NFL Week 11 Game Ball Goes to the 2009 Draft
SportsCenter...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...
Blog | November 23, 2009Signing 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
Great patriotic moments in U.S. sports
ESPN.comCheck out our list of the top 10 patriotic moments in U.S. sports.
Story | Conversation | November 09, 2009A game for the ages for an 'old goat'
Jorge Arangure Jr., ESPN The MagazineFor seven beautiful, scoreless innings in NLCS Game 2, 37-year-old Pedro Martinez flashed some of that old Pedro form.
Story | Conversation | October 16, 2009Who will pass the Zorilla test?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...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...
Blog | October 08, 2009Successes, 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
Braves within 2 of wild card after winning for 15th time in last 17 games
Associated PressJair Jurrjens pitched seven outstanding innings, Chipper Jones homered and the Braves beat Florida 4-0 Monday.
Recap | Box Score | Conversation | September 28, 2009Where are the lefty catchers?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...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...
Blog | August 20, 2009An early Top 10 for 2010
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell lays out his early top 10 rankings for 2010, noting that David Wright still makes the list while Carl Crawford does not.
Story | Conversation | August 17, 2009Giving Helton his due
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...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...
Blog | August 12, 2009Yadier 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
Pudge vs. Posada
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...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...
Blog | June 02, 2009Kendall ranks among big names
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...on the list are: Ted Simmons (2,472), Carlton Fisk (2,356), Yogi Berra (2,150), Mike Piazza (2,127) and Gary Carter (2,092). One might reasonably wonder why Simmons isn't...
Blog | May 19, 2009From Berra to Cervelli
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...meet up with his former teammates. One of Cervelli's coaches in the Classic was Mike Piazza, who praised his defense after the upset of Canada. "He's so talented back...
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