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, 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...
Blog | November 02, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...O-Matic cards for Negro Leaguers are wonderfully cool, but I'm still waiting for the Hall of Fame to lift its embargo on the Negro Leagues statistics that were unveiled -- but to only a...
Blog | October 28, 2009Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Mets Merized, a series of audio clips featuring the Brewers' new pitching coach. * I knew the Hall of Fame voters were going to treat Tim Raines terribly. But I have absolutely no idea how they...
Blog | October 23, 2009Smackdown: Damon vs. Abreu
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...nbsp; Getty Images Who has a better chance at the Hall of Fame: the Angels' Bobby Abreu or the Yankees' Johnny Damon? While twittering during Game 4, I was...
Blog | October 21, 2009Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...a Saturday afternoon, though? For, you know, the youngsters? Mike Silva revisits the Bobby Abreu's Hall of Fame case. Tough reaching Cooperstown when you've never finished higher than 14th in MVP balloting (though...
Blog | October 16, 2009Baseball's top 10 baserunning blunders
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comNick Punto and Carlos Gomez are included on Rob Neyer's list of the top 10 all-time baserunning blunders.
Story | Conversation | October 14, 2009
Chewing on Cuzzi's call
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotOf course it's history now, but umpire Phil Cuzzi's bizarrely blown call in Game...
Blog | October 12, 2009Is 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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