Jim Leyland's Tigers are making a statement and threatening to pulverize the rest of the division. Meanwhile, Weekend Buzz would be remiss if we didn't cover Chris Perez's dog and Milwaukee's inexplicable hatred for Cliff Lee, too. ...more

Day Two, and the emerging Cuban superstar smashes two home runs and collects five RBI. The Dodgers were hoping he brought energy. He has brought the hammer. ...more

In a play people will be talking about for years, Yasmiel Puig fires a pea from the right-field warning track to first base to double off the Padres' Chris Denorfia. Maybe this is the energy and talent the dreadful Dodgers have been lacking. ...more

Who has got a better chance of climbing back into the race in Los Angeles? The improving Angels? The ailing Dodgers? Or none of the above? Two months in, neither team is where it wants (or needs) to be. ...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

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

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

Spring training is extra long this year thanks to the World Baseball Classic. But with injuries piling up and several key players out, it may not be long enough. ...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

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