Slew of signings lie ahead
Buster OlneyThirty-nine more players were not tendered contracts Saturday night, so as of Sunday, this is the number of free agents who are looking for jobs, according to the list...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 13, 2009
The untold tales of the winter meetings
Jim Caple, Page 2We've heard lots of news from the MLB winter meetings, but here are some ultra-secret scoops.
Story | Conversation | December 09, 2009Where we stand as winter meetings arrive
Buster Olney...any marital judgment. It is not a good time for the team that once was a part of Brooklyn. The Reds are seen as more likely to shed money than take any on. The Yankees...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 06, 2009
Scully to return for 61st season
Associated PressThe Dodgers have confirmed broadcaster Vin Scully will return to the booth for his 61st season in 2010.
Story | Conversation | December 01, 2009My 2010 Hall of Fame ballot
Keith LawI don't have a ballot for the Hall of Fame yet -- just nine years to go -- but if I did, my ballot would include: Tim Raines...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009
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
Scully back in '10, maybe longer
Associated PressVin Scully says he will continue in the broadcast booth for the Los Angeles Dodgers through the 2010 season, then decide whether he will walk away.
Story | Conversation | November 10, 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, 2009Cardinals add McGwire as hitting coach
Associated PressMark McGwire is returning to baseball as hitting coach under St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa.
Story | Conversation | October 26, 2009Kershaw trapped in own lost episode
Jorge Arangure Jr., ESPN The MagazineDodgers starter Clayton Kershaw unraveled and lost control of his No. 1 pitch in the fifth inning of a Game 1 NLCS loss to the Phillies.
Story | Conversation | October 15, 2009Smoltz eyes return to Cards
Associated PressJohn Smoltz would like to return to the Cardinals if they are interested.
Story | Conversation | October 14, 2009The baserunning report
Christina Kahrl, Baseball ProspectusBaserunning is crucial to postseason success. So which of the remaining LCS teams take to the base paths the best? Baseball Prospectus explains using its EqBRR metric.
Story | Conversation | October 14, 2009
Kershaw is the great X factor
Buster Olney...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
Is A-Rod the new Mr. Autumn?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...have been enough, all by itself, to get "Mr. October" onto Reggie's Hall of Fame plaque. But the very next October, he drove in 14 runs: six in just four games...
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