Signing Mauer a percentage play
Buster OlneyThere are a couple of Dodgers fans in Aberdeen, S.D., as I learned over the last week, and a lot of Orioles fans, because of the team's past minor lea...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009
Successes, struggles and sabermetrics
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus analyzes the best and worst performances of the 2009 MLB season through its sabermetric lens.
Story | Conversation | October 02, 2009
ATH : Fielder Charges Locker Room?
After Prince Fielder was hit by a pitch he had to be restrained by security just following the game.
Video | August 05, 2009
Yadier Molina knows squat
Lindsay Berra, ESPN The MagazineHe may not be Pujols, but the Cardinals' All-Star catcher is definitely the man behind the plate.
Story | Conversation | July 28, 2009
D.R.A.F.T. Initiative: Hype anxiety
Luke Cyphers, ESPN The MagazineLuke Cyphers kicks off the NBA D.R.A.F.T. project with a shocking realization -- the draft is overrated. But that just means savvy picking is even more essential.
Story | Conversation | June 01, 2009
BP Daily: A cautionary tale for Mauer
Steven Goldman, Baseball ProspectusHistory shows that there are two ways Joe Mauer, with 498 games behind the plate at age 26, could go. The Twins hope it's not the Jason Kendall path.
Story | Conversation | April 30, 2009
Fidrych embodied the joy of baseball
We didn't have a television on my family's dairy farm in Vermont, but when there were particularly special games, my parents let me ride my bike or wa...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 14, 2009
1988 Draft versus 1989 Draft
Jason A. Churchill...200. Between the two drafts, there are only seven potential Hall of Famers in Jeff Bagwell , Mike Piazza, Jeff Kent, Trevor Hoffman, Jim Thome and Frank Thomas and Jason Giambi. And on top of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 08, 2009
The scouts weigh in on camp performances
This is the never-ending spring training, almost as long as the artificial spring of 1995, when replacement players were used, and which turned into a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 30, 2009
Notes, Stats and Trends: March 24, 2009
ESPN Stats & Information, Special to InsiderInsider digs into the day's hot topics, from the WBC to the Women's NCAA Tourney to the end of Curt Schilling's career.
Story | Conversation | March 24, 2009
Baseball's strengthening code of conduct
Buster OlneyA club official stood by a batting cage this spring, as some of his players hit, and he spoke with relief about how great it was to have a troublesome...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 26, 2009
Torre cannot hide behind author
Buster Olney...The New York Times, he expressed particular distaste for ESPN, especially after Roger Clemens' beaning of Mike Piazza and the subsequent bat-throwing incident, because he felt the network replayed the ugliness over and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 27, 2009
Biggest first-half surprises and disappointments
...4.99 ERA) and the game move on without Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Mike Piazza. The Rays, who have never won 71 games, are positioned as the AL wild card, breathing...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 27, 2008
Three Strikes: Slammin' pitchers
...Jr., Ryan Howard, Jermaine Dye, Chipper Jones, Mike Lowell, Alfonso Soriano, Carlos Delgado, Moises Alou and Mike Piazza. They've combined for zero homers in 143 plate appearances against this guy. That's now...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 24, 2008
Uggla's waggle adds wallop
...the bat again, and again there was that added little power. FANTASY ON THE RISE • Mike Gonzalez, Rafael Soriano and John Smoltz, Braves: Bobby Cox predicts that they'll all be back from...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 22, 2008
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