Tigers, Twins and my award picks
Buster OlneyCarl Pavano seemed almost out of breath Sunday night, naturally, at the end of a day in which he and the Twins had won a game they had to win, after t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2009
For one night, Ordonez worth the cost
Buster OlneyIt's too bad there isn't a transcript of the conversation that took place sometime this summer between Detroit Tigers owner Mike Ilitch and his baseba...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2009
Sox-Yanks, Aroldis Chapman, Cy Young Wars
Buster OlneyIt is still September and nine days of regular-season baseball remain, but the playoffs provided the context for everything that occurred at Yankee St...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2009
Trevor Hoffman's tour of Memphis
Buster OlneyMilwaukee general manager Doug Melvin wrote in an e-mail posted here Monday that Trevor Hoffman is the Cal Ripken of pitchers, in the way that he prep...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2009
Why Rose can't escape himself
Buster OlneyMLB commissioner Bud Selig is said to be seriously mulling a pardon for Pete Rose, Bill Madden writes. A pardon would clear the way for Rose to make i...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 27, 2009
BP Daily: Desperately seeking Rickey
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusThere likely will never be another player like Rickey Henderson statistically. Baseball Prospectus looks at the current game and finds that no one is really close, but names such as Brian Roberts, B.J. Upton and Johnny Damon fall into the discussion.
Story | Conversation | July 24, 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, 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
Full Massmomentum rankings
AJ Mass, ESPN.comAJ Mass has the full list of his Massmomentum rankings.
Story | Conversation | May 07, 2009BP Daily: Projected NL standings
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusOur projections for this year's National League standings aren't likely to receive much brotherly love from Philadelphia, the home of the defending World Series champions.
Story | Conversation | April 02, 2009
Spring Training Blog: March 2
CONTRERAS, COLON CONTINUE COMEBACKS (9:31 p.m. ET) With general manager Ken Williams, pitching coach Don Cooper and manager Ozzie Guillen all looking...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 02, 2009BP Daily: The worst free agent deals
Christina Kahrl, Baseball ProspectusLet's look at the worst one-year, two-year, and three-year contracts, capped by the worst deal of the winter for its length, expense, and likely return.
Story | Conversation | February 19, 2009
Angels tickled to have Abreu in lineup
ESPN.com news servicesThe Los Angeles Angels have agreed to a one-year contract with outfielder Bobby Abreu, adding some pop to a lineup that struggled scoring runs last season.
Story | Conversation | February 12, 2009A LOOK BACK WITH ... MAG BASEBALL EDITOR JON SCHER
Jon Scher[Ed's note: All week, we're recapping the 2008 MLB season. Enjoy.] Jon Scher is a senior editor at ESPN The Magazine. While he edits a variety of con...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 23, 2008How to fix each MLB team for fantasy purposes
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell has suggestions for all 30 MLB teams on how to maximize their players for fantasy purposes.
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