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Yankees' spring plans for Joba, Hughes

Peter Gammons

...breakneck pace, Jeter was the man who drove the train. One thing many learned during the World Series is that Derek Jeter and Chase Utley might as well be the same person. They just...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

The market for Miguel Cabrera

Buster Olney

The Tigers are in cost-cutting mode and they are willing to discuss a possible trade of Miguel Cabrera, writes Lynn Henning. Set aside, for a momen...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

AL MVP Preview: Mauer with a Side of Yanks

SportsCenter

...his year? Maybe. But most likely, Jeter will just have to learn to settle for another World Series title and Minka Kelly. It's hard not to feel bad for the guy. Mark Teixeira...

Blog | November 23, 2009

Signing Mauer a percentage play

Buster Olney

There are a couple of Dodgers fans in Aberdeen, S.D., as I learned over the last week, and a lot of Orioles fans, because of the team's past minor lea...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009

Good fit

...pitch for was the North Siders. Asked about the pressure of trying to win their first World Series in over a century, Grabow said he understood the mentality. "It's a big-market city...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009

MLB Free Agency: Not Always Money Well Spent

SportsCenter

...Rod, Zito, Beltran and Teixeira). But for every Burnett and Sabathia signing that helps win a World Series, there's a Denny Neagle contract (5-51 million by the Rockies) that steers a franchise...

Blog | November 19, 2009

Will October sked really be tightened?

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...four extra days off during the postseason at the request of its television partners, shifting the World Series opener to Wednesday from Saturday, usually the lowest-rated night of the week. Well, you can...

Blog | November 19, 2009

A Selig welcome

Bruce Levine

...I really think they'll be a great ownership. I just hope they can win the World Series one day." Selig shared some views on other hot topics in baseball. He said his main...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

The Self-Annointed One Is At It Again

SportsCenter

Photo: AP Photo/Mark Duncan LeBron: "I helped the Yankees win World Series. Well, I could have." Last week, LeBron pledged not to talk about his pending free agency...

Blog | November 18, 2009

Ynoa making progress

Jorge Arangure Jr.

On Friday, heralded Oakland A's prospect Michael Ynoa, who was signed last year to a record $4.25 million bonus, will pitch in a game for the first ti...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Lackey's and Bay's markets emerge

Keith Law

Last week the Hall of Fame announced the entries on its nonplayer ballot, which includes owners, umpires, executives, managers and longtime union head...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009

Red Sox will never 'rebuild'

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...stars. The Yankees sold Babe Ruth to the Boston Braves, and the Yankees just kept winning World Series. Lou Gehrig got sick, and the Yankees just kept winning World Series. Joe DiMaggio's pain...

Blog | November 13, 2009

Perhaps the offseason bar set too high, too soon

Peter Gammons

So much for the general managers meetings, which began five days after the World Series and 10 days before the free-agency period opens. They're really the agents meetings, because...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009

A quick Q&A with Rusty Greer

Richard Durrett

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Rusty Greer was one of the former players on hand for Tuesday's Sunshine Kids event at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Some former ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009

Owners, execs and skippers, oh my!

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...for all his supposed talents, lost more games than he won and never managed in a World Series. It's often been said that Mauch did the best with what he had -- well, maybe...

Blog | November 11, 2009