Fisking Pettitte's Cooperstown credentials

...Hall of Fame with a (relatively) pedestrian ERA if you win 300 games; that's what Don Sutton did. You get even get into the Hall of Fame with a (relatively) pedestrian ERA if...

Kneejerk Reactions: Game 1

...who tried and failed were Hall of Famers Carl Hubbell (twice), Warren Spahn (twice), Sandy Koufax, Don Sutton, John Smoltz, Greg Maddux, and Curt Schilling. For more ... Check out It's About the Money...

The decade debate: Boston vs. L.A.

With six championships, have Boston sports fans experienced the best decade of success ever?

Young arms feel the 'grind' at this point

From pitch counts to innings limits, Starting 9 assesses how several young pitchers are positioned for the stretch drive.

Seven possibilities for a Mets front man

...Mets' general manager. But whether he retains actual power is probably another question altogether. If the Mets don't allow Minaya to represent the organization in public -- and the recent semi-muzzling suggests they have...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 27, 2009

Rice swung and missed on Jeter

...with the simple reality that players didn't train or eat the way they do now. I don't want to demean any individual player who participated in that game, but some looked as though...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 23, 2009

Pitch counts 'encouraging mediocrity'

Hall of Famers say establishing strict pitch counts early in pitchers' careers change the expectations and the way pitchers are taught to think from an early age.

California Angels Don Sutton pitches his 300th win against the Texas Rangers, June 18, 1986 in Anaheim, California. (AP Photo...

Braves retire Maddux's No. 31

On the day the Atlanta Braves retired Greg Maddux's number, his former manager Bobby Cox led the praises.

...Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) 2- This is a 1986 photo of California Angels pitcher Don Sutton. (AP Photo) 3- OSAKA, JAPAN: Houston Astros' Roger Clemens waves his cap to the audience as...

BP Daily: Who's next for 300?

With the Big Unit's 300th win in the books, we look at the numbers -- was he the last one who will reach that pitching milestone? Baseball Prospectus has the formulas and the final word.

Story | Conversation | June 02, 2009

A-Rod Will Get 763

...tries to clear his name is his best shot at getting more of both. And guys who don't care about earning $30 million bonus payments don't negotiate them as part of $275 million...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2009

Who makes the Mount Rushmores of the NL teams?

Page 2 breaks down who gets the ultimate enshrinement from the 16 National League teams.

Abreu, others, might soon swallow pride

As recently as a week ago, the asking price on Bobby Abreu was said to be locked in place, a three-year deal for something in the neighborhood of $16 ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 28, 2009

Sheets poster boy for unsettled offseason

It wasn't that long ago when the Seattle Mariners gave Carlos Silva a four-year, $48 million deal, and it wasn't that long ago when Miguel Batista got...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 24, 2009