Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...he needs 18 for that). Wouldn't the latter be a kick in the pants, though? Roger Clemens, Cy Young ... and Kid '66
Blog | October 23, 2009As great as Greinke is ...
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...and at least 200 innings. Dwight Gooden (1.53) leads the way, while Greg Maddux and Roger Clemens both did it twice. As did Martinez, whose name was the first that came to mind...
Blog | September 23, 2009Greinke takes Cy Young lead!
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...and Prior finished third. • In 2004, the Predictor did like Gagne as the winner, but Roger Clemens won and Gagne finished seventh. • And in 2005, the Predictor liked Mariano Rivera, but Bartolo...
Blog | September 23, 2009Greinke's Cy Young hopes fade
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...those seven, five will someday be elected to the Hall of Fame: Greg Maddux (165 ERA+), Roger Clemens (157), Randy Johnson (135), Mike Mussina (130) and Tom Glavine (128). The other two were Kansas...
Blog | July 30, 2009Buehrle reminds us (again) that he's good
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotWell, Mark Buehrle has thrown two more no-hitters than Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux, and Tom Glavine. Combined. Does that mean Buehrle's a Hall of Famer...
Blog | July 23, 2009Bill James on steroids
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...end of the day, Mark McGwire is going to be in the Hall of Fame, and Roger Clemens, and Sammy Sosa, and Rafael Palmeiro, and probably even Barry Bonds. I am not especially advocating...
Blog | July 22, 2009Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Jonathan Sanchez, Anibal Sanchez, and Clay Buchholz all have thrown no-hitters; neither Tom Glavine nor Roger Clemens nor Greg Maddux ever did. • This is just funny. • So is this. And this...
Blog | July 13, 2009Tim Wakefield: All-Star?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Paige). --snip-- On the weekend when Wakefield started his 383rd game with the Red Sox (breaking Roger Clemens' team record), Timmay was chosen for an All-Star game over Jeff Weaver, Kevin Milwood...
Blog | July 06, 2009Podcast: Roger Clemens interview
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotOn Mike & Mike Tuesday morning, Roger Clemens addresses the book about him that comes out today and says Brian McNamee never gave him...
Blog | May 12, 2009Wakefield fluttering toward record
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...season. Sometime between August 2010 and May 2011 Wakefield is going to pass Cy Young and Roger Clemens to become the winningest pitcher in the 108-year history of the Red Sox. No, really...
Blog | April 29, 2009The last of the 300-game winners?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the last one before him and Greg Maddux would be the last one before him and Roger Clemens would be the last one before him, color me dubious, even if there's yet...
Blog | April 07, 2009Meet the all-time AL All-Stars
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comRob Neyer picks his all-time American League All-Star team since the All-Star era began in 1933.
Story | Conversation | July 09, 2009Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer...bullpen … and one of the other teams was real good. • Cito Gaston: one of Roger Clemens' biggest fans … not. But what's really funny about this story is that … it...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 03, 2009Looking at a fallacy that's often tied to PED use
Rob Neyer...leaves of grass. Look, if you want to argue that Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens and all the rest of them should be disqualified from future honors because they cheated (and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 19, 2009Hall's character clause unnecessary
Rob Neyer...in and, honestly, I don't think he's going to get in. So what follows? Roger Clemens is certainly tangled up in steroids. You can make a case that he's the greatest...
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