NFL Week 11 Game Ball Goes to the 2009 Draft

...rounder, 256th overall Ryan Mr. Irrelevant Succop. If Succop keeps it up he'll be the Mike Piazza of kickers. With the bookends of the 2009 NFL Draft both playing the hero, are we...

Signing Mauer a percentage play

There 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

Mets greats Mike Piazza and Tom Seaver wave to the crowd before throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day...

Great patriotic moments in U.S. sports

Check out our list of the top 10 patriotic moments in U.S. sports.

A game for the ages for an 'old goat'

For seven beautiful, scoreless innings in NLCS Game 2, 37-year-old Pedro Martinez flashed some of that old Pedro form.

Who will pass the Zorilla test?

...the best performances in major league history. As is, Mauer's '09 ranks with Mike Piazza's greatest hits among the best campaigns ever put up by a catcher. Ben Zobrist...

Successes, struggles and sabermetrics

Baseball Prospectus analyzes the best and worst performances of the 2009 MLB season through its sabermetric lens.

Story | Conversation | October 02, 2009

Braves within 2 of wild card after winning for 15th time in last 17 games

Jair Jurrjens pitched seven outstanding innings, Chipper Jones homered and the Braves beat Florida 4-0 Monday.

The Brian Kenny Show

Joe Sheehan agrees with Brian Kenny that the Twins' Joe Mauer deserves the AL MVP. Mike Piazza, with great numbers in a pitcher's park in LA, didn't have Mauer's success...

Where are the lefty catchers?

...obviously costing his team that many runs just with his defense. Not unless he hits like Mike Piazza. But I don't think the utter lack of a lefty catcher in professional baseball...

An early Top 10 for 2010

Eric Karabell lays out his early top 10 rankings for 2010, noting that David Wright still makes the list while Carl Crawford does not.

Giving Helton his due

...Jeff Kent 2B .333/.429/.624 61/65 Barry Bonds LF .291/.431/.633 65/48 Mike Piazza C .377/.459/.701 49/60 Jim Edmonds CF .295/.400/.556 66/51 Todd Helton...

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

He may not be Pujols, but the Cardinals' All-Star catcher is definitely the man behind the plate.

Story | Conversation | July 28, 2009

Pudge vs. Posada

...Someone is. More than close. Catchers By the Numbers Player PA OPS+ Jorge Posada 4897 129 Mike Piazza 3670 127 Vi. Martinez 3245 121 Iv. Rodriguez 4659 113 Javy Lopez 3312 110 Jason Varitek...