BP: Best and worst teams of the '00s
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus brings the heat with a controversial idea: the best team ... of the entire 2000s ... was the 2001 Seattle Mariners. Wait, what? They lost in the ALCS. Ah, but you can prove it with metrics. To explore, come inside.
Story | Conversation | December 17, 2009
Buster's ten first-half surprises
Follow baseball long enough and you will come to know this hard truth: You know nothing. You will always be surprised. These are 10 things in the majo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 14, 2009
"The Manny Effect" on managers
Chris Sprow, ESPN The MagazineWhere else has The Manny Effect been involved in the steroids era? Lots of places.
Story | Conversation | May 19, 2009
Looking back at the 1990 draft
Jason A. ChurchillThis draft, where 235 players selected reached the big leagues, lacks luster. You thought the 1988 and 1989 drafts were ho-hum and mediocre? The 1990 ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 15, 2009
Looking Back at the 1987 draft
Jason A. ChurchillFor a draft that lasted 74 rounds and saw 1,262 players selected, the 1987 First-Year Players Draft sure disappointed, despite the fact that 228 of th...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2009
Type A free agents face dilemma
Buster OlneyOrlando Cabrera and Jason Varitek and Juan Cruz continue to reside in compensation-pick purgatory, a place where no free agent ever wants to land. It'...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 22, 2009
Three Strikes: Edmonds, Bloomquist, Boone
...went back-to-back twice in one inning involved the same two players -- Mike Cameron and Bret Boone -- doing it on May 2, 2002, in a first inning that wound up launching Cameron's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 27, 2008
Upton's waiting game pays off
B.J. Upton had already pulled a home run down the left-field line against the Yankees' Kei Igawa on April 23, 2007. And when he shot a double down the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 21, 2008
Early schedule tough for Red Sox
The Yankees of the Paul O'Neill years played with a unique confidence -- not a swagger, but a competitive arrogance; they went about their business wi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 01, 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
The Chipper Jones 150
Some players don't like to make numerical goals, but Chipper Jones came to the Braves' camp with a specific number in mind: One hundred fifty. That'...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2008
Pujols gives fantasy an elbow's worth
Eric Karabell...the season? Um, that could be significant. Or this could be nothing. I remember reading about Bret Boone and his offseason conditioning program leading into the 2001 season, his first with the Seattle Mariners...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 24, 2008
Steroids And Strength
...the middle-of-the-pack hitter. Colin thinks the guy who benefited most from steroids was Bret Boone
Audio PodCast | September 21, 2007
All's Wells ... at the plate
In our lifetime, only one man we know -- the legendary Brian (Last 20-Game Loser of the 20th Century) Kingman -- has ever been able to convince himsel...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 28, 2007
Is Sosa signing a fantasy?
...was not his year." That story came out on Jan. 4, 2006. Then on March 1, Bret Boone left Mets camp and retired. Let's just say Mets GM Omar Minaya didn't miss...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 17, 2007
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