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Every team in the hunt has legitimate stars aiming to lead it to the games biggest stage, but here at Yardbarker were focusing on guys who are not quite household names but will still have a big impact on the seasons final six weeks.

Today is Matt Stairs’ 55th birthday. Matt, as you know, is Canadian. He was born in St. John New Brunswick. He played two seasons with the Blue Jays and started his major league career with the E...

Plus Zac Veen on Ricky Tiedemann, a Bert Blyleven-Nolan Ryan poll, Donnie Ecker on Marcus Semien and Josh Jung, facts and stats galore, and more.

What does history say of trades with the Canadians?

Plus Tom Wilson, Tom Lawless, Jason Kershner and Jose Silva

And Juan Samuel, Fred Lewis and Mat Latos.

As was the case in his heyday, the on-base machine with an exceptional speed-power combo has been underappreciated by voters.

Kareem or Dayne? Middleton or Yelich? Favre or Molitor? A look at the most impactful Wisconsin pro or college athlete to wear each jersey number.

Today, we're bringing you my bullpen of hate. This one is tough because for me bad relievers tend to be more forgettable than hated. I don't have a burning Manny Lee-type of loathing for dudes in...

Detroit lost the opener of a four-game set in Cleveland on Thursday but can strike back in Game 2.