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SI.com: Joe Posnanski: Mauer is not only AL MVP, he's also baseball's most valuable player

So, it looks like I spent another sports year feeling pre-agitated about things that did not come especially close to happening. Zack Greinke won the Cy Young Award ... he won it rather easily. There was no sudden and overpowering push to get Jack Morris into the Hall of Fame while Bert Blyleven writhes in baseball limbo. The Cleveland Browns did not hire Eric Mangini.

People.com: Baseball's Mike Piazza Now a Happy Father of Two

The retired Met and actress wife Alicia Rickter welcome second daughter, Paulina Sophia

SI.com: Tom Verducci: Old guard squeezed in new market

The baseball actuarial tables have been rewritten. As clubs continue to place greater value on young players under control (witness the new religion about not losing compensatory draft picks), the older free agent is being severely devalued. What has been a slow market for almost every player not negotiating with the New York Yankees has become downright cruel for the aging position player.

SI.com: Jonah Freedman: Piazza slipped away quietly, but he'll never be forgotten

When Mike Piazza announced his retirement from baseball on Tuesday, there were no tears shed on camera. There were no reporters or exploding flash bulbs. There was no backdrop featuring a Mets logo, nor a general manager offering a heartfelt introduction.

Time.com: MLB Player Piazza Retiring After 16 Seasons

Mike Piazza is retiring from baseball following a 16-season career in which he became one of the top-hitting catchers in history

Behind the Scenes: Thrilling day covering the pope

Covering the White House is a thrill for a political junkie like me, but nothing prepared me for the euphoria of reporting on Pope Benedict XVI's Mass at Nationals Park for about 46,000 worshippers here on Thursday.

SI.com: Jon Heyman: Why Bonds deserves my Hall of Fame vote

Also in this column: • Glavine won't be last to 300 • Work ethic gives A-Rod shot • Oakland's promise to Piazza • More news and notes

SI.com: John Rakowski: Players rumored on block

There are many significant fantasy performers rumored to be moving in major deals, and with the trade deadline on July 31, expect some major movement in the next couple of weeks. The Rangers, A's, White Sox, Reds and Royals are all confirmed sellers. (Half the Texas roster can be had in a deal.) After a trade, you will see a lot of postmortem analysis of whether a move was good or bad for a particular player. By that time, however, it may be too late to pick him up off waivers if it's a good move. Conversely, it may be too late to unload him in a deal if the move is damaging.

SI.com: Top 10 Subway Series moments

For the first time in the 11 years since interleague play began, the New York Mets head into the first of two annual Subway Series meetings as clearly the better team. Both teams are old -- the average age for the Mets is 31.3 to the Yankees 30.2, but the Mets have pitched better, fielded better and shown more life and cohesiveness than their counterparts in the Bronx, who bring a losing record into the series for the first time.

SI.com: The best-laid plans ...

When injuries and ineffectiveness disintegrated their starting rotation, the Yankees implemented the mother of all Plan B's by allowing Roger Clemens to resume his summer job as major-league ace.

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