Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster OlneySo 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
Numbers game
Bruce LevineIt appears that it's mostly a numbers game for the White Sox after signing future Hall of Fame infielder Omar Vizquel to a $1.375 million contract. The numbers in this case, however, are...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009Rangers will miss Omar Vizquel
Richard Durrett...at second. Vizquel could fill in for any of those three. The Rangers will certainly miss Vizquel, a future Hall of Famer. He was a reliable veteran who...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2009White Sox close to signing Vizquel
ESPNDallas.com...Levine of ESPNChicago.com reports that the Chicago White Sox are in negotiations to sign future Hall of Fame shortstop Omar Vizquel for the 2010 season, according to a source with knowledge of the situation...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009Lackey's and Bay's markets emerge
Keith LawLast week the Hall of Fame announced the entries on its nonplayer ballot, which includes owners, umpires, executives, managers and longtime union...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
NL Gold Gloves: 2 out of 9 ain't bad
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotWell, there's nothing truly offensive about the list of National League Gold Glove winners. Rather, it's just the usual laziness that you would expect from...
Blog | November 11, 2009Owners, execs and skippers, oh my!
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotThe Hall of Fame's non-player Veterans Committee ballots are out, and both are chock full o' interesting candidates...
Blog | November 11, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...a junkyard. * I mentioned this morning that I'm still an agnostic regarding Whitey Herzog's Hall of Fame candidacy. I suppose I'm also agnostic about Marvin Miller. Before you tear my head off...
Blog | November 11, 2009Edgar representing for the DH's
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...which plays off the Joe Posnanski post I linked to this morning), David Pinto makes a Hall of Fame case for Edgar Martinez: Let me get the party started. With stats by position going back...
Blog | November 09, 2009Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...m pretty sure Joe Posnanski wins the prize for Biggest and Earliest Post About the 2010 Hall of Fame Ballot. * Would it really be nuts to turn Tommy Hanson into a closer? Yeah, it would...
Blog | November 09, 2009Obstacles to a World Series rematch
Buster Olney...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
Chase Utley On The Verge Of Another Record
High School Baseball...Angeles Times. Perruccio sent 26 players to the pros and one, Tony Gwynn, to the Hall of Fame. "And yes [Utley] is a surprise. But the work ethic isn't. So in...
Blog Entry | November 04, 2009Fisking Pettitte's Cooperstown credentials
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...go nuts: Recently, the blogosphere and the mainstream news media have begun speculating on Pettitte's Hall of Fame chances. But while his supporters will cite his won-lost totals and record number of victories...
Blog | November 04, 2009Chase Utley: Great ... or Greatest?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...best second baseman in baseball. Ever. --snip-- Certainly, Mr. Hornsby, Eddie Collins or Joe Morgan, all Hall of Fame second basemen, might have a bone to pick. But Mr. Utley, 30, is on pace to...
Blog | November 04, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 5
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Telling Statistic: We don't yet know if Utley's going to wind up in the Hall of Fame, but in just two World Series -- and not even two whole World Series -- he has already...
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