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ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

Ted Bauer

...ABOUT BILL BUCKNER'S ERROR? What is "All-World Power Rankings?" Citi Field opens tonight (Monday Night Baseball, 7pm on ESPN). This magazine is all about looking ahead ("next"), but right now, we're gonna...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 13, 2009

Opening Day Shining Star: Felipe Lopez

Ted Bauer

...Google searches overnight related to UNC—"Dean Smith" is at No. 10—and a few baseball terms popped up, including Ken Griffey Jr, who homered in his return to the Mariners. One you...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 07, 2009

Opening Day: A Brief Collection of Resources

Ted Bauer

...can you think of any event that gets people more fired up with the literary techniques than baseball's Opening Day? Writers polish off the thesaurus for the most sweeping, emotive stuff they can find...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009

The Week That Was ... Comburent

Ted Bauer

...1) Here's Rick Reilly's column this week. It's on Hasheem Thabeet. (2) Know why baseball fell behind the NFL as a populist sport? Because you can't bet on it as easily...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 03, 2009

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

Ted Bauer

...is? Please click here.] Honestly: athletes spend a lot of time together. (Like Bert and Ernie.) A baseball team is, essentially, together for the better part of seven months, in dingy Motel Six(es) in...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2009

The Week That Was ... Far-Reaching

Ted Bauer

...a podcast with us, and it's super fun. (8) Here's the Magazine feature on Dominican baseball. (9) You think anyone should be called "the next Jordan?" (10) A view inside the epic 'Cuse...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 13, 2009

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

Ted Bauer

...Jimmy Fallon's TV show commences tonight, hence beginning his "rookie year" as a talk show host. Baseball's back, and one theme everyone's all over is the notion that rookie Matt Wieters could...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 02, 2009

Clip Reel: Alfonso Soriano

Ted Bauer

What is "Clip Reel?" If you're a baseball fan, you've probably realized this by now, but we wanted to take a few lines of...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 13, 2009

A-Rod: Those Affected

Ted Bauer

...He's got the Manny situation sittin' there like a Chipotle burrito, but if you were a baseball lifer, would you rather deal with Manny's money or A-Rod's soul? (6) DON MATTINGLY...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 10, 2009

The NEXT: Hope?

Ted Bauer

...implicated in the same junk that brought down Mr. HR King himself. We honestly don't think baseball is going to tremendously suffer because of this (if you do, e-mail us and tell us...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 09, 2009

The NEXT: Can't Miss Kid

Ted Bauer

...He's saying this as Nick Markakis is signing big-money deals. Second point: Nate Silver of Baseball Prospectus and fivethirtyeight was in our office today and says Wieters might be one of the best...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 23, 2009

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

Ted Bauer

...ya this much: pitchers and catchers report in mid-February! Seems a good time to start talking baseball, so rampant speculation into "breakout players" with no knowledge of who'll get injured seems a great...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 21, 2009

The NEXT: Jake Peavy Developments

Ted Bauer

The latest Jake Peavy news: the Padres are $5 million over budget, the star P is still being tied to the Cubs in trade talks, no one can get ahold of ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 21, 2009

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

Ted Bauer

FOR MOST EMOTIONAL SPORTS MOMENT, WE'RE GOING WITH "THE MIRACLE ON ICE" [Ed's note: Not sure what All-World Power Rankings is? Please click here.] ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 20, 2009

The NEXT: Completely Polarizing Societal Element

Ted Bauer

Visit the NEXT 2009 universe. The No. 15 hot Google search on the afternoon of January 16, 2009 was "Pelosi Rickroll," so naturally we had to, well, ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 2009