Lincecum repeats as Cy Young winner
Associated PressGiants ace Tim Lincecum has won the NL Cy Young Award, becoming the first repeat winner in the major leagues since Randy Johnson was voted the prize four straight times from 1999-2002.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009Holliday vs. Bay: D is the difference
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus analyzes the defensive aptitude of Jason Bay and Matt Holliday. The outcome? Holliday is clearly more valuable, but a fit is easier to find for Bay.
Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009
The market for those coming off injuries
Keith Law...represented a point of inefficiency in the market for baseball players...total despite their lowest full-season total of runs scored since...on the market. One who stands out to me is Ben...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009
Chapman kept defection plans from kin
Associated PressAroldis Chapman simply left his room at the Domina Hotel in Rotterdam last July and went down to the lobby. The Cuban pitcher's defection during a tournament in the Netherlands lacked any of the drama a movie script writer would want.
Story | Conversation | November 13, 2009The leftovers tell us a lot from Game 2
Buster Olney...so far, with the inevitable umpiring controversy sprinkled in. Some leftovers from Game 2: Mariano Rivera is...quick swing, driving fastballs into the right-field stands, and in Game 2, he came to bat...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 30, 2009
A wrong message in McGwire's return
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comTony La Russa, Bud Selig and others celebrating Mark McGwire's return to baseball still don't get it. This isn't the lesson baseball needs to be teaching.
Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009Selig pleased by McGwire hiring
ESPN.com news servicesBaseball commissioner Bud Selig is pleased that Mark McGwire is returning to baseball as a hitting coach with the St. Louis Cardinals, despite speculation linking McGwire to performance-enhancing drug use.
Story | Conversation | October 27, 2009A new chapter for Lee and Sabathia
Buster OlneyThe old friends pitched against each other in the first game ever at new Yankee Stadium...pressure on yourself -- and Lee has handled this season flawlessly. Now they will pitch from the same...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2009
Replay for the World Series could work
Buster Olney...had one of the most famous blown calls in history, tells Bob Klapisch: It's time to...on it, driving it into the right-field stands for a three-run homer. After the Dodgers...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2009
Opening up the mailbag
Buster Olney...World Series ends, and continues for 15 days. In that period, players can speak with any club...What minor league player who will start the season in the minors next year would you build...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2009
Pujols' homerless streak at 23 games
Special to ESPN.comWith the Cardinals down two games to none against the Dodgers, this is no time for Albert Pujols to be in a home run drought.
Story | Conversation | October 09, 2009
MVPs and LVPs, Cy Youngs and Yuks …
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comIt's time to bid farewell to another season that was filled with highs, lows and so much in between. With that said, here come the awards.
Story | Conversation | October 02, 2009The catch heard 'round the Rockies
Buster OlneyThere were no tangible advantages working in favor of Rockies second baseman Clint Barmes in...host to Washington for four to finish the season. And meanwhile, the Rockies will finish their season...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 28, 2009
The unique value of October baseball
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineAs Buster Olney writes in the October 5 issue of ESPN The Magazine -- if you don't think playoff baseball is different, then, well, you're probably not a player, are you?
Story | Conversation | September 27, 2009
The Cubs share in Bradley's failure
Buster Olney...will never play another game in their uniform. The organization is...by a fan, approaches the stands and has to be calmed...final five games of the season. June 2007: After a series...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009
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