Fantasy World: Baseballapalooza!

It's a scientific fact that 1994 was a great year for music. (And not just because it marked the end of the first phase of New Kids on the Block.) For...

Lunch Links

...speculation fire. Joe Torre bats the pitcher eighth. Is this strategy a reflection on how fast Juan Pierre is, or how terrible a bat he has? Shawne Merriman is not into this swine flu...

ESPN Insider: Baseball's Irreplaceables

...this way: when the Yankees find a replacement, he won't have the slugging percentage of Juan Pierre, who could make Rafael Belliard occasionally look like a masher. Bottom line, it's not just...

Up Against It

Todd Helton puts up big numbers and says all the right things. Does he have to leave Colorado to prove his worth?

Deep 6

All-star voters may not have noticed (c'mon, people, Nomar's hurt), but young shortstops are busting out all over. They're baseball's future-and a reflection of its past

Glove Actually

To be the best in the World, you have to be the best in the field

Ready For Take Off

Carl Crawford stretches doubles into triples for the Devil Rays and steals hits from everyone else. Isn't it time we paid attention?

Raw Fish

With a no-nonsense manager and a dugout stuffed with rookies and castoffs, the Marlins are trying to pick up the pieces-Again

Crazy Good

Carlos Zambrano is a smack-talking, bat-breaking, finger-pointing hothead. If he learns to hold back, will he still be one of baseball's best young pitchers?

FANTASY WORLD: KEEPERS, OR... "FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS"

I've been there. I know what it's like to be in the last dull weeks of a fantasy baseball season, where you're on the sidelines, kicking dirt with you...

FANTASY WORLD: BREAKING DOWN THE SWAP MEET

Another 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 ...

MAG.COM'S WEEKEND COUNSEL

...Star Game in the Bronx. However, Marlins vs. Dodgers gives you an opportunity to bask in Juan Pierre's rappy greatness from the 2003 Marlins victory parade. Bonus: Jay-Z rapping about Juan Pierre...

What does Juan Pierre's rapping have to do with this weekend? Read up

CLIP REEL: ATHLETES RAPPING

...former NFL Draft Mr. Irrelevant, can also cut rhymes. Justin Fargas of the Raiders also raps. Juan Pierre rapping when the Marlins won it all. The Joakim Noah rap album? The dude's got...

FANTASY WORLD: MILDSTONES

...all-time mark of 350. Do it, RockaPaula! How to Celebrate: Double shot of Rogaine. Milestone: Juan Pierre's 150th career caught stealing When It Will Be Reached: Pierre's folly count currently stands...