Lesson learned: MLB must enforce deadline
...ago when the commissioner extended the 72-hour negotiation window in order to give Scott Boras and Alex Rodriguez more time to work out a complicated financial situation with the Red Sox, as the Rangers...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 30, 2008
Big money, or big risk?
...to get anything done. The Toronto Blue Jays labored to get a contract finished with right fielder Alex Rios, with the negotiations once stalling at $60 million; in the end, the deal was struck at...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 08, 2008
Nats' Park very much Washington
There was a debate about what material should be used in the construction of the Nationals' new park, and whether it should be built in a style simila...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 29, 2008
Eveland helps bid for A's rotation
...be true for Eveland this year. • Brian Bannister started for Kansas City and was his usual...can't put your fastball by them. • Alex Gordon still has the talent to become a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 17, 2008
New world for Bonds-less Giants
PHOENIX -- "It is," says Bruce Bochy, "different." It is the world of the San Fransisco Giants without the mountainous presence of Barry Bonds for the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 21, 2008
Evaluating Pat Burrell
Pat Burrell, the Phillies' left fielder, had a nice second half last season and helped propel Philadelphia into the playoffs. I asked some talent eval...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 18, 2008
1998 all over again?
It feels like we have been transported in time, and it is the summer of 1998 all over again. A St. Louis slugger is doing astonishing things, except t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 07, 2007
TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "alex bannister" make the list?