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Executives chime in on offseason topics

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

As the hot stove season gets under way, ESPN.com surveys executives in the game on eight notable questions that will play out in the coming weeks.

Story | Conversation | November 09, 2009

Hoping for a September to remember

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

Because we live in a "what have you done for me lately" kind of world, the futures of Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and several managers might be determined in September and October.

Story | Conversation | August 25, 2009

They're called 'prospects' for a reason

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

While the Blue Jays and Phillies continue to haggle over prospects, Starting 9 revisits some trades involving highly touted minor leaguers who became major league busts.

Story | Conversation | July 28, 2009

Plate discipline so important nowadays

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

It's the old nature versus nurture debate. Is plate discipline a God-given skill, a learned behavior, or a combination of the two?

Story | Conversation | May 04, 2009

More opportunity for job seekers

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

Thanks to the World Baseball Classic, some fringe players get longer looks at major league camps this spring.

Story | Conversation | March 12, 2009

Red Sox take 'buy low' route

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

The cost-conscious Red Sox hope their high-risk, high-reward acquisitions will give them the slight boost they need in the AL East.

Story | Conversation | January 14, 2009

In familiar spot, Red Sox turn to Matsuzaka to lead the way

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

For the third time in the last five years, the Red Sox are faced with a do-or-die situation in the ALCS. Up on the hill for the Sox in Thursday's Game 5 against the Rays, will be Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Story | Conversation | October 15, 2008

Season can't end soon enough for some

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

We turn our attention to nine players who entered the season with high expectations and appeared to be on the verge of breakthroughs, only to take a significant step back.

Story | Conversation | September 17, 2008

A brother's burden: Baseball in a time of tribulation

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

Mitch Canham's baseball future is as bright as the San Diego sun, as long as he can see through the clouds of the recent losses of his mother and brother, writes Jerry Crasnick.

Story | Conversation | July 16, 2008

Players who show their value all over the diamond

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

Paying tribute to the super-utility players, those who've made a contribution at three or more positions this season.

Story | Conversation | June 17, 2008

Nationals' new-look outfield filled with a lot of potential

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

Can potential translate to performance on the field for the mostly young Nationals? Win or lose, it should be a fun season ahead finding out.

Story | Conversation | March 28, 2008

Clemens' interview offers everything but closure

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

If Roger Clemens is telling the truth on "60 Minutes," he got his chance to vent. And if he's lying, he's out on a very tenuous limb.

Story | Conversation | January 06, 2008

The disciples of John Hart

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

John Hart did more than turn around a moribund Indians franchise. He also mentored three of the four general managers still vying for a World Series title.

Story | Conversation | October 10, 2007

Five options for improving the wild-card system

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

While having wild-card teams in the postseason has been a rousing success, we offer five options to possibly improve the system.

Story | Conversation | October 03, 2007

Phillies writing their own "Rocky" story

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

The word resilience is overused in sports, but the Phillies have plugged away admirably through a barrage of setbacks.

Story | Conversation | August 30, 2007