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Perhaps caught up in World Cup fever, Major League Baseball has announced a move to a bracketed format for the 2014 Home Run Derby. 

With one out in the top of the sixth inning Monday night, Toronto Blue Jays right fielder Anthony Gose looked to track down a pop fly from Yankees shortstop Brendan Ryan and prevent a double or triple.

An otherwise promising season for the Houston Astros took a turn for the worse after top prospect Carlos Correa suffered a leg injury during a Single-A game for the Lancaster JetHawks.

JetHawks broadcaster Jason Schwartz reported that Correa had to be carted off the field and was in a visible amount of pain:

It's safe to say that the Baltimore Orioles were hot on Saturday against the New York Yankees.

The Orioles hit four home runs, but no one felt more relieved after his HR than J.J. Hardy. He hit his first homer of the year, but as he went back into the dugout, his teammates gave him the silent treatment. To congratulate himself, Hardy started to throw sunflower seeds and give himself high-fives.

This may just be one of the worst defensive plays of the MLB season.

During Saturday's game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Rockies, the Brewers had the bases loaded in the top of the third. Rockies pitcher Christian Friedrich proceeded to throw a wild pitch, driving in a run. Catcher Michael McKenry then tried to throw back to Friedrich, missing the target for a second run to come home.

Joe Panik is currently on a plane headed to Arizona, where he will meet up with the San Francisco Giants and likely make his major league debut in the coming days. 

At the trade deadline, the most important thing a team can have is assets. However, the second most important thing to have at the deadline is a trade partner. The Chicago Cubs have plenty of trade assets they seem willing to move and plenty of teams interested in those assets. 

With just over a month left until the trade deadline, plenty of moves could be made, and the Cubs seem like prime candidates to distribute talent to a bunch of contending teams.

Baseball is a game of focus, but it's kind of hard to pay attention when thousands of bugs are fluttering around you.

During Friday night's game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies at Busch Stadium, a horde of moths swarmed the field. Take a look at what the players were dealing with on the diamond:

50 Cent doesn't have anything on this lady.

Celebrating her 101st birthday, Rosemary Depler from Peoria, Illinois, got the chance to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Busch Stadium on Friday night. As a St. Louis Cardinals fan, she's just 13 years younger than the team, but has gotten to see all 11 of its World Series titles.

First in an 11-part series about the vagaries of awards voting.

Al Bumbry rightfully earned American League Rookie of the Year honors in 1973. However, as arguably a division champion’s best hitter, he received not a single vote for Most Valuable Player.