While you were at Mother's Day brunch, baseball seems to have made it through the weekend unbruised by any more umpires. Also in Weekend Buzz: Mariano Rivera returns to the scene of the crime, the Cardinals get more pitching, the Dodgers actually win and some great wisdom from Buck Showalter. ...more

The Weekend Buzz would be remiss if we didn't jump on the red-hot Redbirds' bandwagon. Sure as summer rolls around, the Cardinals produce pitching. Also: The Orioles' amazing streak, a suggestion for a new Cubs home, the Whiff Machine in Anaheim and excellent barbecue analysis from Adam Wainwright. ...more

Scott Miller's Weekend Buzz provides a catch-up for while you were toasting the life and times of country music legend George Jones, who once drove a riding lawn mower to the nearest liquor store after his wife seized his car keys. ...more

The Weekend Buzz while you were B-ing strong from Boston, Mass., to West, Texas, and at all points in-between. ...more

How bad are the Astros? They are so bad the rest of the AL West is licking its chops. So bad the Oakland A's are in first place because of them. So bad I couldn't even write a full column about them. So keep reading beyond the first item and we'll get to Mother Nature, Terry Francona's seniority in Cleveland, Felix Hernandez and, yes, more Dodgers-Padres brawl fallout. ...more

One man had a chance to keep Zack Greinke's left shoulder intact and the Dodgers' rotation in one piece. Now, in the aftermath of last week's ugly brawl and even after Greinke apologized to him for keeping him in the dark, catcher A.J. Ellis is haunted by what more he could have done. ...more

Jackie Robinson Day in Dodger Stadium is a moving experience highlighted by the presence of Rachel Robinson, 90, and, of course, all of those 42s wearing a Dodgers uniform. And make sure to read below for Matt Kemp's take on how to entice more African-American kids into playing baseball. Hint: Cool baseball-themed shoe commercials. ... ...more

The Weekend Buzz while you and Don Draper were becoming reacquainted as the excellent Mad Men fires up for another season. ... ...more

Padres backup catcher John Baker wants it known after the Dodgers insinuated he mocked Zack Greinke: "I assisted Zack Greinke just as much as any of the Dodgers." ... ...more

There absolutely is history between Carlos Quentin and Zack Greinke, four years' worth of simmering rage on Quentin's part and who-knows-what going on inside of Greinke's head. And when it spilled over Thursday night in an ugly Dodgers-Padres game, it changed the NL West early. ...more