Rob Neyer

Rob Neyer

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Rob Neyer is a senior writer at ESPN.com. He began his career with legendary baseball author (and now Red Sox executive) Bill James, then joined Stats Inc. and wrote about MLB, the NFL and the NBA. Neyer joined ESPN.com in 1996, and it's believed that he's written more words for the site than anybody. Neyer contributes regularly to ESPN Radio and ESPNEWS.

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Is Cito Gaston on the road to Cooperstown?

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Hey, if Whitey Herzog's a Hall of Famer, then why not Cito Gaston? Anyway, that's the question raised by the National Post's Jeremy Sandler: Blue Ja...

Blog | December 09, 2009

The meaning of Randy Wolf (Part 2)

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...Journal: Major League Baseball players received about 52 percent of leaguewide revenue last season, said MLB's Rob Manfred, which would appear to leave baseball players with the lowest percentage of revenue among the Big...

Blog | December 09, 2009

The meaning of Randy Wolf (Part 1)

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Along with news of today's big deal, a bit of analysis: Another one bites the dust. An already weak crop of free agent starters just took another h...

Blog | December 09, 2009

Wednesday Wangdoodles

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Today's links are intended only for your amusement; please, no wagering ... * When it comes to the megadeal, everyone's in agreement: the Diamondback...

Blog | December 09, 2009

What Figgins means to M's

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With Larry Stone confirming that Chone Figgins will become a Mariner, I went back to find out what U.S.S. Mariner thought about the prospective deal ....

Blog | December 08, 2009

Holliday isn't Teixeira

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Scott Boras on positioning his No. 1 free agent in the marketplace: I think that, first of all, whenever you enter into a negotiation you want to h...

Blog | December 08, 2009

Winners and losers in megadeal

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According to Buster Olney, the three-team megadeal is almost done. According to Dave Cameron, there's one big loser in the megadeal and one big winner...

Blog | December 08, 2009

A sad story gets a little sadder

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It shouldn't have been hard to see this coming: The 19-year-old son of home run king Barry Bonds was arrested Saturday in Menlo Park for allegedly sp...

Blog | December 08, 2009

Pirates defend spending ways

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In response to Scott Boras and John Henry (and the Daily News and Forbes), Pirates president Frank Coonelly went into some detail about the franchise'...

Blog | December 08, 2009

Nats perplex with Bruney deal

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It doesn't seem to be official yet, but Marc Carig knows who -- or rather, what -- the Nationals traded to the Yankees: A source confirmed on Monday...

Blog | December 07, 2009

Revisiting Edgar Martinez

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Just when I thought I'd finally figured out Edgar Martinez, that pesky Dan Rosenheck comes along and pokes holes in a few of my assumptions ... One ...

Blog | December 07, 2009

Was Marvin Miller robbed?

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Phil Rogers on Marvin Miller's sad fate: Tom Seaver, one of two former players on the committee, campaigned loudly on Miller's behalf. "It's a no-bra...

Blog | December 07, 2009

Monday Mendozas

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Today's links were finished up while I watched Robin Williams doing a bit about Doc Ellis ... * All signs point to the Mariners signing Chone Figgins...

Blog | December 07, 2009

Hall adds manager, umpire, no exec

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You'll pardon me if I'm not leading three cheers for the Hall of Fame's Veterans Committee(s). There were two lists of candidates, one of them loaded ...

Blog | December 07, 2009

MLB Insider Rob Neyer

Welcome to SportsNation! On Tuesday, ESPN.com MLB Insider Rob Neyer will drop by to chat some baseball.Neyer's book, "Rob Neyer's Big Book of...

Chat | December 05, 2009