’s special.
  • Now that Stephen Strasburg has been shut down for the season byWashington, the Nationals are pretty much toast when it comes to winning in the playoffs, right?
  • Major League Baseball has entered the home stretch, and there plenty of teams still competing for the playoffs.
  • It has been about a month since contending teams began trading for players who could help them make the postseason
  • Starting the season slowly was not in the Cincinnati Reds’ plans
  • Ichiro Suzuki is older, and not the great hitter that he once was, but he should still be able to help his new team, the New York Yankees, in their push for an American League pennant.
  • A mix of veterans and first-timers highlight this year’s All-Star rosters
  • The New York Yankees have taken control of the AL East, and they don’t look like they want to let go of it anytime soon
  • Going into the final week of interleague play, the American League is cleaning up on the National League, again
  • The knuckleball is a unique pitch, and few throw it
  • It took 8,020 games, but a New York Mets pitcher finally threw a no-hitter.
  • Former major league slugger Manny Ramirez will be eligible to return to the big leagues on Friday after his 50-game suspension is completed.
  • Kerry Wood’s fifth major league start was one for the record book
  • Is it too early to say that the Baltimore Orioles are for real?
  • Will this be a big year for no-hitters?
  • At the rate he’s going, Yu Darvish might have 24 wins and a Cy Young Award wrapped up by the end of the season
  • Perfect games are in a class by themselves — only 21 have been pitched in major league history
  • New Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine got on the wrong side of some of his players on Sunday
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  • After six no-hitters last year, Major League Baseball is on a pace to match that total this season.
  • Cleveland Indians’ closer Chris Perez was right: No one saw this coming.
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  • As the weather heats up, so do tempers.
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  • Times are tough in Pittsburgh these days and it’s not just the economy.
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