Is Commissioner Bud going to kill the DH?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Selig said he will "be guided by what this committee comes up with" on matters including "scheduling, postseason format, umpiring, pace of play and instant replay." The commissioner did not mention the DH rule, but...
Blog | December 16, 2009Power shifting in AL West?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...a Felix Hernandez-Cliff Lee tandem at the top of the rotation leads the Mariners into the postseason. For a team that hasn't sniffed playoff baseball since 2001, that's no insignficant factor. Even...
Blog | December 14, 2009Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...not paying close attention, read this). * Sheesh. You'd think winning 95 games -- and going to the playoffs six times in seven years -- would result in the front office getting the benefit of the doubt...
Blog | December 11, 2009Rockies still appreciate catcher Iannetta
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...it says something good and interesting about the Rockies' decision-makers. With the Rockies fighting for a postseason berth last season, Iannetta slumped badly in July and August and essentially lost his job, starting only...
Blog | December 10, 2009Is Cito Gaston on the road to Cooperstown?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Cardinals, Royals, Angels and Rangers, he won one World Series, two more NL pennants and made the playoffs three other times. With apologies to my (non-Quebecois) Canadian friends, Gaston's not yet in this...
Blog | December 09, 2009What Figgins means to M's
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...player, and the wins he adds are more important in helping the M's push toward a playoff spot, raising the marginal value of those wins (wins 80-90 are more important than 70-79...
Blog | December 08, 2009Do both Cy Youngs signal shift?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...four fewer games than Wainwright and posted a higher ERA than Carpenter while not pitching for a postseason team, won the Cy Young Award. It's been at least 10 years since anything remotely like...
Blog | November 19, 2009Will October sked really be tightened?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...it turns out that Mike Scioscia wasn't the only baseball man who thought this year's postseason schedule was screwy. Bud Selig does, too! "We're going to change it," Selig said. "I don...
Blog | November 19, 2009Right team, wrong Rookie
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...pitcher Rick Porcello also had strong credentials. Both played instrumental roles on teams that challenged for the postseason, unlike the last-place A's. But Bailey received 13 of 28 first-place votes from the...
Blog | November 17, 2009Red Sox will never 'rebuild'
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...for the Yankees to endure anything close to boom-and-bust. The Yankees failed to reach the playoffs in 2008, but that was an outlier; otherwise they've been there since today's college sophomores...
Blog | November 13, 2009O'Dowd is TSN's G-Man of the Year
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...vote for him purely because he made a managerial change and his team wound up in the playoffs. To me, that's not enough. But O'Dowd also made a trade for two players the...
Blog | November 09, 2009Yanks leave Sox in 'aughts' dust
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...be the Yankees or the Red Sox. A few relevant numbers: Wins: Yankees 955, Red Sox 909 Postseason Wins: Yankees 41, Red Sox 34 American League pennants: Yankees 3, Red Sox 2 World Championships: Red...
Blog | November 06, 2009Another measure of Mo's brilliance
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotAs I continue to marvel at Mariano Rivera's postseason career, my friend Mark Armour sent me this: Rivera One way to look at Mo...
Blog | November 06, 2009Yes, the Yankees are filthy rich
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...years have taught us otherwise. The takeaway is that the Yankees can spend their way to a playoff spot every year, and with a little lucky and a bit of intelligence they'll be front...
Blog | November 06, 2009What makes Mo so great
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotIn the wake of yet another brilliant postseason performance, Dave Allen looks at Mariano Rivera's pitches and goes a fair piece toward explaining just...
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