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Senior correspondent Hal Bodley, who has been covering baseball since 1958, offers expert insight on MLB.com and MLB.com/Live. More >

		Jerome Holtzman 1926-2008

Jerome Holtzman, baseball journalism's Hemingway, passed away, on July 19, 2008. Appointed by Commissioner Bud Selig as Major League Baseball's historian, Holtzman created the first formula for relief pitcher "saves." More >

Scioscia is the ultimate team leader

		Fred Claire Baseball Perspectives

Mike Scioscia celebrated his 10th anniversary with the Angels by winning the AL Manager of the Year Award. Former Dodgers GM Fred Claire, for one, has not been surprised by Scioscia's success.  More >

Greinke most definitely deserving
The voting for the Cy Young Award continues to be much tidier than the voting for MVP. The victory of Kansas City's Zack Greinke in the 2009 AL Cy Young voting proves that point.  More >

Cashman not resting on laurels

		Hal Bodley Baseball Perspectives

A year ago, moving into new Yankee Stadium and missing the postseason convinced the Steinbrenners and Brian Cashman to "go for it." An encore may be even more difficult to achieve.  More >

No reason to panic, expand replay
Just the thought of umpires racing off the field to have a replay checked for something other than home runs angers me. Let's leave the human element of umpiring just where it is.  More >

Yanks to cash in record shares

		Hal Bodley Baseball Perspectives

It certainly pays to be a Yankee in the postseason, with shares for winning the World Series projected to be about $400,000, a record by a wide margin.  More >

Scolinos was more than just a coach
Fred Claire remembers John Scolinos, the winningest coach in Division II college baseball history at the time of his retirement in 1991, who recently died at the age of 91.  More >

Order restored in baseball world

		Mike Bauman Baseball Perspectives

The natural Bronx order of things has been restored. The time when the Yankees were bigger and better than everybody else has returned.   More >