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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 12, 2008
Ortiz, Chipper, Liriano, weekend watch
Eric KarabellToo 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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 12, 2007
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