Hot potatoes over the winter, Lance Berkman and Russell Martin have been hot tamales in April. (AP) Major League Baseball opened the All-Star balloting on Tuesday, absurdly early as usual, but it gave me an excuse to put together a major league All-Star team for April over at SI.com, and, lo and behold, ...

The Yankees may have finally figured out what's ailing Phil Hughes. (AP) The Yankees appear to be getting closer to an explanation for Phil Hughes’ dead arm. After two days of testing, they announced after Wednesday’s game that the 24-year-old righty may be suffering from a circulatory ...

The Yankees will have their work cut out for them against Toronto ace Ricky Romero in tonight. (AP) Since splitting a two-game set with the Yankees in Toronto last week, the Jays have dropped two of three to the Rays at home, then traveled to Arlington and took three of four from the Rangers. That last ...

Robert Benchley (from the Life archive) Over the years, I have received many notes asking me, “How do I become a writer?” These are very hard to answer, in part because if you have to ask the question you may be beyond the answer.You become a writer by writing, and the rest is perseverance ...

What a strange series so far. Let’s review: The White Sox entered the series having lost 10 of their last 12 games going back to April 12. In those dozen games, the hitters batted .196/.263/.292, while the pitchers put up a 5.23 RA. The White Sox were shut out three times, including the last two games ...

Despite being zombies, Freddy Garcia and Bartolo Colon continue to carry the Yankee rotation. On Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium, it was just like Joe Girardi drew it up in spring training: eight dominant innings from Bartolo Colon, topped by a Mariano Rivera save. Wait, what? Sure enough, the pinstriped ...

For Jesus Montero, who thought he would be the Yankees' starting catcher this winter, Russell Martin's early success must be like a kick in the . . . what's that? Oohhhhh. (AP) The minor-league season is just two weeks old, but already the Yankees have already seen injuries to three top ...

Rafael Soriano remains a $35 million enigma. (AP) I was in the cheap seats for Monday night’s Yankees-White Sox game, and despite the fact that I’ve never seen a no-hitter in person — the closest I’ve ever come was none other than Bartolo Colon against the Yankees in 2000 — I ...

It took some special circumstances for Roger Maris to be available to the Yankees at all. Unlike many of the stars of the dynasty period, Maris was not home grown, but reached the majors as a member of the Cleveland Indians. Fortunately for Yankees general manager George Weiss, he had the advantage of ...

The struggles of their bullpen and lineup are more obvious, but their fielding has been the most damaging to the White Sox in the early going. (AP) The White Sox were my pick to win the American League Central coming into the season, but things have gone from bad to worse for them thus far this season. ...

Some advice is as timeless as a Reggie Jackson cut. Over the weekend, Cubs manager Mike Quade broke out baseball’s unwritten rule book to complain about the Dodgers’ A.J. Ellis trying to steal a base while up 8-1 in the fifth inning of Friday’s game. It’s the second time Quade ...

Could the Yankees have plucked the reincarnation of Thurman Munson off the scrap heap? (AP) “A Return to Normalcy” is the title of this week’s Prospectus AL Hit List — you gotta drop those Warren Harding references while they’re still fresh, kids — and while the Yankees topping ...