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What a way to end the week that was in baseball. Dallas Braden threw a perfect game for just the 19th time in the history of the game.

Baseball is the only sport that offers precisely this sort of drama, no other sport offers perfection as an option. NBA, NFL, and NHL have never seen the likes of this—a player that doesn't make a single mistake, miscue or hiccup.

“There’s nothing you can say,” Braden said in his television interview immediately after he became famous forever.

In 1997, the movie Gattaca taught us that "there is no gene for the human spirit." At the start of every MLB season, we learn that there isn't a statistic for it, either.

As per usual, countless so-called experts—myself included—spent the weeks leading up to Opening Day breaking down the statistical projections and prognosticating about how the divisions would shape up in 2010.

Ah…what could have been?

This season marks the start of a new decade in Major League Baseball history, and who doesn’t enjoy taking a look back at what was—or in this case, what almost was?

Losing in the World Series is one of the most bittersweet accomplishments in sports.

On one hand, it's hard to ignore the fact that it is a huge accomplishment and that it signifies a successful season.

On the other hand, it's a tough pill to swallow.

Yankees and Red Sox—they’re in on everything. That’s why Joba Chamberlain and Daniel Bard aren’t simply two of the most dominant setup men in Major League Baseball. These flamethrowers are the closers of the future.

The save always comes in the ninth, but sometimes the game depends on the eighth.

It’s no secret that fans across the nation cringe at the sight of a poor performance from their team on a given night.

Often times, fans will use the excuse that it is still early in the year and these players and teams will turn it around.

The 2010 MLB season has offered up its fair share of great moments and performances from some of the league’s best; but as we head into mid-May, there is still some doubt amongst even the most faithful of fans that the following players will turn it around.

For the third week in a row I have the Tampa Bay Rays at the top spot. They have the best pitching staff in the majors. The best offense was a toss up between them and the Yankees. I pushed up the Yankees a spot because they are the hottest team in the majors right now, winning nine of their last 10 games. No other team can say that they’ve won at least eight of their last 10 other than the “Bronx Bombers.”

After a full season at Citi Field without a walk-off home run, the New York Mets hit two in two days against the San Francisco Giants this weekend.

Rod Barajas went deep to give the Mets a 6-4 victory on Friday night, and backup catcher Henry Blanco repeated the game-winning heroics Saturday afternoon.

The walk-off home runs were the 102nd and 103rd of the team's history, bringing the other members of the team out of the dugout for a celebration at home plate.

Here are the top 10 walk-off blasts in New York Mets history.

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