We hate to be the ones to break this to you, but the Major League Baseball season is already almost a third of the way through. We know, we know. You've been busy. When the season began, you were distracted by the NCAA tournament. Then came the Masters, the NBA playoffs, the NFL draft, the NHL playoffs, the Kentucky Derby and now the French Open.

Chances are you've been following your local team, since baseball is the most parochial of American sports. But before Memorial Day, it's tough to keep up with it on a national level.

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