Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)

So many teams are sitting back and waiting for the completion of the Type A free-agent and possible non-tender markets that there probably won't be a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Indians name Alomar first-base coach

Sandy Alomar Jr. is back with the Indians.

Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller warms up with some minor league pitchers prior to a spring training game...

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...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Ralph Kiner was a pilot before a Pirate

Legendary baseball player and broadcaster Ralph Kiner recalls his days flying planes in World War II.

Obstacles to a World Series rematch

...quoted a general after Game 6, in pronouncing that the baseball world has not seen the last of the Phillies. "I'll tell you something -- we will be back," Manuel said. "As MacArthur said, I...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Kershaw is the great X factor

...too quickly, and learning an important lesson right away: If you throw the ball down the middle of the plate in the major leagues, you're not necessarily going to beat the hitters the way...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 14, 2009

Tigers, Twins and my award picks

Carl Pavano seemed almost out of breath Sunday night, naturally, at the end of a day in which he and the Twins had...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2009

Baseball could soon lose a giant

...a major league team. There will be a day when he will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. For those almost three decades' worth of seasons, players have heard Cox cheerily call to them...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 23, 2009

The Cy Young cases for Greinke and King Felix

This time of year, teams begin to include information in their media dispatches about their various candidates for major awards...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 18, 2009

Cracks in the AL contenders

...count was full, the bases were loaded and Brian Fuentes fired a fastball at the lowest part of the strike zone Wednesday night, and when home plate umpire Rick Reed called the pitch a ball...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2009

Wainwright commanding plate, and attention

There aren't many pitchers who can consistently command a breaking ball on both sides of home plate, a longtime talent evaluator said Wednesday afternoon. Most pitchers can command a fastball on what...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 10, 2009

Missouri Sports HOF to induct Mays

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame has selected the late pitcher Carl Mays for induction, 89 years after one of his pitches killed another player.

Indians erase deficit after long rain delay to drop Orioles

Andy Marte hit a three-run homer following a long rain delay, Jhonny Peralta also connected and the Cleveland Indians rallied to beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 Saturday night.

Smoltz manufactures a comeback

John Smoltz is a friend and golfing partner of Tiger Woods, which is hardly surprising, because the two men are similar in many ways. Both are...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009