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The 2010 MLB trading deadline draws near and the temperature on the hot stove is being turned up as we head into the all-star break. Teams are lining up who they will pursue and the price tag any acquisition will come with.

Heavy focus has been centered around Seattle Mariners left-hander Cliff Lee but there are many, many options out there teams could go after instead of Lee or others. Nevertheless, many notable players figure to change uniforms over the next three weeks. Here is a look at the top 50 on the block.

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The Major League Baseball trade deadline is a month away and already teams are getting themselves in position to acquire a big talent that can help push their team to the postseason.

Often times the object of a team’s desire is a player who will be on the free agent market the following fall. Those trades are especially risky given all the factors that go into the deal. There are are examples of the rental deals working out (Carlos Beltran to the Astros), but the team must take a calculated risk.

Teams must believe that this one player or pitcher will be the difference between going home or the playoffs. There are five risk factors that can make the trades undesirable for both sides:

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The trade deadline is a little over month away, but already teams-especially contenders-are looking ahead to the deals that may be out there. That is certainly true in the ultra-competitive American League East where one key move may be the difference between a division title and going home at the end of the season.

The Yankees are poised to enter July as the division leaders with the now seriously banged up Red Sox behind them and the volatile Rays bringing up the rear in the 3-team race. As for the rest of division? Well, the Blue Jays and Orioles can at least clutch onto hope.

As we enter the season’s fourth month, we take a look at what each team needs to make a push toward a division title starting from the bottom up.

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In sports and competition, sometimes adrenaline and frustration can combine for an ugly mix. Many times players just take out their frustrations on the water cooler. Other times, players take it out on each other. The result? Dugout blowouts caught by the cameras for everyone to see.

We saw two examples of that over the weekend as a pair of teammates in Chicago and Tampa Bay hashed out their differences in a less than cool manner. The ability to detect more dugout fights is thanks to the many new camera angles provided, and we thank these players and managers for giving us a look into their argumentative world.

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In the flavor of Father’s Day this weekend, we take a look back some of the most important and productive fathers of big leaguers in baseball history. The 10 duos make up some of the most famous pairs in baseball history. In some cases the son outperformed the father, others the father was the standard-bearer in the family.

In this list, however, we take a look specifically at the dads. For these sons could never had their careers if not for their fathers paving the way. There have been more than 10 dads who have fathered future big leaguers, but this is a look at the 10 BEST fathers who later watched their sons suit up in Major League Baseball.

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The 2010 MLB Draft is here. Tonight, all 30 teams will make their first-round selections and hope they have landed their respective franchise’s next star. Leading the pack, and all the coverage and hype, is junior college star Bryce Harper.

Harper is a sign, sealed, and delivered lock to go number one overall to the Washington Nationals. From there, the baseball world will descend on the 17-year-old’s head as it watches and waits for him, like last year’s top pick Stephen Strasburg, to make his big league debut.

But where does Harper rank among the top overall draft picks of the last 10 years, taking into consideration Harper’s selection which is merely hours away? Is he already the best? Or does the guy many compare him to take the top spot?

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The 2010 MLB Draft is just days away. Come Monday night, a new generation of players will see their names called and their journeys to their career ambitions begin.

A year ago, it was then-collegiate pitcher Stephen Strasburg who rocked the draft. This year, it is a position player named Bryce Harper that is gaining all the attention leading up to Monday night’s first round.

The MLB Draft is a 50-round affair with players drafted from places you’ve never heard of. However, all 30 MLB teams hope these players they select in the first round will be household names sooner rather than later.

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The day we thought would never come has arrived. Ken Griffey Jr. retired from Major League Baseball. We have watched Ken Griffey Jr. do things unlike any ballplayer in history. Twenty-one years and 630 home runs later, one of the greatest centerfielders of all-time is finally hanging them up.

Ken Griffey Jr. has given us a lifetime’s worth of baseball memories. Some of the best highlights in all of baseball over the last 20 years feature Ken Griffey Jr. From all of his countless great moments, here is a look at the 10 best moments of Ken Griffey Jr.’s career.

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Baseball uniforms sure have changed over the years. From the flannel material to cotton to polyester, baseball players have adorned numerous types of fabric for the sake of team unity. But it is not just the uniforms themselves that dictate a player’s appearance.

Players have gone to many lengths to alter their look on the field, adding their own personal twist to their daily gameday attire. Over the years, players have pushed the limit with their changes and looks. Some have worked while many others have not.

Major League Baseball has even gone as far as to regulate some of the different looks players have tried to implement. While MLB may not always be ahead of the curve, we offer the 10 worst uniform looks in baseball.

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An explosive fastball alone can get a pitcher to the big leagues and wow scouts, players, coaches and fans along the way. In the history of the game, there is a long line of guys who lit up radar guns with their popping fastball that looks like nothing but a blur to the untrained eye.

However, despite all the hard throwers in the game’s history, there are 10 pitchers that stand up above the rest. These 10 pitchers make the list of the game’s hardest throwers not just for putting up three digits on the radar gun but the consistency of their velocity as well.

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