MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Lenny Dykstra, leadoff hitter and center fielder on the New York Mets' 1986 championship team, was charged with 23 felony counts and two misdemeanor charges yesterday in Los Angeles County. Dykstra was charged with grand theft auto, identity theft and possession of cocaine, Ecstasy and synthetic human growth hormone, among other charges.

Buster Posey's home plate collision with Scott Cousins has everyone from around baseball talking. The latest include Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench and San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean who had vastly different view of the incident.

Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench told the Tulsa World that if Giants catcher Buster Posey had taken a different position instead of blocking home plate, his season-ending injury would have been avoided.

Somehow the moral ground shifted dramatically under Scott Cousins' feet after he collided with catcher Buster Posey on a game-winning play. Giants GM Brian Sabean is more than willing to vilify Cousins for wanting to win, and playing to win under the accepted rules of baseball.

Down seven runs in the third inning, the New York Mets responded with three runs and added four more in the sixth inning en route to a 9-8 win and a 2-2 split of their four-game homestand against Pittsburgh.

Marilyn Monroe would have turned 85 today.

The statistics suggest Curtis Granderson of the New York Yankees could certainly go on to win the MVP award for the American League this year, but the statistics also reveal surprises about MVP selection.

Injured catcher Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants leads in the first ballot of the upcoming MLB All-Star game in Arizona on July 12. Posey, the reigning NL Rookie of the Year was having a superb year before being injured on a collision at home plate against the Florida Marlins last year.

Reyes went nine innings against Cleveland.

Daniel Murphy, Justin Turner, Dillon Gee and Ruben Tejada keyed the New York Mets' win over the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday--and perhaps gave fans a glimpse of the future.

The injury of San Francisco Giants star catcher Buster Posey has many people debating whether or not the reigning NL Rookie of the Year should change quit being a catcher and change positions when he returns next season.

Buster Posey, the San Francisco Giants star catcher who was recently injured, had surgery on his left ankle. The Giants announced he will be out for the rest of the season, confirming Posey's own statement prior to the surgery.

Exactly fifty years ago today, one of the bloodiest dictators of the Americas was assassinated in the DR

The New York Yankees figured out how to beat Seattle ace Felix Hernandez, but still couldn't beat the Mariners as they dropped their second game in a row, 5-4.

The new minority owner of the New York Mets baseball team, David Einhorn, will own 33 percent of the team when the deal is done, and will have the option buy up to 60 percent of the team in three years, according to a report by ESPN.com.

San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey says more than likely...out for the rest of the year. The reigning NL Rookie of the Year made his comments in a conference call with local writers according to the San Francisco Chronicle and Mercury News.

Do the 2011 San Francisco Giants have a new anthem? We all remember last year's anthem made famous by baseball announcers Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper Giants Baseball: Torture. Tortuous baseball was good enough to win the Giants a World Series.

The Mets lost knuckleballer R.A. Dickey to foot injury, adding to the pitching mess the baseball team currently faces.

San Francisco Giants' head trainer Dave Groeschner elaborated on Buster Posey's condition in a press conference after the reigning NL Rookie of the Year received three MRIs on his lower leg and ankle.

The devastating injury of San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey is a huge blow to the Giants' starting lineup. Posey, the reigning NL Rookie of the Year, was the Giants cleanup hitter and will be difficult to replace.

Following Buster Posey's injury at home plate last night, San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Body called for a rules change in the way runners go to home plate.