Inflammation

MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH The biggest thing Detroit has going for it this season is actually five biggest things: Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Anibal Sanchez, Doug Fister and Rick Porcello. "I think we send a quality pitcher...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Miami Marlins - INSIDE PITCH As expected, the Marlins activated Jeff Mathis from the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday and will go with three catchers on the roster. Mathis, acquired from Toronto during the offseason,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cleveland Indians - INSIDE PITCH The Indians offense, which has been in overdrive for the last few weeks, has hit a speed bump. Tuesday night the Indians lost 6-2 to Philadelphia. It was the third consecutive game in...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH Seeking offense, the Mets shored up their outfield Monday by signing outfielder Rick Ankiel to a big-league contract. Ankiel, whom the Astros cut last week, arrived at Busch Stadium...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH Melky Cabrera received his 2012 World Series ring in private before Tuesday's game with the San Francisco Giants. Then, using some of his bats left over from last season when he...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH Manager Clint Hurdle likes to call catcher Russell Martin a "game changer." The Pirates found out what they had been missing when Martin returned to the lineup Tuesday night and...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite evidence suggesting that women whose uterus has been removed may be more likely to experience heart troubles, a new study finds that the usual signs of heart disease risk are not more severe in middle-aged women after...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH The New York Mets agreed to a contract with free agent outfielder Rick Ankiel on Monday, and he started in center and batted seventh in a 6-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals the same day....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Miami Marlins - INSIDE PITCH Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan might not be happy about it, but he is doing his best to adjust to a new role off the bench. Going into Sunday, he was 6-for-16 as a pinch-hitter,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH Because of strong starting pitching taking the team deep into games and a productive starting lineup which also has helped power the Cardinals to a 23-13 start, the club's pinch...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cleveland Indians - INSIDE PITCH At the start of the season, it was generally agreed that Ubaldo Jimenez was the key to the Indians' starting rotation. However Jimenez pitched in 2013, good or bad, it would likely...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH The stiff neck that caused Russell Martin to miss six of the seven games the Pirates have played proved not to be serious enough for the catcher to be placed on the disabled list....