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Sports Illustrated
July 10, 2002
Tom Verducci |
The Milwaukee Embarrassment Baseball got the All-Star fiasco it's been asking for   |
Salon.com
July 11, 2002 |
Enough about All-Star interruptus! ...I'm afraid that all this hot air over the ending of a game that nobody cared about the ending of in the first place is going to cause baseball to overreact and ruin what remains... |
Salon.com
July 10, 2002
King Kaufman |
All-Star outrage The game ended in a tie. That's not a problem, but baseball still screwed up. |
Sports Central
July 4, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
How to Improve the MLB All-Star Game MLB's All-Star Game should be saved and improved. |
Sports Central
July 11, 2011
Corrie Trouw |
An All-Star's Break Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez did not make the All-Star Game irrelevant. Their absence is just a symptom of the game's chronic maladies. |
Sports Central
April 15, 2013
Adam Russell |
MLB Should Consolidate the Leagues Could there ever be the possibility of MLB proposing a unified organization with consistent rules and a more objective schedule? If enough fans jump on the bandwagon, it most certainly could be possible. |
Sports Illustrated
February 8, 2001
Tom Verducci |
A Midsummer Classic's dream It's time to put meaning back into the All-Star Game. Give the winning league home-field advantage in the World Series... |
Sports Illustrated
July 17, 2002
Tom Verducci |
The Milwaukee Misunderstanding Don't take All-Star Game criticism personally. |
Sports Central
June 17, 2011
Andrew Jones |
How to Realign Major League Baseball Rumors have been floating around about the potential for MLB to realign into a system with two 15-team leagues and no divisions. |
Sports Central
August 3, 2007
Joe Boesch |
The MLB Connection in Israel Was bringing the game of baseball to Israel designed to expand the game -- or create a distract from some of Major League Baseball's problems? |
Salon.com
June 19, 2002
King Kaufman |
My All-Star teams The Midsummer Classic comes along at the perfect time to start arguing about who makes it and who doesn't. |
Sports Central
January 6, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
From Cy-VP to Sayonara? Some speculation commences that precedent argues against Justin Verlander, the American League's Cy Young Award winner and Most Valuable Player Award winner for 2011, facing other than sobering after-effects. |
Sports Illustrated
January 15, 2002
Kostya Kennedy |
Captain Conflict It's high time Bud Selig steps down as Major League Baseball commissioner... |
Salon.com
July 11, 2001
Allen Barra |
What's wrong with the All-Star Game? Too many players, for starters. But it's not too late to save baseball's midseason matchup... |
Sports Central
February 20, 2011
Jess Coleman |
How Pitchers Can Prevent Injuries Every year, over 25% of the money spent on Major League Baseball pitchers is spent on pitchers on the disabled list. |
Sports Illustrated
July 3, 2002
Stephen Cannella |
All-Star snubs Here are four baseball players who should go to Milwaukee |
Salon.com
July 11, 2002
Allen Barra |
Ted Williams, Bud Selig and baseball's very bad week Ted Williams transcended the game; Bud Selig took the fun out of it. The clueless commish should have used position players to pitch in the All-Star Game. |
Sports Central
September 21, 2005
Chris Lindshield |
Addressing Baseball's Needs Baseball still seems to be losing ground to football in the battle for America's heart. Here are a few thoughts about how we can change this trend. |
Sports Illustrated
April 24, 2001
Tom Verducci |
International sensation Ichiro Suzuki, the Mariners' slashing leadoff hitter, shouldn't book any fishing excursions or vacation getaways for the July All-Star break. The rookie has a very good chance of starting the All-Star Game in, of all places, Seattle's Safeco Field... |
Sports Central
May 2, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB's Upstarts and Stalwarts What makes the baseball season so special is that no individual player's achievement or any team's success is greater than the entirety of the game. |
Sports Central
May 9, 2005
Tyson Wirth |
Modern Problems, Modern Solutions An outline of innovative and appropriate solutions to baseball's major problems such as foolish fans and luxury tax failures. |
Sports Central
August 1, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
Astros' Play is Deja Vu All Over Again A surprise since the All-Star Break is the torrid streak of the Houston Astros, with a 22-7 record in July, the best home record in the majors and tops in winning percentage through July 30th. |
Sports Illustrated
February 20, 2001
Daniel G. Habib |
A Selig Smoke Screen Talk of beanballs and a new draft clouds baseball's big issue... |
Sports Central
July 11, 2012
Louie Centanni |
All-Star Break Time For Sox to Cut Padilla What's worse than being last-place heading into the All-Star Break? Answer: having an ignorant bigot of a relief pitcher on your team and being last-place heading into the All-Star Break. |
Sports Central
June 18, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
Cardinal Sinners? Royal Stuffers? If the St. Louis Cardinals' front office isn't facing an investigation into whether they hacked into the Houston Astros' internal data networks, Kansas City fans are gleefully stuffing online all-star ballot boxes in favor of the Royals. |
Sports Illustrated
July 12, 2000
Tom Verducci |
All-Star Game has lost its luster The All-Star Game Tuesday night proved that what has been the definitive showcase in sports is sadly degenerating into just another glitzy exhibition.... |
Sports Central
December 28, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2015: It Got Late Early Out There The author ruminates on this year's baseball games and famous players of years past. |
