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GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- An important voice has joined a growing chorus of people in the game calling for rule changes that would effectively ban home plate collisions. St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny -- who was a big league catcher for 13 seasons...

Blog | February 27, 2013

Home plate collisions will eventually be banned, and MLB should do it sooner rather than later, writes Buster Olney.

Blog | Conversation | February 27, 2013

Chad Millman examines five outside-the-box MLB future bets that bettors should consider, including the over on the New York Mets' win total of 71.

Blog | Conversation | April 04, 2012

Buster Olney writes that if the Cardinals win Game 6, Tony La Russa will have a very tough decision to make regarding whether he should start Chris Carpenter on short rest in Game 7.

Blog | Conversation | October 27, 2011

At this week's owners meetings, Bug Selig indicated he would like to move ahead with expanding the playoffs. The commissioner should study the last few seasons before making that decision, because there would surely be some unintended consequences.

Story | Conversation | December 07, 2010

In the July 26 issue of ESPN The Magazine, Chad Millman looks at the declining interest in baseball betting and comes up with a new way to create NFL-style point spreads for major league games. The RHid system would be sure to spark excitement in Vegas.

Blog | Conversation | July 14, 2010

Many bettors take the summer off to retool for the NFL and college football seasons. But, contrary to popular belief, there are often smarter bets to be placed on baseball than on football. Chad Millman explains why and shows you how to take advantage.

Blog | Conversation | May 19, 2010

With Opening Day nearly upon us, Chad Millman breaks down the various MLB future bets making waves for the upcoming season, including one wager that makes the Nationals nearly a sure thing.

Blog | Conversation | March 31, 2010

Honestly, I didn't mind the Baltimore Orioles' signing of Miguel Tejada over the weekend ... mainly because that meant he wasn't heading to the St. Louis Cardinals. If fantasy sleeper David Freese is going to fail, fine with me, but at...

Blog | January 25, 2010

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa obviously has had a lot to say this week, but I don't think his reflections on Mark McGwire will affect the 2010 fantasy baseball season much. Rather, I would like to hear his thoughts on the team's...

Blog | January 12, 2010

Now I see what the Oakland Athletics were doing when they dealt Huston Street and prospects they didn't want to acquire Matt Holliday from the Colorado Rockies this winter. The haul they received in moving Holliday to the St. Louis Cardinals on...

Blog | July 24, 2009

Power isn't everything in fantasy baseball, but I can't say I've ever seen a team punt the power categories and win. If you know me at all or have ever read my work, you know how I feel about punting a category. It's the complete ...

Blog | May 05, 2008

Earlier this week Tigers manager Jim Leyland announced he was going to switch the positions of corner infielders Miguel Cabrera and Carlos Guillen, which seemed like an unprecedented move to me. First of all, how many current first basemen are capabl...

Blog | April 25, 2008

You might not realize it now, but the weekends are few and far between until Opening Day. In fact, the season starts in two-plus weeks! Now is when things start to get serious for fantasy players, when the numbers on the Florida/Arizona fields still ...

Blog | March 10, 2008

It seemed to be one of those throwaway quotes that you don't know what to do with, if anything. Albert Pujols said it earlier this week, but it certainly hasn't gotten much attention. Fantasy owners, so conditioned by now to study depth cha...

Blog | January 24, 2008

Isn't it strange that my first thoughts when I heard about the Scott Rolen-Troy Glaus trade and the Mike Cameron signing weren't really about them at all, but about pitchers like Roy Halladay and Dave Bush? Well, if you know me, or you valu...

Blog | January 15, 2008