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On March 1, Brian Cashman's job got a lot more difficult. That's when the New York Yankees' general manager was reading the headlines Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner made when he said the Yankees would get their payroll below $189 million by 2014....

Blog | May 24, 2012

My special co-host for Wednesday's Baseball Today podcast was ESPN writer and former GM Jim Bowden, and let's just say neither of us held back in what was an entertaining, honest and lively show. 1. The Red Sox are apparently cool with Adrian Gon...

The trade deadline is more than two months away. However, with all the parity we've seen in the past two decades, most teams will still be buyers come July 31. Few teams outside of the Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres are assured to...

Blog | May 23, 2012

Listen on Wednesday as Colin is joined by Phillies P Roy Halladay (10:45 a.m. ET), ESPN LA 710's John Ireland (11:15), ESPN NFL analyst Tedy Bruschi (11:45), Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs (12:15 p.m.) and ESPN.com's Jim Bowden (12:45). As alw...

We polled our experts and asked them to give their award winners 25 percent of the way through the season, and here are the results.

There's a fine line between trying to contend and trying to rebuild. Oakland Athletics president and general manager Billy Beane understands this dilemma all too well. Indeed, it is counterintuitive for anyone competing at the highest level of a s...

Blog | May 18, 2012

Both the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies are unaccustomed to approaching the July 31 trade deadline as "sellers." And yet, that's perhaps their best course of action. Despite extremely slow starts, the two teams still have enough collect...

Blog | May 16, 2012

Jim Bowden tells Colin about Mickey Hatcher, Albert Pujols and the Angels....

Listen on Wednesday as Colin is joined by ESPN NBA analyst Tim Legler (10:45 a.m. ET), ESPN NFL analyst Damien Woody (11:15), Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle (11:45) and ESPN.com's Jim Bowden (12:15 p.m.). As always, email the show (theherd@espnradio....

Setting expectations is one thing. Meeting them is another. For first-round picks and even players who experience some success very early in their careers, those expectations can get out of hand, especially with teams that have experienced little...

Blog | May 11, 2012

Chicago White Sox pitcher Chris Sale will undergo an MRI on his left elbow, Sox pitching coach Don Cooper told ESPN Baseball Insider Jim Bowden on his radio show Wednesday. Read the entire story....

Chicago White Sox pitcher Chris Sale will undergo an MRI on his left elbow, Sox pitching coach Don Cooper told ESPN Baseball Insider Jim Bowden on his radio show Wednesday.

As I watched Josh Hamilton's fourth home run leave Camden Yards last night, I couldn't help but be taken back to Sept. 7, 1993, when Mark Whiten hit four home runs against my Cincinnati Reds. I was 32, a rookie general manager and interim president a...

Blog | May 09, 2012

Listen on Wednesday as Colin is joined by ESPN New York 98.7 FM's Stephen A. Smith (10:45 a.m. ET), four-time Super Bowl champion Bill Romanowski (11:00), Mavericks G Jason Terry (11:15) and ESPN.com's Jim Bowden (12:15 p.m.). As always, email the s...

When Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels admitted to purposefully hitting Washington Nationals rookie Bryce Harper in the first inning of Sunday's game in Washington, he allowed misguided logic to steer his actions. Labeling it as an act of...

Blog | May 07, 2012

There aren't many teams that could withstand losing a sure-fire future Hall of Famer. But the New York Yankees can. While much of Gotham was trying to figure out who the Yankees should target in trades, the fact is the Yankees own significant bull...

Blog | May 05, 2012