http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. Adam will be live-blogging from Michigan State today, and I'm heading up to Columbus to check out Ohio State. Good spring times. Nose tackle Quint...]]> April 02, 2013 09:00:13 PDT In writing about stealth MVP candidates earlier today, I'm reminded of something Bill James wrote 25 years ago. In 1987, Andre Dawson won the National...]]> March 18, 2013 09:00:31 PDT Jerry Crasnick has a nice story on Dale Murphy and the push his family made for him on his final year on the Hall of Fame ballot. Murphy has no sho...]]> January 03, 2013 10:38:10 PST Dec. 9, 1992: We'll let Joey Reaves of the Chicago Tribune start us off: Surely, the Chicago Fire was worse. But that was a long time ago. Ri...]]> December 09, 2012 07:04:10 PST In my earlier post, I wrote about players since 1969 who had terrific all-around seasons but didn't win the MVP Award. As a companion to that piece, l...]]> September 28, 2012 13:20:16 PDT On Monday, Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Kendrys Morales achieved one of the rarest of baseball feats: He hit home runs from both sides of the ...]]> July 31, 2012 10:16:28 PDT Next year's Hall of Fame voting will create tough choices for writers voting on PED-implicated players, but could also create tough calls for already elected Hall of Famers.]]> July 22, 2012 12:34:27 PDT Right? This comes to us via noted Montreal enthusiast, helicopter photography expert, and connoisseur of '80s television graphics (and occasional base...]]> July 10, 2012 14:45:36 PDT During last year's World Series, Grammy-nominated country singer David Nail sang "Gold Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch between his be...]]> July 08, 2012 09:00:18 PDT Andre Dawson may be depicted in a Montreal Expos cap in the Hall of Fame, but his six seasons with the Chicago Cubs, beginning with his MVP year in 19...]]> July 02, 2012 18:34:19 PDT A panel of ESPNChicago.com experts ranked the Top 50 Cubs of all time. Here is a gallery of our Top 50. Who did we miss? Did Kerry Wood belon...]]> May 21, 2012 08:19:24 PDT They lost their damn minds. All of them. Gary Carter's over the moon, of course. He's just whacked a double over Andre Dawson's head to snap a sco...]]> February 17, 2012 09:07:59 PST The subject of Jack Morris and the Hall of Fame seems to be the bright burning flame before the fireworks for Barry Larkin have finished going off. Mo...]]> January 09, 2012 18:30:31 PST There are a lot of columns and analysis out there advocating the case for Tim Raines for the Hall of Fame. I probably won't add anything new to the di...]]> January 05, 2012 05:00:24 PST There are a lot of misunderstandings about the Hall of Fame and its voting procedures and results, beginning with the little fact that baseball was no...]]> January 02, 2012 05:30:57 PST