Washington Nationals injury update: Bryce Harper on a crash course to return...

Both Washington Nationals' General Manager Mike Rizzo and Manager Dusty Baker provided updates on 24-year-old outfielder Bryce Harper today, as the hard-hitting slugger does what he can to get back in the lineup before the start of the NLDS. Rizzo was on 106.7 the FAN in D.C.'s The Sports Junkies

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  Bryce Harper takes batting practice in Nationals Park, still hopes to return for postseason...

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Anderson takes a beating in lopsided loss to Royals

Blue Jays lefty starter Brett Anderson is a big dude. He's 6-foot-3, 230 pounds, has red hair and an orangy-red beard. When you add it all up, he looks like he could appear on one of those Alaska reality shows, ready for bounty or punishment. On Wednesday night, facing an offensively, hell bent Kansas

Pirates 6, Brewers 4: Getting the air knocked out of them

PITTSBURGH - With time running short in the season, the Milwaukee Brewers simply can't afford the type of missed opportunity that befell them Wednesday night at PNC Park. Poised to gain a full game on the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central and to pull even with the Colorado Rockies in the chase for the

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  Cubs, pesky Brewers set to face off again for four games at Wrigley North

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  LEADING OFF: Cubs-Brewers meet in NL Central showdown

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