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MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH Manager Terry Collins spoke to his father, Bud, early Sunday morning, before the Mets played the Chicago Cubs at Citi Field. Bud Collins said he needed a win for Father's Day. "I said, 'I'm not a father,'"...

Yes, Yasiel Puig will have nights like that. And nights like this. One night after the Dodgers' rookie right-fielder came down to earth with an 0-for-4, two-strikeout performance, he headed back out to orbit by blasting a grand-slam home run in a 5-...

It took six minutes and a dozen questions before his name came up in Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly’s pregame interview Friday. That may have been a record. “So how do you communicate with Puig?” one reporter asked. The Dodgers rookie...

MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Justin Upton still leads all National League outfielders in fan voting for the All-Star Game, but he hasn't really been deserving of the support despite his red-hot start. After setting a Braves record...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH The Braves are definitely glad to be home. Even better, the worst of their road travel for the season is already over. Going into a weekend series against the San Francisco Giants to...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Brandon Beachy will make his last rehab start Thursday night, pitching for Triple-A Gwinnett at Rochester. It is also a given that the right-hander will start one of the games next...

C Evan Gattis' pinch-hit three-run homer in the ninth inning in Monday's 7-6 loss to the Padres still had manager Fredi Gonzalez buzzing Tuesday. "His swing works," Gonzalez said. "You can run him in there against anybody. You don't have to try to match...

RHP Nick Vincent was called up from Triple-A Tucson on Tuesday. It's the second stint for Vincent, who was promoted the first time on May 30. He appeared in two games, working four scoreless innings, including a career-high three on May 31 against Toronto...

MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH The Padres have lost a third starting position player to the disabled list in less than a week. Center fielder Cameron Maybin will miss six to 10 weeks with a tear in the posterior cruciate ligament...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Braves fans want to see Evan Gattis in the lineup more often, but the rookie slugger has quite an impact even when he isn't. With his three-run blast in the ninth inning Monday night in...

Part 3 : continues.... ----------------------------------------------- MLB Note - Washington Nationals Strasburg, Stephen RHP Stephen Strasburg (right lat muscle) threw a simulated game that went well. "Threw all my pitches," he said. "Velocity was...

Padres 3, Braves 2: Chase Headley homered and Andrew Cashner allowed two runs in a career-high eight innings to lift host San Diego to its second straight one-run victory over Atlanta. Nick Hundley had a run-scoring double and Carlo Quentin...