Where 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
Starters with same agents could push prices
Buster Olney...for position players continue to come down. Figgins' contract is not good news for the second layer of corner infielders, but also not for corner outfielders like Johnny Damon or Jermaine Dye. Figgins' OPS outside...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2009
My 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
Greinke wins; Hernandez second
Associated PressZack Greinke has won the American League Cy Young Award, beating out Felix Hernandez after a spectacular season short on wins but long on domination.
Story | Conversation | November 17, 2009Legal documents among items on block
Associated PressCurt Flood's estate is offering bidders an opportunity this weekend to purchase true history.
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, 2009Shades of the 2004 ALCS?
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comThe Yankees are still in command, but this World Series suddenly has a different feel as it swings to New York for Game 6 on Wednesday night.
Story | Conversation | November 03, 2009Stadium cheers, Jeter greet First Lady
Associated PressFirst lady Michelle Obama received a warm welcome from Yankees fans and a kiss from the captain before Game 1 of the World Series.
Story | Conversation | October 28, 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, 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
Pedro won't make Game 3 start for Phils
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comCold temperatures in Denver on Saturday forced Game 3 of the Phillies-Rockies series to be postponed and pushed the game back to Sunday instead.
Story | Conversation | October 09, 2009Tigers, Twins and my award picks
Buster OlneyCarl 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
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