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Three Strikes -- Mailbag No. 2 edition
Jayson StarkBefore we ingest approximately 588,000 calories while watching the Detroit Lions do their inimitable Thanksgiving thing, it's time for another mailbag...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
Chapman's next step
Jorge Arangure Jr....bars or late nights at home playing video games. The days were spent training in a local baseball stadium and its weight room. In about a month, the lithe Chapman -- who rarely ate beef while...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
Sizing up the field at the Old Spice Classic
Fran Fraschilla...his career. Creighton Christmas will come on December 25, the Yankees will have the highest payroll in baseball and the Creighton Bluejays will win 20 games again this season. These are all things you can...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Three Strikes: Award-winning edition
Jayson StarkStrike One -- Albert's Eight-Ball Dept. As you contemplate the greatness of Albert Pujols, don't measure him just by the three MVP awards he's won. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
DeCesare starts anew in Chicago
Christopher LawlorIt was all too familiar for Gary DeCesare Monday night. In many ways it was the same for DeCesare who officially returned to the high school game f...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Draft Lab: Evaluating Rolando McClain
KC Joyner, ESPN InsiderKC Joyner turns his scouting eye (and tape deck) to Crimson Tide LB Rolando McClain. He finds what many have found: off-the-charts physical gifts. However, there are two key concerns that could hinder McClain at the next level.
Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Ten things I learned: Stafford, Cutler, Maroney ...
Eric KarabellI could have given you 30 guesses at picking who the top two fantasy football quarterbacks would have been in Week 11, and you wouldn't have gotten it...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009
Signing Mauer a percentage play
Buster Olney...that he is the winner of the AL Most Valuable Player Award. He and Albert Pujols are baseball's best hitters now, and in time, he might be regarded as the greatest catcher ever. He...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009
Outtakes with O.J. Mayo
Kenny Mayne, ESPN The MagazineKenny Mayne chats with Grizzlies guard O.J. Mayo about NCAA regulations, shooting free throws underhand and taking in the sport of kings.
Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009
Edgar's HOF chances
Jorge Arangure Jr....easy to make both sides of the argument. Out of the four Hall of Fame metrics that baseball-reference.com uses as a measuring stick, Martinez is a Hall of Famer in two of them...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009
Three Strikes -- Mailbag edition
Jayson Stark...few years ago -- some sort of payroll floor. The other sports have one. There's no reason baseball shouldn't. I don't care where baseball decides to set that minimum -- $40 million, $60 million...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009
Watching Brady, Eli, McCoy and Marshall
Eric Karabell...me. Or, as I've said in the past mostly about unproven rookie starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, they haven't been given a chance to stink yet. Scott could be fine, but I'd...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009
Cash grab
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineDuring this winter's free agency and arbritration, good things won't come to those who wait.
Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009
Looking at CFB Week 12 point-spread moves
Chad Millman...son of a wise guy who fell into linemaking because, "I didn't become a major league baseball player," he says, laughing. Kenny spent two years in the minors, one of them in an independent...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

