SCREAMING HEADS

...stats are the same now as they were before stadiums could blast Metallica over the PA." -Jim Caple, ESPN.com Senior Writer "I respect everybody's opinion, but if a save wasn't important...

SECOND LOOK: ASSESSING K-ROD

...brings that whole argument about the very concept of what makes a dominant closer into play. Jim Caple recently called the closer by far the most overrated position in all of sports. Writes Caple...

LIFE'S A BEACH

...are routine by now)—the Georgia-Russia beach volleyball match—that our ESPN colleague Jim Caple did not mention. Because really, after you describe all the bikini tops and bikini bottoms, and...

BULL DURHAM WEEK, DAY 4: REPORTING FROM ... DURHAM, NC (1988)

[Ed's note: Welcome back to Bull Durham Week here at ESPNtheMag.com. You can also check out some of our other content this week right here. It include...

Jim Caple outside Fenway -- good thing he wasn't near Jeff Nelson

The only person feeling that pole? Jim Caple

Jim Caple is just about as intimidating as the ferocious tiger that greets you at Comerica

Jim Caple will be getting a statue of his own at the Page 2 ballpark

Believe it or not, even Jim Caple's presence is overshadowed by the CN Tower

Jim Caple takes a break from the action at SkyDome

Willie Mays gets emotional at a memorial service for Jim Caple's hat and dog

...order, heart of the Twins: Jacque Jones, A.J. Pierzynski, Torii Hunter and Doug Mientkiewicz. Read Jim Caple's story

The Who?

They're the Minnesota Twins -- the team who saved Major League Baseball. That's who.

State Your Case: Students on the 2009 NCAA Tournament

We had this idea, albeit not tremendously original and a lil' late in the game: let's ask students of NCAA Tournament schools to justify why their tea...