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Buster OlneyEverybody's always tinkering in baseball. Even today's brightest stars, like Ryan Howard, don't come fully formed. Sometimes it takes years for the light to go on
Story | Conversation | April 09, 2009Outtakes: Torii Hunter
Kenny Mayne, ESPN The MagazineKenny Mayne tries to hide his baked-goods-ridden past from Torii Hunter.
Story | Conversation | March 12, 2009Fantasy World: The Best Things In Life Are Free
Rick PaulasPhil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune had an interesting idea in a recent column. He proposed the White Sox use their old spring training grounds in Tucs...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 11, 2009The Sporting Equivalency: Christina Applegate
Ted Bauer...for who she's like in the major sports, click through. Christina Applegate's MLB Equivalent: Jim Thome Logic: when Thome first came into his own, around 1995 (25 HR, 73 RBI), he was...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2008The Sporting Equivalency: Leonardo DiCaprio
Ted Bauer...with talent" (remember when his productivity in the minors basically meant the Phillies had to jettison Jim Thome?) to "the superstar MVP and World champion" within a matter of years. Leo: in 1991, he...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2008Q & A With the new Iron Chef
Jack NeudorfChef Michael Symon is a busy man. He is the newest Iron Chef on Food Network’s Iron Chef America, where he throws together gourmet meals in one hour, ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2008White Noise
Tim KeownA.J. Pierzynski loves to win. He just has a funny way of showing it
Story | Conversation | October 22, 2008MLB AWARDS, FROM ESPN THE MAGAZINE
Chris Sprow and Rick Paulas(Ed's Note: This week at The Mag, we're looking at all the best, worst and most interesting stories of the regular season, as well as where we were ri...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2008CHICAGO STYLE
Magazine and Mag.Com StaffIt's been 102 years since the Cubs and White Sox were in the postseason at the same time. Now, with both teams in the running, we celebrate with 102 cool facts.
Story | Conversation | September 09, 2008HIRED GUNS
Buster OlneyCC Sabathia is three months from free agency. But first he—like four other stars— has a job do to.
Story | Conversation | August 12, 2008CLIP REEL: THE 500 HOME RUN CLUB
Ted Bauer...sits at 512. He has a statue too. Eddie Matthews is behind him. Then Mel Ott. Jim Thome's on there too. Here's a clip of his 500th. Thome's a pretty cool...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2008FANTASY WORLD: BREAKING DOWN THE SWAP MEET
Rick PaulasAnother trading deadline has come and gone, meaning it's time for two things: Buster Olney to lower the minutes on his cell phone plan, and for me to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 07, 2008SPORTING EQUIVALENCY: BRENDAN FRASER
Ted Bauer...Sporting Equivalency to the often goofy, but always reliable leading man. Brendan Fraser's MLB Equivalent: Jim Thome Fraser started acting in 1991; in 1992 he had two fairly solid parts, Encino Man and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 08, 2008REPORTING FROM THE JOCK-OSPHERE
Ryan Corazza and Evan Bartsch[Ed's Note: In the long view of the sports media industry, it's still a relatively new concept that athletes, agents, executives and yes, mascots, cou...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 28, 2008FANTASY WORLD: NUMBER 9
Rick PaulasLast week, the two leagues put their utter contempt for one another over the designated hitter rule on hold for a weekend of Interleague play. And whi...
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