BP: Best and worst teams of the '00s
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus brings the heat with a controversial idea: the best team ... of the entire 2000s ... was the 2001 Seattle Mariners. Wait, what? They lost in the ALCS. Ah, but you can prove it with metrics. To explore, come inside.
Story | Conversation | December 17, 2009
Instant replay must be expanded … immediately
Buster Olney...B. Bucknor missed two calls on tag plays. There were multiple missed umpiring calls in the Colorado-Philadelphia series, as well. But here's the difference between the mistakes made by the players and the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009
It's time to adopt a team, everyone
Jim Caple, Page 2Is your favorite baseball team not in the playoffs? Here's a handy guide on who you should root for in the postseason.
Story | Conversation | October 07, 2009Plenty of question marks for potential playoff teams
ESPN.com...Brad Lidge was perfect last season for the Phillies, but he's been far from it this...to start. The St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies are having bullpen issues. Brett Myers had...
Page | ConversationMoney for nothin'
Buster Olney...nothing. Baseball has had its share of player sales, from Connie Mack's desperate purges of the Philadelphia Athletics in the early part of the 20th century to Boston's sale of Babe Ruth, and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2009
Baseball's week of U-turns
Buster OlneyThe baseball world has been a place of a lot of U-turns lately: If you pegged the Nationals for fewer than 40 victories in your office pool, well, yo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 10, 2009
They're called 'prospects' for a reason
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.comWhile 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, 2009The Hall should preserve history, not dodge it
Buster OlneyThe day after Bill Madden wrote a story saying commissioner Bud Selig was thinking seriously about reinstating Pete Rose, there is another story from ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 28, 2009
Practically un-bee-lievable
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comA swarm of bees at Petco Park. A flock of sea gulls at Progressive Field. A Nat with almost as many homers as his team has wins. Yeah, it's been one bizarre first half, for sure.
Story | Conversation | July 10, 2009BP Daily: Who's next for 300?
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusWith the Big Unit's 300th win in the books, we look at the numbers -- was he the last one who will reach that pitching milestone? Baseball Prospectus has the formulas and the final word.
Story | Conversation | June 02, 2009
Managing with a human touch
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comWhat do you do with a player whose presence not so long ago was larger than his numbers? Managers Terry Francona and Charlie Manuel are pondering that very question right now.
Story | Conversation | May 28, 2009Active seniors still living the good life
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.comTo quadrigenarians Jamie Moyer, Gary Sheffield and Randy Johnson, age is just another number in their illustrious careers.
Story | Conversation | May 27, 2009Too many homers to right? Add a chicken coop
I built a ballpark once. When I was 10 years old, I wanted a place for a Wiffle-ball field on my parents' 120-acre dairy farm. Most of the land was un...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 23, 2009
Why Jake Peavy could go to the White Sox
Jake Peavy met with San Diego manager Bud Black after the Padres' game Wednesday to discuss a possible deal with the White Sox, Tom Krasovic writes. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2009
It's time for the MLBPA to break with drug cheats
"A-Rod's numbers shouldn't count for anything. I feel like he cheated me out of the game. … It does bother me. Especially for the guys that wen...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 08, 2009
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