Sports Illustrated
May 30, 2002
Stephen Cannella |
Woe is baseball It's just one problem after another for the national pastime... |
Sports Central
July 3, 2007
Scott Shepherd |
2007 MLB All-Star Snubs When the players and coaches filled out the remaining roster spots with worthy participants, they dropped the ball. |
Salon.com
April 25, 2001
Allen Barra |
The golden age of pitching is now When you consider what today's hurlers have to deal with, our low opinion of them is way off-base. Plus: Does God answer NASCAR prayers? |
Sports Central
May 10, 2007
Diane M. Grassi |
Does Clemens' Contract Disrespect Baseball? There are a number of questions beneath the veneer that are far bigger than one Roger Clemens. |
Sports Central
October 4, 2004
Diane M. Grassi |
Baseball at its Best Down to the Wire The stage is set for a MLB playoffs season that lends itself to great theater, with no sure winner and possibly surprising upsets. You can't ask for any more from this game of baseball. |
Salon.com
July 2, 2002
King Kaufman |
You call those guys All-Stars? I got all set to write a column blasting the Yankees and Diamondbacks managers for their hometown favoritism. I sat down and figured out my own All-Star squads -- and guess what? They're not that different from the ones Torre and Brenly chose. |
Sports Central
December 24, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
2012: Mime and Reason A look back at some of the odd occurrences during the 2012 baseball season, and players that passed away this year. |
Sports Central
February 14, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
Why the NBA Has the Best All-Star Game The NBA All-Star Game has started to separate itself as the best event of its kind among the four major sports. |
Sports Central
August 27, 2004
Vincent Musco |
Cy Johan: AL Cy Young Breakdown Minnsota Twins' pitching ace Johan Santana is stacking the stats to be the American League's Cy Young winner. But he has some uncontrollable factors against him -- such as pitching in Minnesota. |
Sports Central
May 31, 2006
Joe Pietaro |
MLB at a Glance as We Pass Memorial Day Baseball fans can start to see how their teams are shaping up by perusing the standings at the end of May. |
Sports Illustrated
July 30, 2002 |
Saving baseball The August 5 issue of Sports Illustrated lays out a simple plan to get baseball back on track. Topping the magazine's list of suggestions is that Nolan Ryan be installed as the game's new commissioner. |
Sports Central
May 25, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
Who's Stealing Baseball's Limelight? With Major League Baseball's perennial sluggers just digging in, with their big bats finally coming around as the season's second quarter begins, we have been treated to the feats of several players who have unexpectedly captured the pastime's attention. |
Sports Central
July 21, 2009
Corrie Trouw |
The American Premier League While a remarkable 18 teams were within five games of a playoff spot on Monday morning, such parity is more of a Bud Selig parlor trick than an exhibition of competitive balance. |
Sports Central
September 1, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
Why a Pitcher Should Never Win the MVP Pitchers are incredibly valuable to baseball teams. The question as to whether they are the most valuable in their leagues will continue to be debated. |
Salon.com
September 17, 2002
King Kaufman |
The Angels-A's race is a dud Thanks to baseball's boneheaded wild-card system, we once again have two great teams playing meaningless games in September. |
Sports Central
July 6, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
D-Train's Derailment, and Others' How strange and sad it is, now and over a lifetime of watching and loving the game, that as often as not the players who are the most fun to watch become the players whose careers derail soon enough after they get their first tastes of success. |
Sports Illustrated
May 7, 2003
Albert Chen |
Jump-starters The Mariners grabbed the early lead in the AL West thanks to the emerging young pitchers in their rotation. |
Sports Central
July 13, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
Derek Jeter's All-Star Blessing A lot of the folk are hemming and hawing over Derek Jeter's withdrawal from the All-Star Game. But nobody seems to catch onto his withdrawal as an inadvertent blessing upon it. |
Sports Central
July 17, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
2013 All-Star Game: Priceless Who'd have figured American League All-Star manager Jim Leyland thinking he could perform the marriage of sentiment and sound strategy in a single gesture and get away with it because, damn it, it worked, the American League held onto a 3-0 win? |
Sports Central
September 24, 2007
Phil Backert |
MLB Playoff Chase Down to Final Stretch The last week of the season in Major League Baseball could not be more exciting for fans as the hunt for October hits the final stretch run. |
Sports Central
July 11, 2004
Martin Hawrysko |
Garcia's Signing Only a Start for ChiSox The general idea in Major League Baseball is, whatever or whomever the New York Yankees want, they get. Apparently, someone forgot to inform Chicago White Sox General Manager Kenny Williams of that notion. |
AskMen.com
Troy St. Louis |
The Price Of An MLB All-Star Team For the past few seasons there has been a growing concern that small market teams cannot compete in professional baseball today. Examining the cost of rising salaries for players you may conclude that they have a point. Or do they? |
Sports Central
July 10, 2009
Diane M. Grassi |
SC's All-Time MLB Draft (Pt. 4) It is the age-old argument that will never go away amongst baseball aficionados. And that is the comparison of individual players from different eras in which they played. |
