Starters with same agents could push prices

...tells you that the salaries for position players continue to come down. Figgins' contract is not good news for the second layer of corner infielders, but also not for corner outfielders like Johnny Damon or...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2009

Breaking down market moves and chatter

Let's pick through some recent developments in the market … Item A: The Phillies know Placido Polanco from his days with the team earlier this...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 04, 2009

Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)

So many teams are sitting back and waiting for the completion of the Type A free-agent and possible non-tender markets that there probably won't be a ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

OTL: Field of Schemes?

It seemed like a feel-good story on the surface: A Cambodian refugee brings the game of baseball to his home country. It seemed too good to be true ... and perhaps it is.

The past is still McGwire's present

He can't run and he can't hide anymore now that he's a hitting coach. It's time for Mark McGwire to salute his present by speaking out about his past.

Obstacles to a World Series rematch

Charlie Manuel quoted a general after Game 6, in pronouncing that the baseball world has not seen the last of the Phillies. "I'll tell you something -...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009

A new chapter for Lee and Sabathia

The old friends pitched against each other in the first game ever at new Yankee Stadium back in April, and then afterward, CC Sabathia took Cliff Lee ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2009

Cardinals add McGwire as hitting coach

Mark McGwire is returning to baseball as hitting coach under St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa.

McGwire has a road map, but also a guide

...other pitcher in history. Alex Rodriguez was outed as a steroids user in spring training, held a news conference and moved on, and now the monkey is off his champagne-soaked back, John Harper writes...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 26, 2009

What to watch for in Game 6 of the ALCS

Eight factors that, among others, will shape Game 6: Chamberlain Hughes 1. The Yankees' set-up men. Phil Hughes was one of the best r...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2009

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla listens to a question during a news Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, in St. Louis. during a news conference on Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, in...

What's not to like about Philly?

Fifteen reasons to root for the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.

Pujols to have elbow procedure

Albert Pujols will have bone spurs removed from his elbow on Wednesday.

Phillies walk off into history

Jimmy Rollins' two-out, two-run, game-winning double in the bottom of the ninth didn't just win Game 4 for the Phillies and give them a 3-1 NLCS lead over L.A. — it also finished a game that will live in postseason history.

L.A. brings momentum for trip to Philly

Even though Cliff Lee will be waiting in Philly, the Dodgers feel good heading into Game 3 of the NLCS.