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1. American League Gold Gloves: The American League Gold Glove Award winners were announced. At pitcher, you have Mark Buehrle winning his second. At catcher, Joe Mauer won for a third time. At first base, Mark Teixeira won for a fourth time.

In 2004, Carlos Beltran was playing what may have been the best baseball of his life. As a member of the Houston Astros, he nearly single-handedly propelled the team from fifth to first in the NL Central. Beltran dominated the playoffs, batting .435 with eight homeruns, fourteen RBIs, six stolen bases, and a 1.558 OPS [...]

After what seemed like an enormous wait for both ESPN and Yankees fans alike, Alex Rodriguez finally hit his 600th career home run on August 4th versus the Toronto Blue Jays. Rodriguez has seemingly been approaching the big milestone numbers for years now, as he has been one of the most consistent power threats in [...]

Well, it finally happened.  Alex Rodriguez finally hit his 600th home run today, becoming the fastest to 600 (fastest age wise, game wise, Ruth did it in 183 fewer games).  My question to you is, do you care?  I mean for those of you who don’t actually work for ESPN.