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Is Cito Gaston on the road to Cooperstown?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the question raised by the National Post's Jeremy Sandler: Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston is at baseball's winter meetings to meet with team brass, attend the annual manager's luncheon and sit down...
Blog | December 09, 2009The meaning of Randy Wolf (Part 2)
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...this year, even with the drop in attendance (probably thanks to higher ticket prices and Major League Baseball Advanced Media). One year ago, Liz Mullen wrote this in SportsBusiness Journal: Major League Baseball players received...
Blog | December 09, 2009The meaning of Randy Wolf (Part 1)
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...it takes to get a guy signed. Wolf's contract also suggests something far more interesting about baseball's economics. But that something will have to wait for another post ... (H/T: BTF's Newsstand...
Blog | December 09, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...I'll let you in on a little secret: Lately I've been paying special attention to baseball in the 1960s. And boy, I sure would love to see this one-man play. * I'm...
Blog | December 09, 2009Holliday isn't Teixeira
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the field because of the level of investment. And usually ownership is involved at these levels. Any baseball person would want Matt Holliday on their team and then you are dealing with owners who are...
Blog | December 08, 2009A sad story gets a little sadder
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...complain about the writers (here's a photo from that day). I know that a lot of baseball players aren't exactly devoted husbands and fathers. By most accounts, Barry Bonds' dad was far from...
Blog | December 08, 2009Pirates defend spending ways
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...interviews last week that the Pirates put all their profit in that span toward $11 million in baseball-related capital investments and, even then, needed to incur additional debt to cover the rest of the...
Blog | December 08, 2009Was Marvin Miller robbed?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...a par with Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson in terms of his importance on the game of baseball. He is right there." Crasnick reported that Miller received votes from Seaver, Robin Roberts and all three...
Blog | December 07, 2009Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...he sees. * Larry Stone tells his favorite tales of Winter Meetings past. * Bloomberg's getting into the baseball business. * Nice little primer from the Wall Street Journal on Joe Simpson's Paradox. * Yeah, this is...
Blog | December 07, 2009Hall adds manager, umpire, no exec
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...and Dick Williams; former executive Jim Frey; current executives Roland Hemond (Diamondbacks) and Bob Watson (Major League Baseball); and veteran writers Tim Kurkjian (ESPN), Jack O'Connell (BBWAA) and Tom Verducci (Sports Illustrated). The Veterans...
Blog | December 07, 2009Seven deserve Veterans election
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comRob Neyer lists Billy Martin, Doug Harvey and Bob Howsam among seven who deserve election by the Hall of Fame's Veterans Committee.
Story | Conversation | December 04, 2009
Why Dale Murphy is still waiting
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...not. But one of the all-time champions in this category has to be Murphy. If a baseball writer in 1986 had questioned Murphy's Hall of Fame candidacy, he'd have been laughed out...
Blog | December 03, 2009M's pursuing Bay ... but why?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotThe Mariners are in the Jason Bay sweepstakes? Really? Yeah, according to Geoff Baker: We've been told the Mariners have made a concerted push to...
Blog | December 03, 2009Are Pirates trying to win?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...for the Pirates, but we utilize all of our revenues in an effort to build a winning baseball club by investing in all aspects of the acquisition and development of players. It's easy for...
Blog | December 03, 2009Does Big Mac belong in the Coop?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotTuesday it was Fred McGriff, so naturally our next Hall of Fame candidate is Mark McGwire. Why naturally? Be patient, my friends. All shall be reve...
Blog | December 02, 2009EDITOR'S PICKS
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