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Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports David DeJesus misses the intimidating Yankee Stadium. 'I don't feel it's the same, to be honest with you,' says the Tampa Bay Rays [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports It's the Chicago Cubs' turn. Slow down, Cubs fans -- and we won't invoke those adjectives you hold so near and dear, such [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports Opening the season with six rookies on your roster is worth noting. Or maybe not if two of them weren't even born the [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports The Kansas City Royals' late-innings relief combination of Greg Holland, Wade Davis and Kelvin Herrera was the dominant story line of last year's [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports It's a tiny portion of the Detroit Tigers clubhouse, but it contains just about all you need to know about Tommy John elbow [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports Giancarlo Stanton walked into the room, smiled and said, 'Rock star.' Ichiro Suzuki might as well have said, 'Same to you.' The Japanese [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports There was a time this season when the Detroit Tigers' star-studded pitching staff could have faced Chris Davis, Matt Wieters and Manny Machado [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports However the New York Yankees choose to handle Derek Jeter's last moment at shortstop this week, the transition will be temporary. Barring a [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports The Baltimore Orioles spent their holiday weekend making two trades. That finished off a week in which the team with the biggest division [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports Nobody enjoys the World Series less than general managers -- win or lose. Seldom is a team that goes deep into October set [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports Torii Hunter has insisted to anyone who will listen that pitching should dominate the postseason. 'Good pitching beats good hitting every day,' the [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports The city changes almost daily, but the Tampa Bay Rays are playing the same game everywhere, one that establishes them as legitimate threats [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports The marathon is now a sprint. Today, baseball's playoffs begin, a month-long stretch often impacted by the great unknown. A look at some [...]

Byline: Jorge L. Ortiz and Paul White The drama ù at least of the traditional variety ù has been drained from almost all of baseball's divisional races. Five of the [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports It's Matt Carpenter's turn. The St. Louis Cardinals second baseman is an All-Star, a legitimate MVP candidate, the National League leader in runs, [...]

Byline: Paul White Breaking down the three deals Monday involving relief pitchers: The Detroit Tigers acquired RH reliever Jose Veras from the Houston Astros for OF Danry Vasquez and a [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports This had better work for the Washington Nationals. For a team only in contention these days for the season's biggest disappointment, there's not [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports pittsburgh Clint Hurdle likes that his Pittsburgh Pirates' recent history causes them to play with 'a rock in the shoe.' Pirates fans might [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports baltimore It was just another example of why so many people despise the New York Yankees. The script that unfolded Monday -- a [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports Stunningly slow starts by three of baseball's preseason favorites have led to inevitable speculation about managers' futures and the wisdom of the front [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports miami Giancarlo Stanton was facedown in the grass behind first base. The powerful outfielder is the face of the Miami Marlins franchise. Lying [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports The Houston Astros could obliterate the major league record for strikeouts this season. But the Atlanta Braves entered Tuesday with the best record [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports Jason Giambi has been paid more than $20million a season to hit baseballs and help teams win championships. Now, he's making $750,000 as [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports toronto Toronto Blue Jays President and CEO Paul Beeston soaked in the opening-day buzz, considered the scene in the sold-out ballpark and said [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports The Boston Red Sox came within two outs of a perfect game Sunday, part of a trend that's far more important than the [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports Juan Pierre has worn a Marlins uniform in front of 66,000 people at World Series games in South Florida. He also played, he [...]

Byline: Paul White The Philadelphia Phillies traded for Michael Young, 36, to be their everyday third baseman and filled an outfield vacancy with Delmon Young, 27. The Phillies didn't win [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports By adding National League Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey on Monday, the Toronto Blue Jays continue to make significant moves that help [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports Blue Jays or vultures? Toronto general manager Alex Anthopoulos not only circled the Miami Marlins and plucked some key elements for a win-now [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports Not having their two hottest pitchers available for the first two games of the World Series actually worked to the San Francisco Giants' [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports Skip the debate about whether the better team or the hotter team has the advantage going into the World Series -- the San [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports Memo to the San Francisco Giants: Justin Verlander will pitch Game 5 of the World Series. You were in Cincinnati finishing off the [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports The full-season sample size for the San Francisco Giants shows that shorter-term statistical anomalies even out, but manager Bruce Bochy is in no [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports The St. Louis Cardinals are turning brinksmanship into an art form for a second consecutive October. And they're doing it against greater odds. [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports Stephen Strasburg was one of the first players out of the Washington Nationals clubhouse Wednesday, just as the news media were pouring in [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports Baseball's playoff field is set. So what do we know now that we didn't a few days ago? Here are five things, to [...]

Byline: Paul White, USA TODAY Buck Showalter calls his Baltimore Orioles 'a sum-of-the-parts team.' But what they've accomplished -- holding down a playoff position and matching the New York Yankees [...]

Byline: Paul White The end of the Philadelphia Phillies as we know them really came Oct. 7, not Tuesday. In retrospect, the shock of the 1-0 Game 5 loss to [...]

Byline: Paul White, USA TODAY Matt Wieters says, 'I've never been in that scoreboard-looking-at position.' That's OK. This weekend, those who have the hang of it -- and even are [...]

Byline: Paul White Brian Cashman says the New York Yankees don't need to go looking for a replacement for Alex Rodriguez. Of course, that's what a general manager needs to [...]

Byline: Paul White, USA TODAY This was supposed to be the year the Miami Marlins showed up on the national radar. They built a $515 million stadium, spent $191million on [...]

Byline: Paul White, USA TODAY Joe Maddon says his Tampa Bay Rays turned into contenders quicker by playing in the tough American League East. They'll have to be just as [...]

Byline: Paul White, USA TODAY The New York Mets are arguably baseball's unlikeliest contender, a half-game out in the rugged National League East. And an unlikely pitching quartet leads them. [...]

Byline: Paul White, USA TODAY The Los Angeles Dodgers have been so good this season, Magic has come to mean more than a new, invigorating ownership. That New York team [...]

Byline: Paul White, USA TODAY The highlight of the Boston Red Sox's weekend was Sunday night's rainout. That's what this 14-game catastrophe of a season has become. Not playing the [...]

Byline: Seth Livingstone; Paul White; Bob Nightengale 1. Detroit Tigers Season story lines: Manager Jim Leyland is tired of all the questions about Miguel Cabrera's ability to play third base. [...]

Byline: Paul White; Bob Nightengale; Jorge L. Ortiz 1. Texas Rangers Season story lines: The Rangers and Los Angeles Angels have won seven of the last eight West titles, but [...]

Byline: Seth Livingstone; Steve Gardner; Paul White In order of predicted finish. Scouts' takes compiled by USA TODAY Sports' Paul White, based on scouts who have watched the teams and [...]

Byline: Paul White, USA TODAY Johan Santana is scheduled to make his first New York Mets start in nearly 18 months on Tuesday. The significance? 'It starts with the left-hander,' [...]

Byline: Paul White The New York Yankees serve up these types of jolts during most offseasons. They're the moves -- trades and signings -- required in most cases to build [...]