REPORTING FROM THE JOCK-OSPHERE

...past season with the Cal Bears and was first-team All-Pac 10. His game is Troy Murphy-esque (don't hate, Troy can play), and his heart is filled with Boom-Tho-Ness...

Six-foot-11 Troy Murphy waits to take the field with the Newark Bears on Friday

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Story | Conversation | January 25, 2006

Starters with same agents could push prices

Chone Figgins is generally regarded as the third-best position player on the market, behind Matt Holliday and Jason Bay, and the fact that he is signi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2009

Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)

So many teams are sitting back and waiting for the completion of the Type A free-agent and possible non-tender markets that there probably won't be a ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Sabathia giving Yankees whatever they need

Margie Sabathia flew into New York the other day, and if she and her son held to family tradition late Friday night, they probably spent 15 or 20 minu...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 17, 2009

Tigers, Twins and my award picks

Carl Pavano seemed almost out of breath Sunday night, naturally, at the end of a day in which he and the Twins had won a game they had to win, after t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2009

MVPs and LVPs, Cy Youngs and Yuks …

It'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.

Rangers eliminated from playoff contention with loss to Angels

Bobby Abreu homered, fill-in starter Sean O'Sullivan earned his first win in two months and the Los Angeles Angels eliminated the Texas Rangers from playoff contention with a 5-2 victory Tuesday night.

The catch heard 'round the Rockies

There were no tangible advantages working in favor of Rockies second baseman Clint Barmes in the ninth inning late Sunday afternoon as he turned to pu...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 28, 2009

A slimmer Kung Fu Panda is needed

The Giants lost again Saturday and will soon be eliminated, and in time their focus will shift to 2010, as John Shea writes. Pablo Sandoval will like...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 27, 2009

Trevor Hoffman's tour of Memphis

Milwaukee general manager Doug Melvin wrote in an e-mail posted here Monday that Trevor Hoffman is the Cal Ripken of pitchers, in the way that he prep...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2009

The overlooked stars of the season

Zack Greinke is battling for the Cy Young Award, and that standing has hoisted him out of the second division and into the national conversation. Simi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 14, 2009

Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Tampa Bay Rays

Insider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the rapid demise of last year's American League champs.

Story | Conversation | September 11, 2009