Jermaine Dye

Two advance scouts, one from each league, reflect on what they saw and heard last week:

With the trade deadline looming, the anxious A's had to decide: ship out potential free agents like Jason Giambi, or make a wild-card run?

The addition of Jermaine Dye (above) to the A's lineup might help Jason Giambi (assuming he was not traded before Tuesday's deadline) maintain an enviable streak. As the chart illustrates, beginning in 1997 (his...

ROYALS 12, TWINS 10May 5

No one is more surprised at the Giants' waltz to the National League West title than the San Francisco players themselves, most of whom were on the roster when the Giants missed the postseason in 1998 and '99. "It's...