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Stimulant exemptions rise slightly

Associated Press

The number of baseball players authorized to use otherwise banned stimulants for ADHD rose for the second straight year.

Story | Conversation | December 01, 2009

Scully to return for 61st season

Associated Press

The Dodgers have confirmed broadcaster Vin Scully will return to the booth for his 61st season in 2010.

Story | Conversation | December 01, 2009

Cameron centered on the playoffs

Buster Olney

...center fielders, playing well at a time when other center fielders his age are watching Major League Baseball from a couch. "I feel like I can still play one of the better center fields in...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 01, 2009

Angels give share to fallen teammate

Associated Press

The Angels voted to give a full postseason share to the estate of Nick Adenhart, the rookie pitcher who was killed in a car accident.

Story | Conversation | November 30, 2009

Average salary just short of $3 million

Associated Press

The average baseball salary fell just short of $3 million this year, with the percentage increase slowing to its lowest level since 2004.

Story | Conversation | November 30, 2009

My 2010 Hall of Fame ballot

Keith Law

I don't have a ballot for the Hall of Fame yet -- just nine years to go -- but if I did, my ballot would include: Tim Raines, Mark McGwire, Bert Bl...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009

Marlins may handle Johnson as Indians did Lee

Buster Olney

Here's why the Marlins intend to keep Josh Johnson through the winter and into the start of the 2010 season, rather than trading him. He'll probably ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 29, 2009

Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)

Buster Olney

...to late December or early January this year. So it feels like a side-dish buffet of baseball information these days, with the big turkeys still to come. Some smaller servings collected: When Roy Oswalt...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Postseason to have fewer breaks

Associated Press

Commissioner Bud Selig said Wednesday he's working on tightening up the 2010 playoff schedule so there will be fewer gaps between games.

Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Those who favored King Felix and Verlander

Keith Law

The AL Cy Young Award went more or less as expected, with the very deserving Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals running away with it, nabbing 25 o...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Holliday vs. Bay: D is the difference

Jay Jaffe, Baseball Prospectus

Baseball Prospectus analyzes the defensive aptitude of Jason Bay and Matt Holliday. The outcome? Holliday is clearly more valuable, but a fit is easier to find for Bay.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009

OTL: Field of Schemes?

Patrick Hruby

It seemed like a feel-good story on the surface: A Cambodian refugee brings the game of baseball to his home country. It seemed too good to be true ... and perhaps it is.

Story | Conversation | May 19, 2009

The market for those coming off injuries

Keith Law

...between price and value. Defensive value has recently represented a point of inefficiency in the market for baseball players, but after the Tampa Bay Rays went from worst-to-first by overhauling their defense, the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Chapman kept defection plans from kin

Associated Press

Aroldis Chapman simply left his room at the Domina Hotel in Rotterdam last July and went down to the lobby. The Cuban pitcher's defection during a tournament in the Netherlands lacked any of the drama a movie script writer would want.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2009

The past is still McGwire's present

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

He can't run and he can't hide anymore now that he's a hitting coach. It's time for Mark McGwire to salute his present by speaking out about his past.

Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009