An all-decade, all-value lineup card
Erik Manning, FanGraphs.comErik Manning of FanGraphs pored over every performance from an MLB player between 2000 and 2009 and created the best possible 1-9 lineup of players from that period. Odd: Carlos Delgado (2000) leads off. Cool: This team would average nine runs a game.
Story | Conversation | December 18, 2009
Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster OlneySo 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
Successes, struggles and sabermetrics
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus analyzes the best and worst performances of the 2009 MLB season through its sabermetric lens.
Story | Conversation | October 02, 2009
The unique value of October baseball
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineAs Buster Olney writes in the October 5 issue of ESPN The Magazine -- if you don't think playoff baseball is different, then, well, you're probably not a player, are you?
Story | Conversation | September 27, 2009
The 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
Ranking the AL's roughest roads to the playoffs
Buster OlneySchedule advantages and disadvantages are difficult to calculate in baseball, because you don't know who will be hurt, which team will be hot and whic...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 16, 2009
Meet the all-time NL All-Stars
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comRob Neyer picks his all-time National League All-Star team since the All-Star era began in 1933.
Story | Conversation | July 09, 2009Manny returns to Dodgers on Friday
ESPN.com news servicesManny Ramirez will be back in the big leagues on Friday night after a 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy.
Story | Conversation | July 02, 2009Source: Abreu, Angels agree to deal
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.comBobby Abreu has reached preliminary agreement on a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, a baseball source said.
Story | Conversation | February 11, 2009Sources: Abreu, Angels in serious talks
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.comFree-agent outfielder Bobby Abreu is in serious talks toward a one-year agreement with the Angels, two baseball sources told ESPN.com.
Story | Conversation | February 10, 2009Giants move on from Vizquel, take look at Renteria, Furcal
Associated PressWith Omar Vizquel leaving, Edgar Renteria and Rafael Furcal are on the Giants' radar.
Story | Conversation | November 24, 2008State of the Rays … division races … players on the move
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.comWith the All-Star Game now in the rearview mirror, Jerry Crasnick looks ahead to the top nine story lines heading into the second half of the season.
Story | Conversation | July 15, 2008The midseason review ... '84 Cubs style
Jonah Keri, Special to Page 2Jonah Keri channels the '84 Cubs to hand out progress reports on all the NL teams.
Story | Conversation | July 11, 2008Hit Parade: National League lineup breakdowns
Brendan Roberts, ESPN.comBrendan Roberts takes a look at National League lineups and what to expect from them in the second half.
Story | Conversation | July 02, 2008One hundred stories to watch
Jonah Keri, Special to Page 2To celebrate Opening Day, Jonah Keri presents 100 story lines to watch for the season.
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