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Sports Illustrated May 21, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
Redeemed Angel Tim Salmon has broken out of his slump and led Anaheim's reversal of fortune... |
Salon.com October 28, 2002 King Kaufman |
One last surprise After six nights of roller coaster weirdness, the Angels and Giants played a relatively uneventful Game 7. And when it was over, Anaheim almost looked like fun. |
Salon.com October 19, 2002 King Kaufman |
Cinderella, Goliath and other Series myths With the Giants and Angels set to meet in the Fall Classic, it's time for Fox TV and other pundits to manufacture drama. |
Salon.com October 19, 2002 Allen Barra |
Angels in six Teamwork, belief and foul balls will carry Anaheim over Barry and the Giants. |
Sports Illustrated August 6, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
Almost Heaven The Angels are in the playoff hunt thanks to players like lefthander Jarrod Washburn. |
Sports Central July 4, 2012 Greg Suttich |
Hot and Not Heading to the All-Star Break The Yankees, Rangers, and Angels are playing the best baseball in the American League. The National League has seen the surprising Washington Nationals post the best record, with the Giants now flexing their muscle in the NL West. |
Sports Illustrated September 17, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Taking the fifth Barry Bonds' multidimensional game fuels another MVP bid. |
Sports Illustrated April 30, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Surprise starter There may be no pitcher more important to the Mariners' World Series aspirations than Joel Pineiro, a 23-year-old right-hander with all of eight career wins. Pineiro could be the missing piece in the Mariners' rotation... |
Sports Illustrated April 18, 2000 Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball Still intense, but not so tense, the Angels' Darin Erstad is on a hot streak |
Salon.com October 23, 2002 King Kaufman |
Batting around After the Angels' second straight 10-run outburst, a tight World Series is looking like a potential blowout. |
Salon.com October 15, 2002 King Kaufman |
Who needs champions? The evil possibility of an all-wild card World Series has come to pass, and you know what? It looks pretty good from here. |
Salon.com August 31, 2002 King Kaufman |
Savoring the season that almost wasn't 2002 hasn't been a classic, but it's great that the heroics of Schilling, A-Rod and the rest won't be lost. |
Sports Central September 15, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
September Heat in National League West Entering Sept. 13, San Francisco and San Diego were tied for the division lead and Colorado was 1.5 games behind them. The National League West and East have baseball's best races and the tightest race is in the NL West. |
Sports Illustrated July 5, 2000 Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball Cincinnati's springtime pennant optimism has turned sour in summer |
Salon.com October 21, 2002 King Kaufman |
"Oh! My God!" The Giants and Angels don't seem able to play a dull World Series game. Even the participants have been amazed so far. |
Sports Illustrated August 20, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Difference makers Complementary players will impact the stretch run for baseball's pennants. |
Sports Central August 15, 2009 Eric Engberg |
The National League MVP Race This list of contenders for the sought-after award includes top contenders, darkhorses and not-yets. |
Salon.com October 19, 2002 Joan Walsh |
Giants in six Baseball experts are swooning for the scrappy Angels. But the Giants are scrappy too -- and they're a better team. |
Sports Illustrated September 10, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
Boston Blues After a promising start to the season, the high-priced Red Sox have inexplicably fallen out of the playoff race. |
Sports Illustrated October 9, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Pick an MVP, Any MVP The American League is chock-full of candidates this season... |
Salon.com July 3, 2001 King Kaufman |
Why I don't like Ichiro I know he's gotten 3,373,035 All Star votes, but I don't like his Punch-and-Judy style of batting, and he's not on base enough for a leadoff hitter. |
Sports Illustrated July 2, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
All the Answers In the game of prognostication you use every available tool. We've gazed into our Magic 8 Ball to see how the remainder of the baseball season will play out |
Sports Illustrated August 23, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
What happened? In a season of surprises, four of baseball's slumps stand out... |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
Top 20: Baseball Players Of All Time This season, Barry Bonds continues his assault on the Major League Baseball record books, closing in on the career home run title. He's easily one of the best players the game has ever seen. |
Salon.com October 1, 2002 King Kaufman |
Picking winners In the baseball playoffs, the National League teams all look vulnerable and the American League teams all look unbeatable. Something's gotta give. |
