Not wanting to deal with any potential fines, suspensions or embarrassment , Astros AAA outfielder Grady Keppler is really hoping he'll be called up to the bigs soon before he is asked to take a drug test, ultimately revealing that he's been using human growth hormone.

The New York Yankees payed tribute to longtime owner George Steinbrenner, as well as public address announcer Bob Sheppard before Friday's game, leading Alex Rodriguez to wonder what his Yankee Stadium ceremony would be like once he's passed. After all he's done to 'finally bring the Yankees a championship', the slugger is almost certain it will be 'so much better' than anything they did for George Steinbrenner.

Baseball fans sat through a less than stellar 2010 Home Run Derby, where some of the sport's supposed top sluggers failed to even come near two 'hit it here' signs hanging in the outfield stands. Had one of the derby participants connected with a 'hit it here' sign, $1 million would have been donated to Stand Up For Cancer.

Major League Baseball's All-Star break is less than a week away, but for some players and teams it cannot come soon enough. Wanting to get a jump on their vacation plans, the Cleveland Indians have asked Major League Baseball if it would be OK for them to forgo their final series before the break, and get out of town a few days early.

After years of watching him look the other way during each of the pitcher's outbursts, family members of Tommy O'Neile, 36, have finally convinced him to seek treatment for being an unwavering supporter of Carlos Zambrano. They knew things had reached the breaking point when O'Neile still stood behind the Cubs pitcher after he got into a shouting match with first baseman Derrek Lee.

Inspired by a win over the Marlins followed by a three game sweep of interleague rival Washington, the Baltimore Orioles are looking to climb into fourth place in the American League East by extending their current winning streak another fifty games.

Rookie phenom Stephen Strasburg faced the Pittsburgh Pirates in his major league debut Tuesday, and the young pitcher's performance, including his 14 K's, is getting plenty of attention. The Pirates, however, say the performance was mediocre at best. As outfielder Lastings Milledge put it, 'Bro, we're the Pittsburgh Pirates.'

Stephen Strasburg is set to make his major league debut next week for the Washington Nationals, and the game expects to be a sellout. Unfortunately, this has created an enormous amount of work for the club's ticket office, which only consists of a solitary intern.

In response to the blown call costing Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga his perfect game, baseball purists all across the country say everyone is overracting with their pleas to expand instant replay in Major League Baseball. Purists say human error adds a fascinating element to the game or something, you know?

The oft-troubled and controversial Milton Bradley has opened up about recent difficulties, and says counseling sessions have allowed him to free the inner demons that have plagued him for so long. Consequently, Seattle has become overrun with various evil spirits, devils and mischievious fiends that are wreaking havoc on the city.