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Japanese Girl Trying To Be The US' First Female Pro Pitcher (385 diggs) 18 year-old Eri Yoshida was the first woman drafted by a Japanese professional baseball team, and now she may be the first female pitcher to go pro in America.

Talk About Charging the Mound...Wow (285 diggs) All the way into the outfield? This is incredible.

Timeline of Insanity for the Craziest MF'er in MLB History (292 diggs) Milton Bradley is nuts. You know it, I know it. Let's find out why.

Cuban Baseball Fights Are a Bit Different Than Ours (Video) (235 diggs) Baseball fights tend to feature a lot of yapping, a little rolling around and not much actual danger but the Cubans do things a little differently...

Who is Jason Heyward? (307 diggs) One day Chipper Jones says he looks like a linebacker. One day Bobby Cox compares him to Hank Aaron. Another day he is smashing cars with his homeruns. Just yesterday Jim Leyland compared him to Albert Pujols.

A Rod Lawyers Are Setting Up Interview With The Feds. (138 diggs) Alex Rodriguez may soon be talking to federal authorities, and he hopes it will happen close to spring training.

Boo Hoo: M. Bradley Says He Felt Like A Prisoner In Chicago (234 diggs) Milton Bradley said he was a prisoner in his own home while he was playing for the Chicago Cubs.

Nomar Garciaparra retires -- as a Red Sox (201 diggs) Nomar Garciaparra is going back to play with the Red Sox, but also announces his retirement from baseball.

MLB Considering Radical Realignment Plan (247 diggs) Baseball commissioner Bud Selig named a 14-person "special committee for on-field matters" that is discussing a radical form of "floating" realignment in which teams would not be fixed to a division.

Adderall Is Baseball's New Drug Problem, Says Doc (451 diggs) A major league baseball player’s bitter divorce has lifted the lid on the sport’s new drug problem – players abusing the drug Adderall.

Janitor Faces Prison After Stealing World Series Ring (251 diggs) On Monday a janitor who worked at Citizens Bank Ballpark pleaded guilty to stealing a World Series ring he found in a bathroom at the ballpark last summer, and now he's facing up to seven years behind bars.

Top Five "MLB Ready" Rookies (207 diggs) Which Rookies Will Start in the Bigs? These rookies will likely make the opening day roster and make an immediate impact.

Scientist Says He Figured Out Baseball's Winning Formula (192 diggs) An Iowa State physicist has come up with a new formula that predicts which baseball teams will be winners.

Eri Yoshida: The First Women Drafted to a Pro Team (228 diggs) Yoshida is in the United States to pitch in the independent Arizona Winter League and pitched four scoreless innings for Yuma on Feb. 12, the report said.

Ex-Cub Milton Bradley to Chicago: Blame yourselves, not me (198 diggs) "Two years ago, I played, and I was good," Bradley told The Times. "I go to Chicago, not good. I've been good my whole career. So, obviously, it was something with Chicago, not me." ... Obviously. ... It's your turn Seattle.

10 Milestones Within Reach During the 2010 MLB Season (230 diggs) The last three seasons have been loaded with historic moments in Major League Baseball. Especially from the plate. Check out these milestones that might be set by players in 2010.

Hulk Hogan Offers Mark McGwire Advice on Steroids Stigma (303 diggs) In an interview last week, the aging wrestler said: "You've got to come clean. Don't cling to half truths, either. I tried that during an interview on Arsenio Hall. I said I wasn't on steroids, which was half true. I wasn't when he asked me. But had I been? Yes. My advice is to lay it all out there."

A-Rod Strokes His Bat (GIF) (351 diggs) Getting ready to hit the long ball.

Mark McGwire's Brother Exposing Him As Liar in New Book (210 diggs) It’s one thing to have a trainer expose you as a fraud, it’s another when that trainer is your brother. Mark McGwire knows what it’s like to be betrayed by his own brother.

Cubs Manager Lee Elia's Famously Profane Tirade (219 diggs) a clip of the famous, legendary and very NSFW tirade by former Cubs manager Lee Elia. It is simply the greatest verbal tirade ever by a manager. The date was April 29, 1983, the Cubs had just lost to drop to 5-14 and Lee Elia was red hot.

Royals being sued after mascot allegedly poked fan's eye out (273 diggs) The Kansas City Royals are being sued after mascot Sluggerrr allegedly poked a fan's eye out with a hot dog. Sluggerrr was firing hot dogs into the crowd via his air gun, the alleged accident occurred when the mascot started chucking dogs into the crowd by hand.

Royals Mascot Sued Over Hot Dog Throw (164 diggs) The Kansas City Royals Mascot, Sluggerrr, is being sued for detaching a fan's retina with an off-target hot dog heave. Zack Greinke he's not.

Manny Ramirez says: "I won't be here in 2011" (178 diggs) Manny Ramirez says it's not realistic to expect the Dodgers to re-sign him.

Make 39 Errors and You Could Be the Next Cubs Shortstop (209 diggs) Another stroke of Cubs genius. The Cubs already have told their current shortstop that a prospect with 39 errors in 2009 will take his job. ??????

An MLB Pitcher's Recollection of Throwing a No-Hitter on LSD (815 diggs) Dock Ellis pitched for a half dozen teams including winning 19 games for the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates in 1971. Ellis also started for the National League in the All Star game that season, but will always be remembered for one thing.