Baltimore’s Daniel Cabrera, a maddeningly difficult fantasy player to own, was on his game last night, coming within two outs of tossing the first complete-game no-hitter by an Oriole since Jim Palmer did it in 1969. Check out Cabrera’s exploits in today’s Daily Dose.

Coors Field is a pitcher’s park? Trying telling that to anyone who watched yesterday’s game when the Dodgers beat the TD spread, knocking off the Rox 19-11. James Loney had himself a day, kicking three field goals, er, driving in nine runs.

Read about these stories and more in today’s Daily Dose.

Scot “panty” Shields has recovered from a tough August in which he gave up four homers to throw shutout ball in nine of his past 10 outings. He’s been slightly more hittable this season, but has compensated for that by posting the finest command (84 Ks/24 BB) of his career. Shields remains one of the [...] more

As Don Henley so succinctly stated, “in a New York minute, everything can change.” Thanks to Pedro Martinez’s calf woes, the Mets may be forced to change their entire post-season pitching rotation. We review the situation in today’s Daily Dose. Derek Lowe has benefited greatly from having Greg Maddux around. Last night Lowe wasn’t at his best, [...] more

No one is going to be wowed by that .255 BA (although it is a career best), but Nick Swisher has still enjoyed a breakthrough season. With back-to-back two-run games, he now has 104 runs, and his 34th homer and 91st RBI yesterday keyed a four-run second that helped the A’s clinch the West. Swisher [...] more

The A’s are headed back to the playoffs, earning their first AL West title since 2003. For catcher Jason Kendall, it marks his post-season debut after 11 major league seasons. We explore this topic in today’s Daily Dose. A team going in the opposite direction is St. Louis. It lost its seventh straight yesterday even with [...] more