December 26, 2011-January 1, 2012
Will a shutout be thrown in this year's Hall of Fame vote?; Oakland trades away its 2012 season; Saying goodbye to Don Mueller.
January 2-8, 2012
Barry Larkin earns a lucky ticket to Cooperstown; Will the 2012 Marlins resemble the 1977 Yankees, off the field as well as on it?; Prince Fielder is running out of potential suitors—and time.
January 9-15, 2012
The Lords give Bud Selig two more years of commissionership; Tony La Russa returns to St. Louis and waxes nostaligic over 2011; J.C. Romero gets some of his credibility back.
January 16-22, 2012
Ryan Braun faces his MVP voters; Yu Darvish and the year's other Japanese imports; That's not Fausto Carmona—it's Roberto Heredia!
January 23-29, 2012
Prince Fielder signs with the Tigers; The Astros' new owner mulls a new name; Moneyball gets a best picture nod; Baseball's ultimate steroid junkie.
January 30-February 5, 2012
Josh Hamilton's latest fall from the wagon; Brian Cashman's fatal attraction; The Cardinals' rally squirrel gets its own baseball card.
February 6-12, 2012
Oil Can Boyd confesses to pitching on cocaine; Sandy Alderson's sly sense of Twitter humor; Why Vin Scully doesn't want to retire.
February 13-19, 2012
Gary Carter passes on; Tim Wakefield steps down; MLB tells the Astros to delete the pistol from the retro Colt .45 uniforms.
February 20-26, 2012
Ryan Braun escapes steroid suspension; Manny Ramirez returns to the majors; Tommy Hanson's wild ride in Orlando; why Jonathan Niese is thanking Carlos Beltran for his new nose.
February 27-March 4, 2012
Baseball officially increases its postseason to ten teams; Are the teasers of 2011 ready for 2012?; Is that really Albert Belle smiling and laughing at Cleveland's camp?
March 5-11, 2012
Are the National League's days without a DH nunbered?; The Giants and A's ramp up the rap over San Jose; Jose Canseco gets caught, again; Lenny Dykstra goes to jail.
March 12-25, 2012
The Mets settle with Bernie Madoff's victims; Matt Bush's illegal hit-and-run play; Andy Pettitte comes out of retirement; Ichiro Suzuki's Japanese museum.
March 26-April 1, 2012
The best and worst players and teams from spring training 2012; The regular season opener nobody saw (except in Japan); Frank McCourt sells the Dodgers and becomes a billionaire.
April 2-8, 2012
Former all-stars still on the unemployment line as the 2012 season begins; The official opening of Marlins Park in Miami; Torii Hunter's accidental run-in with police at his own home.
April 9-15, 2012
Ozzie Guillen praises Fidel Castro in the heart of Little Havana (oops!); MLB's unexpected objection to the sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
April 16-22, 2012
Is Ivan Rodriguez the greatest catcher?; Phil Humber's perfect game; How much will it cost to tear down the Astrodome?
April 23-29, 2012
Bryce Harper arrives in Washington; Marvin Miller's KKK conspiracy theory; Delmon Young goes off on a Jewish panhandler; Farewell to Bill Skowron.
April 30-May 6, 2012
Mariano Rivera's freakish season-ending injury; Jered Weaver's no-hitter, and why the Angels' broadcasters refused to even mention it until it was over; The Curse of the Number One pick in Tampa Bay.