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Salon.com
August 27, 2002
King Kaufman |
Baseball greetings, Ernie Harwell The voice of the Tigers has broadcast more big league games than anyone. His retirement breaks one of the last links to an age when fans knew the home team through one man's words.   |
AskMen.com
August 6, 2003
Matthew Simpson |
Top 10: Legendary Sportscasters They toy with emotions, making heroes out of players and entertaining the masses. With that, here are the top 10 legendary sportscasters according to their popularity and staying power. |
Salon.com
October 12, 1999
Gary Kaufman |
Vin Scully For 50 years, an Irish redhead from the Bronx has been the gold standard for baseball announcers. |
Salon.com
August 6, 2002
King Kaufman |
Chick Hearn, R.I.P. Even in his 80s, the Voice of the Lakers never turned into a lovable grandpa type, but that Gatling-gun voice rat-a-tatted play- by-play with astonishing speed and clarity. |
Sports Central
March 13, 2014
Kevin Beane |
Thoughts on Old Announcers Being Sent to Pasture Sometimes a network feels their hand is forced as sports broadcasters get up in years and their booth performance suffers. I see two flaws with that, however. |
Sports Central
January 2, 2006
Jeff Kallman |
Remembering Baseball Legends Lost A tribute to baseball legends who died in 2005. |
Salon.com
April 25, 2001
King Kaufman |
Almost triumphant You win some, you lose some, some get rained out. No hard feelings. Except for me... |
Sports Central
October 31, 2012
Stephen Kerr |
Defending America's Pastime Now that San Francisco has swept Detroit, and this year's World Series is over, I'll watch some good pro and college football and basketball. But I'm already counting down the days until spring training starts another season. Hurry back, baseball! |
Sports Central
April 10, 2008
Kevin Beane |
The Sports Announcer Column (Pt. 2) A look at solid sports announcers worthy of wider praise, even if they are not worthy of the Pantheon. |
Salon.com
July 31, 2002
King Kaufman |
30 more memorable moments Baseball's list tends toward the recent and positive, so here are some alternatives, unvarnished. |
Sports Central
March 27, 2011
Jess Coleman |
Can You Buy Wins in Baseball? Could the Yankees' unlimited sum of cash really result in an astonishing 27 World Championships? |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: 2008 Baseball Games To Watch You can't watch every game, so you should at least try to catch some of these must-see games. |
Salon.com
May 2, 2001
Allen Barra |
Damn Twins! The standings better turn upside down, or baseball's "small markets can't compete" argument is going to look pretty silly... |
Salon.com
October 8, 2000
King Kaufman |
Why baseball beats football The ump blew the call! My team got robbed! Thank goodness there's no instant replay. Plus: The Yankees aren't the '64 Phillies. Get over it... |
Sports Central
February 28, 2008
Kevin Beane |
The Sports Announcer Column (Pt. 1) If you value a voice that provides good background music to the game, here are three of the best. |
Salon.com
April 3, 2002
Allen Barra |
Baseball 2002: The fix isn't in So you think the big-market teams have it all locked up? Then I guess you'll be betting on the Los Angeles Dodgers... |
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
November 8, 2001
Frank Deford |
"Eccentricities of genius": The World Series Game 7 had it all and then some... |
Sports Central
February 16, 2006
Jeff Pohlmeyer |
Major League Baseball 2006 Preview NL East: 1. New York Mets... 2. Atlanta Braves... NL Central: 1. St. Louis Cardinals... 2. Milwaukee Brewers... |
Sports Central
February 21, 2006
Joe Pietaro |
Wilt vs. Kobe: Bigger Accomplishment? Both players had historic games and should be credited with such. But which one was the bigger accomplishment? |
Sports Central
March 25, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
The Deacon's Due Nicknamed the Deacon because of his devout faith, Vernon Law managed to negotiate a baseball life without falling into the traps to which professional athletes are too often prey. |
Sports Central
August 9, 2004
Hank Waddles |
Dodgers Aiming For Playoff Success Thanks to the new GM's guidance, Dodger fans can look forward to watching their team win games in October for the first time in 16 years. And this time, it won't take a miracle. |
Salon.com
August 22, 2001
Allen Barra |
Stop bad-mouthing baseball Sentimental sports columnists moan about its demise, even though the facts don't support their arguments... |
Sports Central
December 31, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
2011: Dickens Flummoxed Baseball's 2011 season was the best of times and it was the worst of times. |
Sports Central
January 24, 2006
Chris Cornell |
