The meaning of Nick Johnson
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotThe Giants didn't get Nick Johnson, and the Oakland Tribune's Gary Peterson knows why: Finally, we know this: The Giants are now reconsidering their ...
Blog | December 21, 2009Gold Glovers of the decade
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comA little math and a little common sense helped devise a list of the Gold Glove winners of the decade.
Story | Conversation | December 21, 2009Recommending a few minor changes
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the wake of the news about commissioner Bud Selig's "special committee," Thomas Boswell's got a number of suggestions -- 10 of them, in fact. Let's go through each of them (and I'll...
Blog | December 17, 2009Is Commissioner Bud going to kill the DH?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...30-odd years for this "DH Effect" to show up on the field? The DH does a number of things -- it makes the game more exciting, and it allows a few sluggardly sluggers to extend...
Blog | December 16, 2009Eventually, Damon will remain a Yankee
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...does that leave? Future Hall of Famer Johnny Damon. Just kidding (sort of ... look at his career numbers and run some career projections in your head
Blog | December 16, 2009Top 100 players of the decade
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comAlbert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez were the clear-cut first two choices for the top 100 players of the decade; after that, the list got a little more difficult.
Story | Conversation | December 14, 2009Byrnes defends the Megadeal
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotWell, that didn't take long. Nick Piecoro tracked down Josh Byrnes, who didn't pull his punches when asked to explain why he made a deal that everyone...
Blog | December 10, 2009Is Cito Gaston on the road to Cooperstown?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...a serious candidate -- to even merit a place on the ballot -- Gaston needs to manage for a number of additional seasons and win another World Series. Is he going to do that
Blog | December 09, 2009The meaning of Randy Wolf (Part 2)
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...and in a lot of cases they're working from the same equations and using the same numbers to make a value judgment, he said. Coming off a season in which he posted a 3...
Blog | December 09, 2009A sad story gets a little sadder
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Bonds was on crutches -- he would wind up playing only 14 games that season -- and for any number of reasons was not real happy with the world. And in particular, he wasn't real happy...
Blog | December 08, 2009Why Dale Murphy is still waiting
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotToday I was going to write about Edgar Martinez, but then I got all carried away with rumors of the Mariners going after Jason Bay, so instead I'll wr...
Blog | December 03, 2009M's pursuing Bay ... but why?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...first base, and DH. We know that Ken Griffey Jr. is going to suck up a fair number of DH at-bats. It seems to me exceptionally odd to suggest that re-signing Branyan and...
Blog | December 03, 2009Are Pirates trying to win?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...League payroll. A club like ours pays considerably more in player-related expenses than even the inflated numbers that several have speculated we receive in revenue sharing and from the central fund. And, of course...
Blog | December 03, 2009Baseball's ADHD epidemic
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotA bit of shocking news from Major League Baseball: The number of baseball players authorized to use otherwise banned stimulants for ADHD rose for the second straight year...
Blog | December 01, 2009Fisking the Crime Dog's candidacy
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...outfield corners. Here's the odd thing about McGriff, though: he did not drive in a huge number of runs. McGriff drove in more than 100 runs seven times ... but he never drove in more...
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