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BP: Best and worst teams of the '00s

Jay Jaffe, Baseball Prospectus

Baseball Prospectus brings the heat with a controversial idea: the best team ... of the entire 2000s ... was the 2001 Seattle Mariners. Wait, what? They lost in the ALCS. Ah, but you can prove it with metrics. To explore, come inside.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | December 17, 2009

Trading A-Gon a matter of timing

Buster Olney

How much would the Padres have to get in return for Adrian Gonzalez to get a fair deal? "I don't know if you can put together enough young talent t...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 17, 2009

Cashman casts praise far and wide

Buster Olney

As the Yankees' players hopped happily in the middle of the infield late Wednesday, in the first moments after winning the World Series, plastic glass...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009

Team preview: Delaware

Blue Ribbon Yearbook

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009

Seven reasons for surge in Cuban defectors

Jorge Arangure Jr.

By one agent's estimate, more than 40 Cuban players have defected in the past year and a half, an unusually high number. The list of players includes ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 16, 2009

The Ramon Ramirez story

Jorge Arangure Jr.

...every day at 5 a.m. to head for the Coca-Cola factory in his hometown of Santiago, Dominican Republic. The days were long and the work was thankless. Ramirez was asked to do any...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 02, 2009

Yadier Molina knows squat

Lindsay Berra, ESPN The Magazine

He may not be Pujols, but the Cardinals' All-Star catcher is definitely the man behind the plate.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | July 28, 2009

Miguel Angel Sano's age questions

Jorge Arangure Jr.

UPDATE: Just hours after the posting of this blog item, Miguel Angel Sano's agent Rob Plummer called to tell me that MLB had just informed the Pirate...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 19, 2009

West Coast Premier shocks everyone

Glenn Nelson, HoopGurlz

WCP beats California's best in Spring Fling thanks to Jordan Adams' leadership.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | May 18, 2009

These seven teams just made a statement

It was a weekend of separation, a weekend of confirmation and an important weekend for: The Blue Jays. Toronto second baseman Aaron Hill marveled ear...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 18, 2009

The secret to Josh Johnson's success

A longtime scout decided this week that he is reassessing his rankings of the three best pitchers in the National League. Tim Lincecum is one of those...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 15, 2009

Jed Lowrie, Mark Teixeira battling wrist injuries

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

My, oh my, what a week it has been. Emotions have run the gamut this week in baseball. The tragic loss of young Nick Adenhart in Los Angeles had ever...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 14, 2009

Economy starting to hit baseball

The Rockies chose cheap over classy, writes Mark Kiszla. The Rockies are now the epicenter of trade talks, writes Troy Renck. The Phillies, Angels and...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2008

Team preview: Delaware

Blue Ribbon Yearbook

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2008-09 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 09, 2008

Hardcore: Who's the best of a good A's bullpen?

Will Harris, Special to ESPN.com

Will Harris discusses the great Oakland bullpen and who is the best option to be the closer.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 15, 2008