With most of the baseball world having settled on the "Four
Aces" nickname for the Philadelphia Phillies' starting core of Roy Halladay,
Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels, it is Oswalt who has taken on the reign
as early king of the court.

Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista remained
the top vote-getter in either league, moving past 4 million votes for the AL
All-Star team.

Felix Hernandez will try to keep the good times rolling for
the Seattle Mariners Friday in the opener of a three-game series versus the LA
Angels of Anaheim at Safeco Field.

President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated during a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington.

The Seattle Mariners formally announced on
Tuesday that the team has reached agreement with ace pitcher Felix Hernandez
on a new long-term contract that will reportedly make the 2010 American League
Cy Young winner the richest hurler in MLB history.

The late '80s group Soul to Soul had a joint where lead
singer Caron Wheeler's powerful first line was: "Back to life. Back to
reality." Well that's the tune baseball is pumping through its speakers as it
transitions from the...

Veteran infielder Cristian Guzman will sit out at
least the first half of the 2011 season because of undisclosed family issues,
according to his agent.