Memorial Day's first pitch

Leading Off
In honor of Memorial Day, let's take a look at Baseball and World War II.

Regional Roundup
It was a great day for the Mid-Atlantic's National League clubs.

• The World Champs took two out of three in The Bronx. Brad Lidge sees some positives.


• How hurt is Koji Uehara?


• The Nats had a grand day in D.C.


• The Pirates avoided a sweep, with a late rally.

Best of the Rest

• How underrated is Mike Cameron? On Sunday, he became the 20th player to collect 250 steals and 250 homers in a career.


• Despite, Cameron's performance, the Twins swept the Brewers this weekend.


• The Cardinals offense is really struggling.


• David Ortiz has been benched.


• Torii Hunter is tearing up the Dodgers.

Batter's Eye Milton Bradley thinks umpires are picking on him. He probably is right?

• If Randy Johnson gets those two wins he could be the last player to reach the 300-win milestone for quite a while.

Today in history 1925 -- In Detroit's 8-1 win over the Chicago White Sox, Ty Cobb became the first to collect 1,000 career extra-base hits. He finished his career with 1,139.

1959 -- Harvey Haddix of Pittsburgh pitched 12 perfect innings before losing to Milwaukee 1-0 in the 13th on an error, a sacrifice and Joe Adcock's double.

1962 -- Sandy Koufax struck out 16 Phillies.

1996 -- The Chicago White Sox became the 16th team in AL history to hit four homers in one inning in their 12-1 win over Milwaukee. Frank Thomas, Harold Baines and Robin Ventura hit consecutive homers and Chad Kreuter added another in Chicago's seven-run eighth.

The Closer The Padres have won nine straight at home for the first time in history, the Padres head out on the road. This team is going through another fire sale, but if it continues to win, it could be hard for ownership to justify the trades.