The Detroit Tigers received their AL Championship rings before their game against the Blue Jays on Wednesday.

The babealicious Sooze over at Babes Love Baseball tells us that Joe Nathan was going to pitch if he was needed if his wife hadn’t delivered their baby. His wife ended up having a girl, Riley Grace, and Nathan arrived to the game late but wasn’t needed.

David Riske will be your temporary closer in Kansas City as Octavio Dotel was placed on the 15 day DL.

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen is worried about his pitching as his starters haven’t really performed all that well.

Cleveland OF Trot Nixon is healthy this season after recovering from back surgery.

Joe Buck was surprised that the St. Louis Cardinals had no interest in Jeff Suppan.

Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk took batting practice with the Milwaukee Brewers before Wednesday’s game.

Ted Lilly helped the Cubbies get Lou Pinella his first win as manager with 7 impressive innings against the Reds.

If you haven’t seen the Mayor of Cincinnati’s first pitch on opening day, click here. Then go over to The Enquirer and read his top 10 reasons why it happened.

The Pirates will have some new food items on their menu for opening day next Monday against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Things aren’t looking good for the Astros, as they were swept by the Pirates.