Feature: Baseball Cabal

From April to September (and beyond, if you're lucky), it's baseball season. No other sport has been so ingrained in pop culture. Abbott and Costello's "Who's On First" routine. Jack Norworth's "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." Ernest Thayer's "Casey At The Bat." The countless movies such as Field of Dreams, The Natural, Major League, A League Of Their Own and Bull Durham top several sports movie lists. It's a relaxing sport with moments of intensity. It's a daily grind. It's pretty much just like our lives. And that's what we'll talk about on Baseball Cabal.

Some of us even have our own team- and topic-specific features:

AL East
• New York Yankees: Pinstripe Report
• Boston Red Sox: Dead Red

AL Central
• Detroit Tigers: Harwell's 1984

NL Central
• St. Louis Cardinals: Semper Cardinalis

NL West
• Arizona Diamondbacks: Desert Pepper

Miscellaneous
• Hall of Fame arguments: Hallspotting

Columnists

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• NY Mets Pitcher Johan Santana Probably Out for Season

  For now the Mets are staring at Opening Day and wondering how to get through the remaining 161 games as quickly as possibly.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Mar 30, 2013

• Mets Name Wright Captain - Right Move at the Wright Time

  Wright is indeed the franchise, inheriting that title from Tom Seaver, the last player to be considered that important.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Mar 23, 2013

• World Baseball Classic 2013: Proof We Need a Real World Series

  The WBC certainly is proof that a true “world” series is something that must eventually happen.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Mar 20, 2013

• The Boys of Summer Have to Get Through Spring Training First

  We are all young again from the moment we hear “pitchers and catchers” until that first pitch on Opening Day.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Mar 02, 2013

• Alex Rodriguez's PED Conspiracy Theory

  The question is where is A-Rod now? My guess is that you would have an easier time finding Waldo.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Feb 05, 2013

• The Mets Make the Wright Move

  David Wright is now “The Franchise.” He follows in the rather large footsteps of Met legend Tom Seaver.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Dec 01, 2012

• R.A. Dickey Wins the NL Cy Young Award – The Best Story in Sports This Year

  Dickey’s story is not just a Mets story, but one for all sports fans, for it transcends team glory and becomes a lesson in perseverance and human dignity.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Nov 17, 2012

• Major League Baseball Fans Should Embrace The One-Game Wild Card

  The one-game Wild Card is the best idea baseball has had in a long time.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Oct 05, 2012

• Melky Cabrera: The Needle and the Damage Done

  Melky Cabrera is the latest in a long line of baseball players who thought he could get around the rules.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Aug 20, 2012

• Are the Mets Ready to End the Season for Johan Santana?

  With nothing riding on this season, the Mets should approach Santana and ask him to go quietly into that good night.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Aug 18, 2012

• All-Star Game 2012: Baseball's Mid-Summer Classic is a Lead Zeppelin

  There is more hot air pumped into this basically meaningless game than the Goodyear Blimp.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Jul 09, 2012

• Subway Series: Which Mets Team Will Show Up?

  Will the Mets roller coaster ride of winning three and losing three continue against the Yankees?

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Jun 22, 2012

• Subway Series Different This Time Around for Mets and Yanks

  Hang on, New York; it's going to be a bumpier ride than sitting in a roller coaster car on the Cyclone at Coney Island.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Jun 08, 2012

• Santana Pitches First No-Hitter in NY Mets History

  Santana not only achieved what no Mets pitcher has ever done, but he exorcised the demons of the franchise in the process.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Jun 02, 2012

• Roger Clemens Perjury Trial: You Can't Make This Stuff Up

  Someone is lying and someone may be convicted, and the real truth may never be known, but a former Yankee could end up in prison.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on May 17, 2012

• Mets Mix: Are You Starting to Think the Mets Are Amazin' Again?

  These Mets are starting to be Amazin' again, in a way that is so old that it is new.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on May 10, 2012

• Yankee Rivera's Class Act Is a Teachable Moment

  Rivera leaves a great impression with his work ethic, his demeanor, and his embodiment of sportsmanship.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on May 05, 2012

• Book Review: Summer of '68 by Tim Wendel

  Detroit Tigers take on the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, while the U. S. struggles with cultural changes.

  Review by Bruce G. Smith — on Apr 03, 2012

• MLB Announces Expanded Playoffs for This Year

  By expanding the playoffs to include ten teams, the idea is to no doubt push the playoffs to a longer (and more lucrative) format.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Mar 03, 2012

• Bobby Valentine Attacks the Yankees - The Spin Starts Here

  So take it from a Mets fan who knows Bobby V's act - the devil is in the details.

  Opinion by Victor Lana — on Feb 29, 2012