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Baseball players take great pride in their walk-up songs, the tunes which play when they're going up to bat. Most of the time, it's a rock song used to pump them up before their at bat. The Oakland Athletics' Josh Reddick, though, chose an alternate route. For the past few games, he's been using the '80s hit from George Michael and Wham!, "Careless Whisper."

For years, baseball pitchers have been trying to get a little bit of an edge by using substances like pine tar to get a better grip on the ball.

Today, Major League Baseball celebrates the anniversary of Wrigley Field, which has been a fixture in the north side of Chicago for 100 years.

Monday was Major League Baseball's opening day. So, at stadiums all across the American and National leagues, ceremonial first pitches were thrown out by players and celebrities. This was the case at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif.

On October 20th, 1986, the New York Mets were trailing the Boston Red Sox two games to none in the World Series and the World Wrestling Federation was in "The Big Apple" for a live event at Madison Square Garden. The show featured an edition of "Rowdy" Roddy Piper's interview segment, "Piper's Pit...

Here are the top 10 stories of the 2012 Major League Baseball season according to Shaffee... #10 - MISERABLE NATION  The "Nation" is miserable as their beloved Red Sox finished dead last in the AL East with a record of 69-93.  Manager Bobby Valentine was under fire all year and it was apparent pretty early that the team was in shambles...

Don't know about you but I like seeing the Yankees get what's coming to em. Every excuse you can think of now is being hurled toward Detroit by a-hole Yankee fans. I'd rather pull my own wisdom tooth than sit through the pregame hype/antics when one is at Yankee stadium...

Nice going Jeter. He becomes the 28th member of the 3,000-hit club and the first player to reach 3,000 hits since Craig Biggio during the 2007 season. Now that history has been made, who do you think will get there next?

With the start of the 2011 MLB regular season around the corner baseball fans are anxiously awaiting a rather interesting seven months of America’s favorite pastime.  Will  Verlander and Scherzer rank among baseball's best 1-2 combos. Will the Red Sox’s impressive off-season acquisitions help them?  Can the Giants repeat?  Which team will be this season’s biggest surprise?