The Significance of Kobe's Big Night To put Kobe Bryant's incredible achievement of solo 81 points in a single game into perspective, one only needs to look at the record books. |
Sports Central
May 24, 2005
Kevin Connelly |
Take Me Out to the Brawl Game In no way shape or form is it acceptable to turn a sporting event into a sparring match ... right? Try telling that to a handful of fans at Dodger Stadium. |
Salon.com
June 13, 2001
Allen Barra |
By George, he's back Steinbrenner lashes out at the Yankees, just like old times. And this time, he's actually got a point... |
Sports Central
March 6, 2006
Isaac Miller |
2006 MLB Preview: National League Look for an exciting A's/Cards World Series. St. Louis will be the best team in baseball for the third straight year, and LaRussa's club will finally have a ring to show for it. |
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
September 2, 2015
Joe Messineo |
Takeaways From the Cubs/Dodgers Series The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers squared off in a three-game series. So what did we learn from watching these contenders go at it? |
Sports Illustrated
September 17, 2002
Jeff Pearlman |
The Boys of September As the days dwindle down and rosters swell, baseball fans can sneak a peek at next season's phenoms -- and applaud the guys who can't believe they're in the Bigs. |
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. |
Salon.com
October 17, 2000
King Kaufman |
Save me, Alex Rodriguez We non-New Yorkers implore the baseball gods: Please don't make us suffer a Subway Series. |
Sports Central
June 3, 2005
Eric Poole |
Baseball of a Different Color While "September Swoon" sometimes gets bogged down in game accounts, it's worthwhile reading for its coverage of race and baseball, particularly in reference to the Philadelphia Phillies' Dick Allen, regarded as baseball's first black superstar malcontent. |
Sports Central
December 31, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2014: The Year in Review Baseball did a lot of blinking during 2014. Not to mention winking, nodding, prodding, clodding, and thrilling. |
Sports Central
November 7, 2005
Jeff Kallman |
Credible Evidence and a Fresh Beer A post season analysis of major league baseball. |
Sports Central
January 12, 2006
Jeff Kallman |
Remembering Baseball Legends Lost (Pt. 2) Part two of a tribute to baseball legends who died in 2005. |
Sports Central
April 5, 2007
Scott Shepherd |
Baseball's Back, and Not a Second Too Late Here's a look at some of the things that make baseball great. |
Salon.com
April 2, 2001
King Kaufman |
Where have you gone, Bill Grabarkewitz? An oral history of the Los Angeles Dodgers forgoes baseball for gossip, and leaves a hometown boy wondering where his memories fit into the picture... |
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. |
Sports Central
October 18, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
NLCS Game 5: Fun, Fun, Fun "If you're not having fun in the playoffs," Adrian Gonzalez said after the Dodgers banked Game 5, "then you don't deserve to be here." |
Sports Central
July 1, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
Mad Max, Chasing Face? This season, winning 12 without a loss at this writing, Max Scherzer's more than a feel-good story, he's almost the story for the otherwise Al Central-leading Tigers. |
Sports Central
January 19, 2012
Bob Ekstrom |
Clippers' Time Still Not at Hand Last Saturday night, the Clippers beat the Lakers in the first regular season meeting of these Los Angeles neighbors since the Clippers hit the talent buffet with both hands this offseason, and the basketball world is giddy. |
Salon.com
November 1, 2002
Allen Barra |
Why nobody watched the World Series Blame it on late games and regionalism -- not the great baseball. And has anybody checked the NBA ratings lately? |
Sports Central
June 21, 2010
Joshua Duffy |
Lessons From Baseball's First Half At nearly the half-way point of the Major League Baseball season, we have a pretty good idea now of who is going to be what. |
Sports Illustrated
October 24, 2000
E.M. Swift |
Scorecard A Chicago-born Bostonian grudgingly concedes New York's sports primacy... |
Sports Central
May 31, 2008
Ben Feller |
Why Baseball Needs Replay Now The main reason for replay is to get the calls correct. Another is for baseball to start to shy away from its old school image. |
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
May 1, 2011
Jess Coleman |
Where Have Our Values Gone? There used to be a time when the mess of the federal government did not leak into the American psyche that innocently operated within the confinement of football and baseball fields, hockey rinks, and basketball courts. |
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. |
