A new chapter for Lee and Sabathia
Buster OlneyThe old friends pitched against each other in the first game ever at new Yankee Stadium back in April, and then afterward, CC Sabathia took Cliff Lee ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2009
Why Greinke should win the Cy Young
Buster OlneyBy the standards of a David Wells or Livan Hernandez or John Smoltz or Orlando Hernandez or Curt Schilling or Randy Johnson, Zack Greinke has yet to p...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 31, 2009
Season-opening letdown
It was a long and brutal winter in baseball, a time when the most-discussed figures in the game were George Mitchell, Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 25, 2008
Let Francona wear the pullover
...pushing Jason Marquis as trade bait. Meanwhile, he says he wants to be with the Cubs, as Gordon Wittenmyer writes. Within this notebook, there is word that Kerry Wood could make the decision on who...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 19, 2008
The Chipper Jones 150
...he was on the move from second to third, stealing third base - "standing up," he recalled -- and Jeff Francoeur hit a roller toward the left side, leading to the collision with the Pirates' Jose Bautista...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2008
Angels not short on options
...playing winter ball for the first time in years as he prepares for another free agent season; Jeff Kent; catcher Russell Martin; and other young players, like first baseman James Loney and outfielders Matt Kemp...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 25, 2008
NL West a very competitive division
...The Rockies have a developing staff that propelled Colorado into the World Series last season, led by Jeff Francis, who seemed to take his game to another level last season. The Dodgers have Brad Penny...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 17, 2008
The Yankees' Mitchell mess
...in this piece. • Mark McGwire is bearing the punishment for the sins of many, writes Jeff Gordon. • It is not a good time for the Cubs to acquire acknowledged juicer Brian Roberts...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 10, 2008
More Branding
...attract the fringe fans to grow their sport further and when fans throw beer cans at Jeff Gordon after a victory it sets the growth back a little. Plus, instead of being branded as...
Audio PodCast | May 03, 2007
Great Sports Weekend
...meet again in the Bronx (Andy Pettitte vs. Dice-K), the Cubs and Cardinals battle and Jeff Gordon could pass Dale Earnhardt in career wins
Audio PodCast | April 27, 2007
Feeling political pressure
Politicians are getting involved in baseball, in ways that Major League Baseball will like and not like: Item: The Florida governor is in favor of us...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 01, 2007
Jeff Gordon, Writer
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports columnist feels that Mark McGwire may never get into the Hall of Fame, unless he addresses his baggage. If he would...
Audio PodCast | November 28, 2006
MLB ignored the rules
When Sammy Sosa's bat exploded in 2003 and a thumb-sized portion of cork was exposed in the barrel, crew chief Tim McClelland gathered the other umpir...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2006
Good move?
I've heard from many people within the industry who, for the most part, thought that Drew Rosenhaus' defense of Terrell Owens wasn't his best moment. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2005
Reyes back in comfort zone
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN InsiderJose Reyes is playing shortstop again for the Mets and showing his true skills.
Story | Conversation | March 22, 2005
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