http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. First base: Donnie Buntball. The situation: The Giants lead the Dodgers 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth, no outs, runners at first and second, Mark El...]]> May 09, 2012 10:04:21 PDT As if Phillies fans didn't have reason enough to be exasperated with the way the first month-plus of action has gone for their club, over on Crashburn...]]> May 08, 2012 17:05:11 PDT When you're Roy Halladay and you've gone 77-37 with a 2.59 ERA over the past four seasons, including one Cy Young Award and two second-place finishes,...]]> May 07, 2012 13:51:43 PDT Keith Law and I ended this final full week of April on the Baseball Today podcast with intelligent discussion about American League outfielders in the...]]> April 27, 2012 10:25:21 PDT News and notes from around the majors ... First base: Injury news. The injury bug hits the Mets again as we learned David Wright suffered a fractur...]]> April 11, 2012 05:00:30 PDT Links to check out from around the SweetSpot network (and a couple other places): The Royals apparently made a lot of money last season. Bill Ba...]]> March 23, 2012 14:22:09 PDT Recommended reading for Tuesday ... One of my favorite pieces of the season: Colleague Jim Caple reveals all the early spring training storylines....]]> February 21, 2012 10:15:51 PST As camps open in Arizona and Florida, we put it to the SweetSpot network: Which player from your team are you most excited to watch this season, and w...]]> February 17, 2012 12:11:04 PST Next time you think baseball players are fat and lazy and just drink beer and eat fried chicken, take a look at this video.]]> February 10, 2012 09:13:09 PST Diane over at the Value Over Replacement Grit blog needs your help: She's putting together a bracket of the 64 best names in major league history. Cli...]]> February 02, 2012 15:45:59 PST Some good stuff from around the SweetSpot network ... Jeremiah Johnson at The View from the Bleachers has written the Carlos Zambrano Owner's Manu...]]> January 17, 2012 08:38:55 PST Some stuff to check out from across the SweetSpot network ... There is a debate about Adam Jones' ability to improve, considering he drew just 29 ...]]> January 13, 2012 08:01:11 PST An official welcome aboard to Rob Abruzzese and his Bronx Baseball Daily blog, our new Yankees blog for the SweetSpot network. Rob has run Bronx Ba...]]> January 09, 2012 07:36:48 PST In writing these Hall of Fame pieces this week, I often find myself going on random tangents. Mostly, I blame Jim Caple. Anyway, I was talking with Ca...]]> January 06, 2012 08:58:06 PST First there was VORP. Now we have VORG -- Diane Firstman's Value Over Replacement Grit blog, the newest addition to the SweetSpot network. Diane's blo...]]> January 04, 2012 07:51:42 PST