GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Basketball is for Duke and North Carolina. It is not for Zack Greinke. Not any more. With a big contract comes big responsibility. So, begrudgingly, Greinke over the winter traded in his basketball kicks for running shoes. What six years and $147 million does for lifetime security, well, it sort of does the opposite for frivolity and carelessness. ... ...more

Thirty-eight degrees and Jack Frost nipping at Tim Lincecum's newly exposed ears Tuesday morning, but you know what? Guaranteed, it was still warmer in Scottsdale than anywhere else in the Cactus League. ... ...more

Zack Greinke said he came so close to signing with the Rangers that 'at one point, I was leaning toward Texas.' The Dodgers came so close to their senses Tuesday that they appeared to make it through the day without dumping another multi-gaz-million dollar deal in anybody else's direction. ... ...more

This is not as simple as transitioning from Mannywood in 2009 to the Zack Attack in 2013. Not with Dodgers ownership transferring from a charlatan huckster to the U.S. Mint over the past 12 months. Zack Greinke is joining the Dodgers' rotation, and the meaning of it all is sending shudders throughout the industry. ... ...more

Today we discover there are actually defenders of the low-lifes that run the Marlins, and we discover baseball fans in Montreal have long memories. ... ...more

The days of endless pitching changes and interminable mid-inning waits that mark September baseball and change the competitive nature of the pennant races soon are expected to go the way of flannel uniforms and Ladies' Day. ... ...more

Knowing Josh Beckett, he's going to get awfully tired of the Fresh Start questions very quickly. By my unofficial count, he's already been asked some form of that question several dozen times in his first 24 hours in Los Angeles. ... ...more

It's going to take a long while before things are normal in Boston again, whatever normal is these days, but ex-Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett said upon arrival here Saturday that it was time for the divorce. ... ...more

The e-mail popped into owner Mark Walter's in-box Friday shortly after 10 a.m. It was from general manager Ned Colletti, and Walter froze. One click, and the revelation would be the difference between spending millions more dollars and unlocking a potential avenue to the World Series ... and little more than a loud foul ball. ... ...more

In a blockbuster deal involving multiple marquee players, staggering amounts of money and drama for the ages, the Red Sox and Dodgers were on the verge of completing a historic deal Friday that dramatically alters the face of both franchises. ... ...more