Offseason notebook: Outfield shuffle

Tristan 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.

An all-decade, all-value lineup card

Erik 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

BP: Best and worst teams of the '00s

Baseball 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

Where we stand as winter meetings arrive

The Cleveland Indians have relative pennies to spend this winter, and the Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers won't spend much, either. The Los Angeles ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 06, 2009

Money talks, but baseball won't listen

Did the Yankees buy a World Series celebration? Their money didn't hurt, but that $207 million payroll is the least of baseball's competitive-balance problems.

Postseason had many defining moments

While the Yankees returned to glory by winning the World Series, the inevitability of full-scale instant replay in baseball stood out as perhaps the most important aspect of the 2009 postseason.

Scott Van Pelt

Peter Gammons believes that Mariano Rivera may be the most distinguished player that he has ever covered. Gammons also shares his thoughts on Alex Rod...

...celebrate after their 7-3 win against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Six of the 2009 MLB World...

...the bottom of the second inning against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Six of the 2009 MLB World...

...trophy after their 7-3 win against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Six of the 2009 MLB World...

...celebrate after their 7-3 win against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Six of the 2009 MLB World...

Celebrities love the World Series

If you looked down on the field during the World Series, you saw many more stars than just the baseball players.

Matsui's bat drives Yankees to 27th World Series crown

The New York Yankees have won the World Series, beating the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6 behind Hideki Matsui's record-tying six RBIs.

World Series Game 6 news and notes

ESPN's Stats & Information team reveals some of the top news and notes from Game 6 of the World Series.

...celebrates after their 7-3 win against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Six of the 2009 MLB World...