Sports Illustrated June 7, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
Little Giant With all eyes on Bonds, Aurilia quietly thrives... |
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 December 26, 2005 Jeff Pohlmeyer |
Yanks Look Like AL East Champs It's impossible to tell what the regular starting lineup for the Yankees is going to be come March, but you can be confident that it will look like an all-star team. |
Sports Central September 24, 2004 Vincent Musco |
AL MVP Debate: Manny, Vlad, or Sheff? Recent history proves that projecting the American League's Most Valuable Player has become a fool's task. Still, through some light detective work, we may be able to narrow the field. |
Salon.com October 8, 2002 Allen Barra |
What do you say now, Bud Selig? The victories of the Angels, Twins and Cards show how empty the owners' and commissioners' arguments were. |
Sports Central August 12, 2005 Jeff Kallman |
Operation Dumbo Drop In the wake of his most humiliating hour, in a career described as brilliant with some understatement, Francisco Rodriguez showed more wisdom than evinced by higher authorities than he in the Angels' chain of command. |
Sports Illustrated June 5, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Seattle's offensive Boone Second baseman's bat has exceeded M's expectations... |
Sports Illustrated June 20, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Balancing act Lineups thrive with versatility more than power... |
Sports Illustrated September 24, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Taking the mound Rotation will have greatest impact on Yankees postseason |
Salon.com October 4, 2002 King Kaufman |
Why isn't Barry Bonds productive? Because of a colossal managerial blunder that has him hitting cleanup instead of leadoff. |
Sports Illustrated October 4, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
On second thought Rethinking early baseball picks with the benefit of hindsight... |
Sports Central March 30, 2005 Adam Russell |
Top 10 Questions For Opening Day Despite the flurry of activity surrounding Major League Baseball's drug policy, the offseason had a number of events that raised an even larger number of questions heading into the first games. |
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. |
Salon.com July 3, 2001 King Kaufman |
Why I don't like Ichiro I know he's gotten 3,373,035 All Star votes, but I don't like his Punch-and-Judy style of batting, and he's not on base enough for a leadoff hitter... |
Sports Central June 12, 2004 David Martin |
The AL in Brief Read about all the current highlights in baseball's American League. |
Sports Central July 25, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
Under the Radar Three teams to watch as the division races heat up are the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, and Arizona Diamondbacks. |
Sports Central August 25, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
AL Wild Card Wild Cards Here's a look at the chase for the AL wild card and examine some possible wild cards each team has. |
Sports Central March 2, 2006 Chris Cornell |
Spring Bounce-Back: Players to Watch Several of Major League Baseball's biggest stars hope to shake off an injury-plagued 2005 and have a turnaround 2006. Here are a few of them. |
Sports Central August 14, 2009 Eric Engberg |
The American League MVP Race Looking at the top contenders, darkhorses and others as candidates for the American League MVP. |
Sports Central July 23, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
The Hottest Team in Baseball One of the teams that may trade for players to help for the stretch run and stands to benefit from the extra wild card is the Oakland Athletics, who are currently baseball's hottest team, posting a 14-2 record in July to go from having the AL's fourth-worst record to its fourth-best. |
Sports Central November 29, 2004 Jon Gonzales |
Omar Vizquel Poised to Save the Bay At 37-years-old, Omar is a man-boy heralded as an everyday player. He can still steal bases, bunt in National League situations, and is a poised to win a World Series. |
Sports Central September 16, 2005 Chris Cornell |
Sox Take a Look in Rearview If the Boston Red Sox thought they could just cruise into the playoffs without getting a fight from the Evil Empire, they'd better think again. |
Sports Illustrated August 14, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Phillies err by antagonizing Rolen Philadelphia advisor Dallas Green pulled a trick out of the bag of an old nemesis, George Steinbrenner, last week when he ripped Phillies third baseman Scott Rolen... |
Sports Illustrated July 8, 2002 Jeff Pearlman |
The Anti-All-Stars Any idiot can assemble an All-Star team. But it takes a real man to put together the official 2002 Major League Baseball All-Dud team. And what better location for this game could there be but Milwaukee? |
Sports Central July 14, 2008 Kyle Jahner |
Diamonds in the Rough Who are the no-names shaping first-half pennant races? |