Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)

So many teams are sitting back and waiting for the completion of the Type A free-agent and possible non-tender markets that there probably won't be a ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Those who favored King Felix and Verlander

...voters from the BBWAA's Detroit chapter picked local guy Magglio Ordonez over the superior option (Alex Rodriguez); A-Rod swept the rest of the country, so the Detroit writers' homerism stood out. Steve Kornacki...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Money talks, but baseball won't listen

Did the Yankees buy a World Series celebration? Their money didn't hurt, but that $207 million payroll is the least of baseball's competitive-balance problems.

Obstacles to a World Series rematch

Charlie Manuel quoted a general after Game 6, in pronouncing that the baseball world has not seen the last of the Phillies. "I'll tell you something -...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Howard's slide-step hurting the Phillies

The great thing about the postseason, an evaluator noted the other day, is that you always find out what the real weaknesses of hitters are (or at lea...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009

The leftovers tell us a lot from Game 2

...Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez all would see. First inning...for strike three. Sixth inning, A-Rod at the plate: The...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 30, 2009

Lee's calm is the Yankees' storm

...the game. Consider the sequences of pitches that Alex Rodriguez saw, in his first three plate appearances: First...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009

A-Rod whiffing in first Series opportunity

Alex Rodriguez was great in the first two playoff rounds, but his 0-for-8, 6-K start to the World Series is threatening to hurt the Yankees' championship hopes.

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 09: Alex Rodriguez #13 of the New York Yankees celebrates after...

The top matchups of the World Series

...feared hitters in this series, Ryan Howard and Alex Rodriguez, so there presumably will be many times when...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009

McGwire has a road map, but also a guide

...him more than any other pitcher in history. Alex Rodriguez was outed as a steroids user in spring...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 26, 2009

What to watch for in Game 6 of the ALCS

...two-run homer. Saunders will presumably pitch around Alex Rodriguez, and the guess here is that Jorge Posada...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2009

A game filled with crossroads

The moment Nick Swisher lifted the ball over the infield, Angels reliever Brian Fuentes shot his arm into the air, that arm driven by the exultation o...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009

Replay for the World Series could work

Don Denkinger, an umpire who had one of the most famous blown calls in history, tells Bob Klapisch: It's time to go to replay. Here's the thing: Even...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2009

A-Rod's adjustments may be paying off

...the full picture of Alex Rodriguez on Tuesday night, present and past. As Rodriguez turned and blasted his fifth homer of the postseason, there was agent Scott Boras, peeking over A-Rod's shoulder, standing...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009