Offseason notebook: Outfield shuffle

Tristan H. Cockcroft looks at the other big moves of the week beyond the Roy Halladay-Cliff Lee trade and John Lackey signing, leading with the Hideki Matsui and Mike Cameron signings.

An all-decade, all-value lineup card

Erik Manning of FanGraphs pored over every performance from an MLB player between 2000 and 2009 and created the best possible 1-9 lineup of players from that period. Odd: Carlos Delgado (2000) leads off. Cool: This team would average nine runs a game.

Story | Conversation | December 18, 2009

OTL: Field of Schemes?

It seemed like a feel-good story on the surface: A Cambodian refugee brings the game of baseball to his home country. It seemed too good to be true ... and perhaps it is.

Obstacles to a World Series rematch

Charlie Manuel quoted a general after Game 6, in pronouncing that the baseball world has not seen the last of the Phillies. "I'll tell you something -...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009

The 2009 ESPN Fantasy All-Pro Team

ESPN Fantasy is proud to present the 2009 fantasy baseball All-Pro team, as determined by the Player Rater.

Six key matchups for Game 6

Six key matchups to watch in Game 6: Chase Utley versus the Yankees' adjustments: The Phillies' second baseman is not missing any fastballs; he is ha...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2009

The top matchups of the World Series

These are my top matchups of the World Series, beyond the battle of old friends CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee: The Yankees' hitters against Cliff Lee's f...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009

A-Rod's adjustments may be paying off

The camera in center field caught the full picture of Alex Rodriguez on Tuesday night, present and past. As Rodriguez turned and blasted his fifth hom...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009

Walk-off wisdom

...as he saw his line drive split the outfielders, knowing that the tying and winning runs would score. Jeff Mathis had a .211 batting average during the regular season, the lowest for any player in...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2009

Manny must be Manny -- right now

On the brink of elimination, the Dodgers need Manny Ramirez to do just one simple thing: be himself.

Phillies walk off into history

Jimmy Rollins' two-out, two-run, game-winning double in the bottom of the ninth didn't just win Game 4 for the Phillies and give them a 3-1 NLCS lead over L.A. — it also finished a game that will live in postseason history.

Lee's arm, Howard and Werth's bats propel Phils

Cliff Lee dominated as the Phillies routed the Dodgers to take a 2-1 lead in the NL Championship Series.

Phillies-Dodgers Preview

Phillies-Dodgers Preview

...a double play attempt that allows Russell Martin #55 of the Los Angeles Dodgers (not pictured) to score a run in the fifth inning of Game One of the NLCS Dodgers Rafael Furcal #15 breaks...

...the ball away on an error that allowed Juan Pierre #9 of the Dodgers (not pictured) to score a run to tie the game 1-1 in the eighth inning of Game Two of the...