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After last week's trade deadline craziness, the 2015 MLB season got back to plain, ol' baseball in its 18th week of action. All told, it was a nice change of pace.

Happen to miss anything? Worry not, friend. We're here to recap the good stuff.

Evidently, the Texas Rangers feel the key to getting back to the postseason for the first time since 2012 is to reunite with as many members of that team as possible.

And given the names they're reuniting with, that's actually not a bad idea.

In sports, tempers flare. It happens.

Usually the anger is directed at opponents, but Detroit Tigers teammates James McCann and Jose Iglesias went at each other in the dugout Friday night at Comerica Park.

The two were jawing while the Boston Red Sox took the field in the bottom of the sixth inning, and then Iglesias threw a shove before hurling his glove at McCann.

Mike Trout is one of baseball’s biggest stars, but the Los Angeles Angels outfielder is still a young buck.

Albert Pujols, with 35 years of age to his name, gave Trout a reminder of that last nugget on his 24th birthday Friday.

With the 48-61 Boston Red Sox out of the postseason race once again, the team continued to look toward the future by dealing struggling slugger Mike Napoli to Texas on Friday. 

The Atlanta Braves making a headline-grabbing trade? After all they've done in the last few months, odds are you're not surprised to hear that.

Rather, if you're surprised by anything, it's the nature of the Braves' latest swap.

Nick Swisher's homecoming with the Cleveland Indians has been cut short, as the oft-injured outfielder was traded Friday to the Atlanta Braves as part of a package that also includes Michael Bourn.   

MLB's non-waiver trade deadline came and went on July 31 with plenty of action across the league, but teams are far from done when it comes to attempting to improve for the playoff push.

Organizations are still able to strike deals for the remainder of the season, but the deadline for a traded player being able to take part in the playoffs is Aug. 31. Any player traded between now and the remainder of the 2015 campaign must first pass through waivers.

This past spring, Barry Bonds didn't reprise his somewhat scene-stealing cameo as special hitting instructor at the Giants' 2014 spring training camp. The Giants, however, are looking toward a more meaningful return to the fold for Bonds.

Fact: The Blue Jays are 8-0 with Troy Tulowitzki in the starting lineup. He becomes the first player in Blue Jays history to win each of his first eight starts with the team.

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Source: ESPN Stats & Info