Cashman casts praise far and wide

As the Yankees' players hopped happily in the middle of the infield late Wednesday, in the first moments after winning the World Series, plastic glass...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009

Postseason had many defining moments

While the Yankees returned to glory by winning the World Series, the inevitability of full-scale instant replay in baseball stood out as perhaps the most important aspect of the 2009 postseason.

Readers tell us who they'd like to be

The Kings of Leon told us which athlete they'd want to be, and here are your selections of sports stars you said you'd want to be if you could "Be Somebody."

OTL: McGwire and the FBI

The FBI, during Operation Equine, had evidence of steroid use by MLB players years before the Mitchell Report. MLB's Director of Security, told by the FBI of illegal steroid use by MLB players at that time, said there wasn't much MLB could do about it.

Baseball's next great economic disparity

Baseball's financial structure appears to have reached a tipping point that can be defined simply. "The arbitration process is now outdated," said a h...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 01, 2009

The leftovers tell us a lot from Game 2

...exceptionally smart, controlling the pace of the at-bats, constantly changing the eye levels of hitters, as Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez all would see. First inning, Teixeira at the plate: With a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 30, 2009

Selig not a fan of expanding replay

MLB commissioner Bud Selig said has been soliciting outside opinion from managers and general managers over the past few weeks and said no one offered a good explanation why the umpiring was so bad in the first rounds of the postseason.

Pujols says he wants to stay with Cards

Albert Pujols said in a radio interview that he wants to play for the Cardinals for the rest of his career, clearing up remarks from he made earlier this month.

ESPN Radio Extra Point

Jeremy Schaap comments on the Cardinals' hiring of Mark McGwire as hitting coach

Five thoughts from the Fall Classic

...will likely see something from Martinez we've never seen before. McGwire Rodriguez 4. I think Alex Rodriguez has made it easier for Mark McGwire and others attached to the steroids era to come back...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009

Mike and Mike in the Morning

...impressive season. Pujols also shares his thoughts on Tony La Russa returning to manage again and Mark McGwire returning to the team as their new hitting coach

Lee's calm is the Yankees' storm

We are accustomed to seeing October tension reflected in the eyes of the pitchers. Orel Hershiser's eyes in 1988 were intense -- the Bulldog locked in...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009

Former St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire testifies at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, March 17, 2005, on the use...

St. Louis Cardinals' Mark McGwire studies the pitcher as he waits in the dugout to bat against the Chicago Cubs in...

378826 01: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa, right, and slugger Mark McGwire pose for a photograph in the lockeroom as the team celebrates their National League Central Division...