Look closely in the world champion Giants' clubhouse. There's a kid with an awfully familiar look. ... ...more

Stand back and give Jurickson Profar some room already. He's just a kid. Nineteen. Wednesday, they will put 20 candles on his birthday cake. And he'll still look like he's about 15. ...more

Different day, different scene, same old PED drip. Saturday, it was suspended Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal atoning for his synthetic sins, first by apologizing to his team in an early morning clubhouse meeting, then by reading a brief statement to reporters and refusing to take questions. ...more

It can't be Valentine's Day without Love Letters, can it? I'm so far behind on my mail. ...more

So what do you think of Ryan Braun now? Innocent as a choirboy, wronged victim of evil people? Dirty as a white-collar embezzler and deserving to sleep with baseball's fishes? ...more

What I like, and dislike, about the Angels. ... ...more

Brilliant expectations in stunning colors ascend over the horizon each morning here with the rising sun. Undeniable, relentless pressure threatens dehydration every bit as much as the arid desert air. No secret that it's World Series or bust for the Angels. ...more

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Cozy as they looked Valentine's Day afternoon sitting with Mike Trout on the day before the Angels' first full-squad workout, this isn't the first time Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton have crossed paths on a baseball field. ... ...more

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

No team is expected to contribute more than the 10 players the San Francisco Giants are shipping to the World Baseball Classic later this month. ...more