The Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves lost some ground in the Wild Card races over the weekend. Also, other stuff happened, too!

The Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves just suffered difficult sweeps. The New York Mets weren't allowed to wear special 9/11 hats. The Detroit Tigers are on fire. And more! From the MLB weekend that was.

Yes, that's the George Kottaras. While you were barbecuing and shooting off bottle rockets and jumping into swimming holes, he was hitting for the cycle. And other guys were doing other things like that.

MLB weekend update, on the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants, Justin Verlander, Curtis Granderson, Vin Scully, and Hurricane Irene.

MLB weekend update, touching on Dan Uggla's snapped hitting streak, Logan Morrison's demotion, the Carlos Zambrano incident, and more.

It's officially the second half of the season, and unofficially the Pittsburgh Pirates are looking like real contenders in the National League Central. There's other stuff happening, too.

The weekend's biggest news includes a three-way fight in the American League and the most bizarre managerial hiring since last week's bizarre managerial hiring.

The American League's continuing dominance in interleague play is just one of the critical stories you might have missed this weekend, if you were sleeping.

A lot of stuff happened over the weekend. Some of it was just the usual stuff. But some of it you're going to kick yourself in the pants for missing. Which is why we're here. To help.