Instant replay must be expanded … immediately

There were mistakes made by professionals this week. The gritty Ryan Raburn played a pop-fly single into a triple in the Metrodome. Chris Carpenter le...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009

Cracks in the AL contenders

...ERA of 2.08. After the loss Wednesday night, Scioscia suggested facetiously that the count on Nick Green was "three-and-four," as Bill Shaikin writes. The Angels let it get away, writes Mike DiGiovanna...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2009

Athletics' Devine out for season

...Devine) for the season and their best starter (Justin Duchscherer) until June or perhaps July. None of...a robust .164 batting average. Meanwhile, among the green starting pitchers, Dallas Braden has 10 strikeouts in...

Stanford is top baseball factory

...that SS Jed Lowrie, OF Joe Borchard, RHPs Justin Wayne and Jeremy Bleich, 1B Danny Putnam and...Georgia (1B Rich Poythress) and USC (SS Grant Green) each should add another first-rounder to their...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 04, 2009

Spring Training Blog: March 31

...the chance," Myers said before Manuel announced he would start the opener. "Whenever they give me the green light, I'll be ready." PUTZ EXITS EARLY (10:54 p.m. ET) Setup man J.J...

Clip Reel: 2008

...Patriots run at perfection in Super Bowl XLII. Chad Johnson changed his name. Kinda. Brett Favre left Green Bay for not-so-greener pastures with the Jets, as EA Sports scrambled to explain cover of...

D-backs' hitters evolving

...at the plate. "The big thing with him is to get him to throttle down," said Schu. Justin Upton: It's hard to believe that he's just 20 years old, said Schu, because of...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 13, 2008

Jackson could be difference-maker

...Drew look at the plate. "J-Up is a man-child," he said, referring to right fielder Justin Upton. "The career he's going to have is going to be up there with Griffey and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 31, 2008

Back to business

The first day of the winter meetings came and went without a blockbuster move. What will the second day in Nashville bring? Stay tuned. All times ET ...

Chris Young Q&A

Chris Young played basketball and baseball at Princeton, but settled on baseball and is 31-17 in three seasons. Young is 5-3 with a 2.70 ERA for the P...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 27, 2007

Fans in dark on DirecTV details

TGIRF: It's Reader Friday, and in light of the hundreds of e-mails received here about the DirecTV deal, here is Richard Sandomir's story, which sheds...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 09, 2007

...Terrence Whitehead), expect Stewart to muscle his way to 10 touches a game by late September. 12) Justin King, WR-CB, Penn State: The Nits are deeper at DB than they are at wideout, so...