114 Results for jeff simmons

Pujols wins third MVP

Associated Press

Albert Pujols is the unanimous winner of the National League MVP award, becoming the first player to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04.

Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Heyward already living up to hype at AFL

Jason Grey

...Talbot, Tampa Bay Rays; 4. Stephen Strasburg, Washington Nationals; 5. James Simmons, Oakland Athletics Peoria Saguaros 1. Mike Minor, Atlanta Braves; 2. Jeff Lyman, Atlanta Braves (The Cleveland Indians' Zach Putnam was the original...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009

Baseball could soon lose a giant

Buster Olney

Bobby Cox first mentioned walking away from baseball in the spring of 2008, and when word of this reached Gene Michael, a former teammate and longtime...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 23, 2009

Suzuki gets two hits, nears 2,000th hit as M's down A's

Associated Press

Jose Lopez homered, Ichiro Suzuki took another step toward baseball history and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3 on Friday night.

Recap | Box Score | Conversation | September 04, 2009

Chat Archive: Special Guests

SportsNation

The Special Guest Chat Archive

Story | Conversation | January 02, 2009

Dodgers dropping back to pack

Buster Olney

I hated the Cincinnati Reds as a kid, because they were the Big Red Machine that seemed to zoom past my own favorite team, the Dodgers, giving me litt...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 09, 2009

Ranking the AL's roughest roads to the playoffs

Buster Olney

Schedule advantages and disadvantages are difficult to calculate in baseball, because you don't know who will be hurt, which team will be hot and whic...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 16, 2009

Mike Williams was a two-time All-Star?!

David Schoenfield, Page 2

Page 2 assembles the ultimate list of quirky Midsummer Classic tidbits. It's All-Star trivia madness!

Story | Conversation | July 10, 2009

Complete 2009 draft results

ESPN.com

Check out which players were among the 1,521 selected in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, from Stephen Strasburg to Alibay Barkley.

Story | Conversation | June 09, 2009

Too many homers to right? Add a chicken coop

I built a ballpark once. When I was 10 years old, I wanted a place for a Wiffle-ball field on my parents' 120-acre dairy farm. Most of the land was un...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 23, 2009

Spring Training Blog: March 16

SCHMIDT OUT OF RUNNING ... FOR NOW (9:18 p.m. ET) Los Angeles manager Joe Torre said that Jason Schmidt, who made his second start of the spring, is ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 16, 2009

10 spring days in Arizona

Tim Kurkjian, ESPN The Magazine

What's it like for a reporter covering the Cactus League? Come along for Tim Kurkjian's 10-day Arizona tour.

Story | Conversation | March 14, 2009

Top fantasy baseball prospects for 2009, Part 2

Jason Grey, ESPN.com

Jason Grey takes a look at the top 100 fantasy prospects for the 2009 season. In Part 2, Grey kicks off the list with 2008 first-round pick Gordon Beckham.

Story | Conversation | February 24, 2009

The Talented Mr. Roto's Draft-Day Manifesto

Matthew Berry, ESPN.com

Matthew Berry lays out his master plan for total draft-day domination in his annual update of the baseball Draft-Day Manifesto.

Story | Conversation | February 09, 2009

The Talented Mr. Roto: Guys I Love, Guys I Hate

Matthew Berry, ESPN.com

Matthew Berry presents his annual sleepers and busts list in the usual love/hate way. Why does he hate Ryan Howard? It's all relative, of course.

Story | Conversation | February 05, 2009