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Players' personal characteristics and on-field accomplishments resonate with a large chunk of the baseball-loving population, earning these athletes recognition on the following team.

Clayton Kershaw must be using all the hot water in the locker room after games or hogging all the desserts from the postgame spread.

The Yankees are in the middle of a west coast road trip, but it's becoming increasingly apparent that one item forgot to make it into the suitcases: the offense.

Former Dodger Russell Martin, now #55 of the Pittsburgh Pirates, throws a runner out against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on April 28, 2013 in St. Louis, Missouri.

The New York Yankees promoted Trenton Thunder catcher JR Murphy to Triple-A Scranton Wilkes Barre last night.

When the Yankees set foot into this season's campaign, many baseball experts predicted that the oldest team in the majors would not be able to overcome their numerous injuries and advancing years.

It's the first Stanley Cup final involving a pair of Original Six teams since 1979 -- the Chicago Blackhawks vs. the Boston Bruins.

The Biogenesis PED scandal first reared it's head back at the beginning of the year when it was revealed that the Miami-based clinic and it's founder Tony Bosch were tied to both PEDs and a number of high-profile MLB players.

Brian McCann, Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman each hit a two-run homer, helping Kris Medlen and the Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-2, on Monday night at Atlanta.

Pirates catcher Russell Martin and manager Clint Hurdle were ejected for arguing balls and strikes with home-plate umpire Dan Iassogna in the bottom of the fourth inning of Monday night's game against the Braves.

Domonic Brown homered, tripled and drove in four runs to back up the effective pitching of Cliff Lee as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-5 on Sunday.

Pirates' Russell Martin, top center, celebrates with teammates after hitting a walk-off single to deep center field on Thursday.

After the end of the 2012 season, the New York Yankees were left with many loose ends to tie up and many decisions to make regarding the re-signing of players.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee was held last week and, not surprisingly, no members of the Baltimore Orioles' ballpark operations staff were invited to participate.

During March, there was one story you probably heard repeatedly: The New York Yankees are screwed.

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A DIFFERENT UNIFORM, A DIFFERENT CITY, THE SAME REACTION: Current Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Russell Martin was a New York Yankee when he celebrated after scoring against the Detroit Tigers in the third inning of Game 4 in their MLB American League Division Series baseball playoffs in Detroit, Michigan, October 4, 2011.

With June on the horizon, the narratives of the 2013 Major League Baseball season continue to take shape on a day-by-day basis.

We try to figure out why players come here and suddenly shine and, perhaps, we miss the most obvious reason - they are pretty good players.

Pittsburgh's Travis Snider, second from right, is greeted by teammates who were on base for his grand slam, Garrett Jones, left, Russell Martin, second from left, and Pedro Alvarez during the sixth inning of against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday.