On-Base Perception

The debate about whether Matt Harvey should start the All-Star Game is moot. At least to Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, the pitcher most frequently mentioned as an alternative to Harvey.

“He should,” Kershaw told FOXSports.com. “There’s no reason, especially if it’s in New York, that he shouldn’t start. That’s what the fans will want. I’ve got no problem with that.”

By traditional measures,...

All-Star voting ends Thursday, and it’s likely to end without Yasiel Puig being named a starter – unless a flood of write-in votes changes things.

But that doesn’t mean that the Cuban-born Dodgers phenom won’t play in the midsummer classic.

First the facts: Puig strolled on to the MLB stage on June 3, like a lightning bolt sent to save the Dodgers’ season and Don Mattingly’s job as manager....

The Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers will have to wait another night to renew their storied rivalry as Tuesday's game at Yankee Stadium was postponed because of rain.

The game will be made up as part of a day-night split doubleheader Wednesday with the first game slated for 1:05 p.m. and the second at 7:05 p.m., the Yankees announced on their official Twitter.

Phil Hughes was originally...

Each week leading up to the All-Star Game at Citi Field we’ll compile our list of who SHOULD start the game based on current performance (click the player's name to see their full stats). Feel free to leave a comment and tell us what you think:

American League

1B – Chris Davis, Orioles

Davis is no one-week wonder. After a torrid start to the season, he’s kept up the hot hitting,...

Each of the 30 teams in baseball have a 40-man roster, various injured players, top prospects, interesting minor league veterans, beat reporters, blogs and stat-minded followers.

Basically, we’re saying that’s a whole lot of people to follow on Twitter.

But we follow them so you don’t have to and every morning we’ll embed the top tweets from the previous 24 hours:

1. Matt Harvey’s...

A few notes before the undefeated Matt Harvey faces the Dodgers:

-- Lefthander Jonathon Niese said he's on track to make his next scheduled start on Sunday. Niese left his start on Tuesday when he took a comebacker off his lower right leg, leaving him with what the team called a contusion. Niese may push his normal bullpen back to Friday, and he might throw an abbreviated session, though he...

Padres CEO Tom Garfinkel made light of Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke’s social anxiety disorder, going so far as to compare him to the title character in the movie Rain Man while talking with a group of season-ticket holders, according to an audio clip obtained by Yahoo! Sports.

Garfinkel was speaking in the aftermath of last week’s Dodgers-Padres brawl – one that cost Greinke a broken collarbone....

The first "basebrawl" of the season broke out during Thursday night's 3-2 Dodgers win at Petco Park. San Diego Padres slugger Carlos Quentin charged the mound after being hit by a pitch, injuring pitcher Zack Greinke in the process. Greinke suffered a broken collarbone.

Of course the best part of the brawl was hearing the great Vin Scully calmly call the whole incident.

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Clayton Kershaw pitched a shutout and hit a home run on Opening Day. But before he threw a single pitch, it became apparent he was going to be playing second fiddle no matter what he did. Hard to imagine he had a problem with it, though.

After all, it's not every day you get upstaged by Sandy Koufax.

The Dodgers legend and baseball Hall of Famer threw out the first pitch before Los Angeles'...