Experts present suggestions to decrease frequency of MLB bats breaking
Associated PressExperts presented recommendations to baseball Friday that they hope will decrease the frequency of broken bats in major league games.
Story | Conversation | November 21, 2008MLB officials meeting with bat manufacturers to discuss quality control
Associated PressAfter collecting more than 1,700 broken bats over 2½ months, Major League Baseball officials have started meeting with manufacturers to discuss quality control. .
Story | Conversation | September 09, 2008Darwins of the Diamond
Alan Schwarz, Special to ESPN.comAlan Schwarz chronicles baseball's lifelong fascination with statistics and the people who turned it into a science.
Story | Conversation | July 07, 2004Statistically speaking, Bonds in '02 is the best
Alan Schwarz, Special to ESPN.comA Harvard statistics professor devises a formula showing Barry Bonds is having the best offensive season ever.
Story | Conversation | September 25, 2002A baseball era ends in Minnesota
Jim Caple, ESPN.comBaseball inside the Metrodome came to an end when the Yankees finished off a series sweep of the Twins on Sunday.
Story | Conversation | October 11, 2009Best (and worst) of the playoff rotations
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comIf the road to a World Series title is paved with starting pitching, which teams are in the best shape to make a run in October?
Story | Conversation | September 24, 2009Baseball's all-time 'train-wreck' seasons
David Schoenfield, ESPN.comThe 2009 Mets have company as one of several teams in baseball history that have had "train-wreck" seasons -- disastrous results despite high hopes.
Story | Conversation | September 03, 2009Gardner, Murphy aim to excel in hot spot
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.comBeing on the New York stage has gobbled up many a player, but Brett Gardner and Daniel Murphy are both ready for the challenge.
Story | Conversation | April 20, 2009Tragic deaths of major league players
ESPN.comAngels pitcher Nick Adenhart became the latest in a long list of major leaguers who died tragically.
Story | Conversation | April 09, 2009The road to success begins with youth
Peter Gammons, ESPNDeveloping and leaning on young players is a sound philosophy for a successful organization.
Story | Conversation | March 31, 2009Vote is in -- anybody understand it?
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comThe totals say that 28 voters did not cast ballots for Rickey Henderson for the Hall of Fame. Have these people lost their minds?
Story | Conversation | January 12, 2009Henderson, Rice in Hall of Fame
Associated PressRickey Henderson sped his way into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, and Jim Rice made it in on his 15th and final try.
Story | Conversation | January 12, 2009Rice takes final swing at Hall of Fame
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comA first-timer, a last-timer and six others are worthy of enshrinement in Cooperstown.
Story | Conversation | January 08, 2009Hamels proving October is his kind of month
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comCole Hamels, with another playoff win in Game 1 of the World Series against the Rays, is fast becoming an elite postseason pitcher.
Story | Conversation | October 22, 2008Sixty Feet, Six Inches: Five underowned starters for the stretch
Christopher Harris, ESPN.comChristopher Harris looks at five players who can be helpful in September but are still unowned in many ESPN leagues.
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