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Commissioner Bud Selig is looking to address concerns over too many off-days in the postseason.
Commissioner Bud Selig is looking to address concerns over too many off-days in the postseason. (AP)
Hal Bodley
Baseball Perspectives
Playing baseball in November is like skiing on the Fourth of July. But give Commissioner Bud Selig credit. He doesn't like the current format for the postseason and vows he's going to do something about it.  Full story >

HAL BODLEY
 
Hal BodleySenior 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 >

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Top managers leave no doubt
Mike Bauman
Baseball Perspectives
This was not an average year for Manager of the Year voting. There was not much room for debate, because the performances of two skippers not only suggested that they should win the award; they shouted that they should win the award.  More >

Scioscia is the ultimate team leader
Mike Scioscia has served as a mentor for three other current big league managers.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
Mike Bauman
Baseball Perspectives
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
Brian CashmanA 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
Hal Bodley
Baseball Perspectives
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
Derek JeterIt 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
Baseball Perspectives
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 >