Study group to examine on-field issues
Associated PressManagers Tony La Russa, Jim Leyland, Joe Torre and Mike Scioscia have been selected for a committee that could recommend expanded instant replay and playoff format changes.
Story | Conversation | December 15, 2009Damon, Johnson celebrate titles
Associated PressJohnny Damon knows how difficult it can be to win a championship. That's why even he marvels at Jimmie Johnson, who wrapped up an unprecedented fourth consecutive Cup championship.
Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009Postseason had many defining moments
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comWhile 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.
Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009Shades of the 2004 ALCS?
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comThe Yankees are still in command, but this World Series suddenly has a different feel as it swings to New York for Game 6 on Wednesday night.
Story | Conversation | November 03, 2009Moves making ALCS more interesting
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comThe ALCS continues, and so too will the examination of the jobs being done by managers Mike Scioscia and Joe Girardi.
Story | Conversation | October 23, 2009Howard, Werth power Phillies to second straight NL pennant
Associated PressPowered by Ryan Howard, Jayson Werth and all those other big bats, the Philadelphia Phillies are headed back to the World Series.
Recap | Box Score | Conversation | October 21, 2009What's not to like about Philly?
Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.comFifteen reasons to root for the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.
Story | Conversation | October 21, 2009Rollins' 9th-inning double gives Phillies 3-1 series lead
Associated PressJimmy Rollins lined a two-run double with two outs in the ninth inning and the Phillies rallied past the Dodgers 5-4 Monday night.
Recap | Box Score | Conversation | October 19, 2009Top 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
La Russa may be leaving St. Louis
Buster OlneyNobody will know how the St. Louis Cardinals' season might have ended if the third out hadn't escaped them in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 2...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 11, 2009
Baseball could soon lose a giant
Buster OlneyBobby Cox first mentioned walking away from baseball in the spring of 2008, and when word of this reached Gene Michael, a former teammate and longtime...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 23, 2009
Joe Torre's Straw man acquisition
Buster Olney...of the Giants to Huston Street of the Rockies to Ryan Franklin of the Cardinals and the Phillies' Brad Lidge -- are officially on notice for the rest of this year. The Dodgers also added a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 01, 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
Dodgers dropping back to pack
Buster OlneyI hated the Cincinnati Reds as a kid, because they were the Big Red Machine that seemed to zoom past my own favorite team, the Dodgers, giving me litt...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 09, 2009
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