18 Results for brandon perkins

Did Manny parlay steroids into Dodgers deal?

Privately, the Dodgers are very angry with Manny Ramirez -- and I can imagine Frank McCourt's hitting the roof again when this story from Lance Pugmir...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 15, 2009

Is Pujols among the most perfect players … ever?

Tony La Russa might have the toughest job in all of baseball: On a daily basis, it is his responsibility to come up with new and different ways to des...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 24, 2009

Hamels among most indispensable players

Buster Olney

...if this player was out of action for an extended period of time? Consider the example of Brandon Webb of the Diamondbacks. Last year, Arizona went 82-80, and in Webb's 34 starts, the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 17, 2009

Remembering Lyman Bostock

I never saw Lyman Bostock play, in person or on television. We didn't have a television, and we rarely left the county in Vermont where we lived, let ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 20, 2008

Cutting ties with Quentin, Webb, strugglers

Eric Karabell

...Dickerson and not feel remorse. Nobody else in your league can beat you with Quentin. You cut Brandon Webb today, and, well, that might not work out so well if he gets back on track...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2008

How will the Rays use their not-so-secret weapon?

All of the Durham Bulls are scoreboard watching these days, David Price said over the phone on Friday afternoon. Their big-league affiliate, the Tampa...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 23, 2008

Clock ticking on Alvarez-Pirates negotiations

Pedro Alvarez, the second overall pick in the June draft, will eventually sign a deal with the Pirates before Friday's deadline, writes John Perotto. ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 12, 2008

Ortiz, Chipper, Liriano, weekend watch

Eric Karabell

Too many fantasy baseball owners figure they can pay attention to what's going on from Monday through Friday afternoon and be all caught up. It's the ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 25, 2008

What impact will Jennings' decision have?

...8226; The decision of high school All-American Brandon Jennings to skip college and play professional basketball in Europe is not about right and wrong, it...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 11, 2008

Pierre's patience paying off

Juan Pierre has always been an old-school free-swinger, someone who hacks first and asks questions later. But in the first five weeks of his season, t...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 07, 2008

Potent offense will drive Yankees

The Yankees scored 504 runs in the last 76 games last year, after Bobby Abreu and Robinson Cano emerged from early-season slumps, after Johnny Damon b...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 27, 2008

Wells waiting in the wings

Last weekend, David Wells pitched again, in a game. There were hitters, there were fielders. And Wells wasn't in Florida or Arizona. No, Wells took t...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 26, 2008

GMs circling over Lidge?

...setback, and now Soria takes over as K.C. closer for the foreseeable future. • Glen Perkins, Twins: He's been summoned to help the Twins in the bullpen, but remember that in the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 13, 2007

Support for Rose dries up

It used to be that a river of dissent over Pete Rose's exile poured into the commissioner's office, letters and calls from fans expressing anger about...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 16, 2007

Bud Black really knows his players

Players are cut every day in mid-March. Some veterans are told there are no big league jobs available and instead are offered bus rides and meal-money...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 12, 2007