Manuel's faith in Lidge pays off

The fates of managers and pitching coaches are tied to their pitchers, and when a pitcher starts to go bad, some staffers instinctively separate thems...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009

Jansen won Thomson's 'Shot' game

Larry Jansen, the winning pitcher for the New York Giants in the 1951 playoff game decided by Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World," has died. He was 89.

Is Brett Favre sports' biggest turncoat?

Is Brett Favre the biggest turncoat in sports history? Page 2 renders its verdict.

Bay's future is most pressing issue

The Red Sox will have a lot of tough decisions to make this offseason.

Dodgers break out of slump, clinch NL West with win over Rockies

The Dodgers' magic number for clinching the NL West is down to zero -- finally.

Review: Searching for Thomson's home run

Posted by Joshua Prager A baseball struck by Bobby Thomson landed in Section 35 of the Polo Grounds at 3:58 p.m., on Oct. 3...

Friday Filberts

...Fun interview with Brian Biegel (audio), who believes that he knows what happened to the ball Bobby Thomson hit to beat the Dodgers in 1951. Biegel's done a documentary and written a...

Stats Don't Lie

Rob "Stats Guerrera brings his trademark negativity from Mike & Mike in the Morning to ESPNRadio.com.

The quest for collecting completism

Paul Lukas takes in all the characters and craziness of the 30th annual National Sports Collectors Convention.

Passionate quest for 'Miracle Ball'

A quest in search of a historic piece of baseball memorabilia resulted in far more personally for Brian Biegel, author of "Miracle Ball."

...the new book, “Miracle Ball . The book is an account of the author's search for Bobby Thomson s 1951 "Shot Heard Round The World" home run against the Dodgers

Van Gogh's severed ear reveals all

Page 2 explains how Vincent van Gogh has turned the sports world on its ear more than a century after his death.

BP Daily: Hope springs eternal

If miracle teams are 90-game winners misidentified as 90-game losers, what could these eight teams be hiding? What can the projection systems be failing to appreciate? Here's how some of them might defy the odds.

Story | Conversation | April 06, 2009

Dodgers-Giants rancor a rite of passage

Battle lines between these divisional foes run deep.

Lockman also managed Cubs

Whitey Lockman, who doubled ahead of Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard Round The World" that clinched the 1951 NL pennant, died Tuesday, according to a published report. He was 82.