New ballpark sparks questions for Twins in 2010

...80s, businesses bought up tickets to keep the Twins in Minneapolis, and in the 21st century, owner Carl Pohlad agreed to have them contracted. That said, we may never have had two consecutive nights of...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

AFL position wrap: Pitchers

Final note on outfielders from yesterday: I probably should have at least mentioned the Detroit Tigers' Casper Wells. He's generated some buzz at the ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

The Spawn of 'Moneyball'

An American League executive, considered to be one of the best and brightest, chatted in the spring of 2008 about the résumés of the front-o...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Type A positive (and negative)

For years, the Elias Sports Bureau rankings that determined what kind of draft-pick compensation would be attached to free agents meant nothing to som...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009

Crown 'Em: New York Yankees

The Kiss 'Em Goodbye series can't rightfully kiss "goodbye" to a team that won it all, so we're crowning 'em -- the World Series champion 2009 New York Yankees. As for what's next, Buster Olney, BP and Rumor Central all weigh in.

Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009

Haters, it's time to root for A-Rod

David Schoenfield demands you stop hating on Alex Rodriguez and show him some postseason love.

A-Rod letting his play speak for him

Instead of talking to the media, Alex Rodriguez is leaning on his extraordinary talent to change the perception about his postseason failures.

Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Minnesota Twins

Insider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the 2009 Minnesota Twins, who surged to make the playoffs, met a real power and folded -- and now need to start worrying about Joe Mauer's contract and other future issues.

Story | Conversation | October 13, 2009

Power Rankings: Freezing edition

Greg Hardy delivers the supremacy metric on the world of sports and beyond.

Oct 11, 2009; Minnesota, MN, USA; Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Carl Pavano (48) pitches during the first inning of game 3 of the 2009 ALDS against the New...

La Russa may be leaving St. Louis

Nobody will know how the St. Louis Cardinals' season might have ended if the third out hadn't escaped them in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 2...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 11, 2009

A-Rod, Posada HRs help Yanks complete sweep of Twins

Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada hit seventh-inning home runs, and the Yankees beat the Twins 4-1 to advance to the ALCS.

A baseball era ends in Minnesota

Baseball inside the Metrodome came to an end when the Yankees finished off a series sweep of the Twins on Sunday.

Five questions about Angels-Yankees

Check out the top five questions heading into the AL Championship Series between the Los Angeles Angels and the New York Yankees.