219 Results for scores

Fisking the Crime Dog's candidacy

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

Yesterday in a post about the BBWAA's Hall of Fame ballot, I listed four candidates who aren't obvious (to me, anyway) ... There are four other candi...

Blog | December 01, 2009

Rookie awards and soph slumps

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

I like Beyond the Box Score's Tommy Bennett's take on the Rookie of the Year Award and the sophomore slump. His...

Blog | November 16, 2009

My humblest apology

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...entertain the notion that general manager Dayton Moore has begun to realize that it's difficult to score runs if nobody's actually, you know, on base to begin with. Oh, I almost forgot ... I...

Blog | November 12, 2009

NL Gold Gloves: 2 out of 9 ain't bad

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...last year. But instead they chose the best defensive third baseman in the National League, and they score big points for that one. So, bravo, sirs! You are to be commended for two of your...

Blog | November 11, 2009

Bidding a fond farewell ...

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...the Eastern or the Central Time Zone, we could read about the game and study the box score the next morning in the newspaper. But if the game had been played in California or Seattle...

Blog | November 03, 2009

Kneejerk Reactions: Game 2

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...In just his fourth postseason start, Burnett pitched only seven innings but racked up a 72 Game Score, his sixth best of 2009. Goat: Ryan Howard. With nobody on base in the first, he struck...

Blog | October 29, 2009

Will Howard get a pitch he can hit?

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...Howard bat even once against a non-Rivera right-handed pitcher in the entire Series, when the score is at all close. Howard is going to see a lot of Sabathia and Pettitte, and then...

Blog | October 28, 2009

Blaming Scioscia for Angels' exit

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...in the ALCS, Figgins perhaps now stands alone when it comes to active postseason futility. He did score one of the team's runs Sunday after a flare to left off Mariano Rivera that barely...

Blog | October 26, 2009

Weather has its World Series moments

Rob Neyer, ESPN.com

With the World Series being played in the Northeast and extending into November, Rob Neyer looks back at years when the weather was a factor.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 26, 2009

Girardi overvalued one step

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...Because if there's a ball in the gap, you have to make sure that guy can score. Alex runs the bases very well, but sometimes it's that extra step that can tie or...

Blog | October 24, 2009

Baseball's top 10 baserunning blunders

Rob Neyer, ESPN.com

Nick Punto and Carlos Gomez are included on Rob Neyer's list of the top 10 all-time baserunning blunders.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 14, 2009

Leyland blames umpire Marsh

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...t award him first base to force home a go-ahead run. The Twins went on to score in the home half of the inning to win, 6-5, and advance to the postseason. "...

Blog | October 08, 2009

Friday Filberts

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...Machine." • Nick Swisher Twitters. That's not so strange. I'm sure that scores of baseball players tweet; I follow Ryan Rowland-Smith, C.J. Wilson, and Chris "Disco"...

Blog | October 02, 2009

Worrying about the Dodgers

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...and did it work? Hulk no. They were left with a dusty Mark Loretta, a disgusting line score, and once again, that black magic number "one" that has been haunting for nearly a...

Blog | October 01, 2009

Joba seals Division Series fate

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...maybe sorta live with that, if you're the Yankees, because you're going to score five or six runs in most games, so you've still got a pretty good shot...

Blog | October 01, 2009