Offseason notebook: Outfield shuffle
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft looks at the other big moves of the week beyond the Roy Halladay-Cliff Lee trade and John Lackey signing, leading with the Hideki Matsui and Mike Cameron signings.
Story | Conversation | December 18, 2009A-Rod's adjustments may be paying off
Buster OlneyThe camera in center field caught the full picture of Alex Rodriguez on Tuesday night, present and past. As Rodriguez turned and blasted his fifth hom...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009
Top 10 matchups of the LCS
Buster Olney...as the top 10 matchups of the league championship series: The Dodgers' left-handed relievers versus the Phillies' left-handed hitters. The Phillies have a murderers' row of left-handed hitters, with Chase Utley, Ryan...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009
A "Major League" move by the Padres
Buster OlneyIf you're looking for a CliffsNotes version of what has happened in San Diego, just flip on the movie "Major League." To review the events of the pas...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2009
Type A positive
Buster OlneyJason Varitek and Juan Cruz found themselves boxed into a maze of baseball rules and regulations last winter, walled in by circumstance. But they prob...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009
A special kind of selfishness
Buster OlneyAs players headed into spring training in 2003, they knew they would be tested for performance-enhancing drugs. They knew how much was at stake for th...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 31, 2009
A cheap Halladay alternative
Buster Olney...discussed over the next 10 days by the Phillies and many other teams. Pitcher B is Justin...Duchscherer for catcher Doug Mirabelli years ago. Why Philly should overpay To see Buster's numerous trade...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 21, 2009
BP Daily: Resetting the playoff races
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusSeveral teams are all but eliminated, but they aren't the biggest disappointments
Story | Conversation | July 15, 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, 2009Best, worst and weirdest of the first half
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comFrom Cy Youngs and Cy Yuks to MVPs and LVPs to some of the stranger moments on the diamond, we look back at the first half of the 2009 season.
Story | Conversation | July 09, 2009Signability still an MLB draft trump card
When the "Baseball Tonight" producers turned the mikes on for Keith Law and Aaron Fitt of Baseball America on Tuesday night and asked them about possi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 10, 2009
Ramirez fifth among NL outfielders
Associated PressSuspended slugger Manny Ramirez remained fifth among NL outfielders in the latest fan voting for starting spots in the All-Star Game.
Story | Conversation | June 08, 2009Why 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
BP Daily: NL reality check
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusThe whole NL has been thrown into flux by the news on Manny Ramirez. Still, it's worth looking at the numbers to decide which teams are real (St. Louis?) and which teams will falter.
Story | Conversation | May 07, 2009
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