Tuesday Taters
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...look quite a bit better. So, this is no time to panic. • Continuing a series, Craig Brown looks at Edwin Jackson, Pitch Count Warrior. • Yes, Bob Feller really did pitch yesterday, which...
Blog | June 23, 2009Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...t like Bobby Scales already, you will after listening to this piece on NPR. • As Craig Brown notes, while Ryan Zimmerman's 30-game hitting streak is really little more than a...
Blog | May 18, 2009Another setback for Milledge
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotBaseball Daily Digest's Craig Brown: Milledge The descent of Lastings Milledge continues ... On Monday, Milledge broke his right ring finger squaring...
Blog | May 12, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...them, they would be sitting on .500 exactly. Thus, they had been 14 games over. • Craig Brown deconstructs Zack Greinke, and among the most interesting discoveries: Greinke saves his best fastballs for the...
Blog | May 06, 2009Ex-Scotland boss Brown blasts Rangers duo
Former Scotland boss Craig Brown today branded Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor ''despicable'' and ''infantile'' for the behaviour that got them banned from ever representing their country again.
Story | Conversation | April 04, 2009Row could mean All-English GB Olympic team
A Great Britain football team will take part in the London 2012 Olympics even if it consists entirely of English players, sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe insisted on Tuesday.
Story | Conversation | March 10, 2009Boras' push for Perez not convincing
Rob Neyer...looking for a huge contract. So, I'd like to revisit his agent's arguments, via Craig Brown's piece in the Hardball Times: Perez is represented by Scott Boras. (Seriously, when is Boras...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 15, 2008Friday Filberts
...Matt Lentzner offers, with cool drawings, a mechanical model of pitching. Also at The Hardball Times, Craig Brown looks at what teams have already done this month to prepare for 2009
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 31, 2008
Angels need more than stellar starters
...last Friday). I didn't know, and still don't. But thanks to The Hardball Times' Craig Brown, now I know what other super-early clinchers have done, and how they fared in October...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 19, 2008
Morrison the latest Scots player to miss out
Scotland midfielder James Morrison looks set to miss tomorrow's World Cup qualifying opener in Macedonia.
Story | Conversation | September 05, 2008Monday Mendozas
...Hey, this stuff's harder than it looks. • More from the Dept. of Forecasting: As Craig Brown mentions in passing -- in "Meet Mike Aviles" -- last winter, 29 major league franchises passed up the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2008
Monday Mendozas
...8226; Craig Brown writes about Mike Mussina's renaissance, and notes (among other things) that Mussina's walk rate...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2008
TOP TEN: Greatest Goals
SoccernetFind out the best goals from the history of the European Championships.
Story | Conversation | May 30, 2008Friday Filberts
...substantial drop in batting average the following year." But James didn't offer much evidence. Now, Craig Brown takes a look at what he calls the "Harrah Hypothesis" and says yeah, there's probably...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 07, 2008
