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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 17, 2005
Adam Russell |
Baseball's Five Biggest Surprises As it is nearly every year, the early part of the Major League Baseball season includes a number of surprises. |
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 Central
June 23, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
Roger(s) Hold 'Em in Texas Two not fully unexpected performances, but remarkable for their ages and compiled years in the majors, are those of pitchers Kenny Rogers, playing for the Texas Rangers, and Roger Clemens, ace of the Houston Astros pitching staff. |
Sports Central
August 8, 2005
Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: Easy as 1, 2, 3 There may be a number of teams who run the gamut for a playoff birth, but pitching wins in the playoffs, and no starting pitching staff is as ominous as the Astros trio. Second in line would be the dominant duo from St. Louis. |
Sports Central
May 1, 2013
Andrew Jones |
April's Early Warning Signs All in all, the 2013 season looks to be an interesting one. Every division seems to have three or four potential contenders. But most likely May will weed out the weaklings and early overachievers. |
Sports Central
November 10, 2004
Diane M. Grassi |
Clemens' Love of the Game Still Rewards Him Love him or hate him, Roger Clemens causes fans to react, and not so much because he played for different teams, but because he has remained for so long as an important figure in the game, and has never backed down or let his teammates down. |
Sports Central
February 27, 2006
Isaac Miller |
2006 MLB Preview: American League It was an interesting offseason in the American League. Yet some burning questions still remain. |
Sports Central
April 25, 2005
Mike Round |
Baseball Rebounds From Grim Winter A summary of the start of the baseball season that lists the strengths of the White Sox and the weaknesses of the Yankees. |
Sports Central
September 5, 2004
Diane M. Grassi |
Yankees' Failures Not News You don't need to be a rocket scientist to see what may be coming. But whatever the outcome this season, the team's 2004 legacy will be mostly about its failed management and ownership, not its players. |
Sports Central
October 6, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Season-Ending Races Live Up to Hype Some say that the same teams in 2005 that succeeded to reach the postseason in Major League Baseball in 2004 are old-hat. But this year, unlike past seasons, the road to success was nothing but routine for several of these perennial winners. |
Sports Central
October 22, 2007
Ricky Dimon |
Who Are These Colorado Rockies? How about one of the greatest Cinderella stories in Major League Baseball history? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Sports Central
April 11, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB's Opening Daze The 2005 Major League Baseball season carries over many of the same story lines from the 2004 season. |
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 Central
September 27, 2005
Kevin Connelly |
And the Award Goes to... Here are the winners of the 2005 NL awards for MVP and Cy Young with less than two weeks remaining in the regular season. |
Sports Central
June 4, 2007
Brad Oremland |
Steroids: Beyond Barry Bonds Spurs win NBA Playoffs... More on Michael Vick... Feeling sorry for Gil Meche... Yadier Molina of the Cardinals fractures his wrist... Despite steroid use, Barry Bonds is still an exceptional athlete... |
Sports Central
June 13, 2007
Bob Ekstrom |
Can Pitching Really Win the AL Pennant? If the old baseball adage holds, these two teams should be locking horns in the ALCS come October, right? Maybe not. |
Salon.com
October 9, 2001
King Kaufman |
Playoff predictions Our writer bravely looks at the baseball games ahead and calls 'em as he sees 'em (while crossing his fingers)... |
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
August 23, 2005
Bob Ekstrom |
AL Pennant: Yanks' For the Taking? Well Beantowners, start your guest lists if you must, but don't set that date for this year's Yankee Elimination Party quite yet. It might not come. The Yanks will be hitting the playoffs in peak form. |
Sports Illustrated
July 24, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Ace in the Hole Mariners righthander Freddy Garcia is quickly developing into a No. 1 starter |
Sports Central
October 10, 2005
Zach Jones |
Ozzie Guillen's "Not So Smart" Ball The three most important factors in the Chicago White Sox' success this season, in order of significance, as well as some thoughts on Ozzie's offensive philosophy. |
Sports Central
September 19, 2006
Zach Jones |
Orioles Thinking Big, Spending Small If the Orioles aren't going to spend like the big boys, they need to start thinking like the little kids and resist the temptation to grab the next aging former star that hits the market. |
Sports Central
August 18, 2009
Eric Engberg |
American League Cy Young Race These are the pitchers who are the front runners and dark horses for the Cy Young award right now. |
Sports Central
July 9, 2009
Brad Oremland |
SC's All-Time MLB Draft (Pt. 3) In a 5-part series, sports columnists compare picks in an all-time MLB draft. |
Sports Central
August 22, 2007
Parimal Rohit |
Orel Hershiser? Meet Brandon Webb! Phoenix may very well be the city where baseball crowns a new champion. |
Sports Central
September 7, 2005
Matt Thomas |
Stretch Run is Full of Hidden Gems As the sun sets on the 2005 Major League Baseball season, a little retrospection is appropriate. |
Sports Central
January 24, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
Clemens' Return a Boon For MLB Roger Clemens' return to the pitching mound will be well worth it for not only Houston fans, but for the over all health of Major League Baseball. |
Sports Central
April 22, 2008
Mike Round |
Ranking MLB Rotations: American League The Cleveland Indians top the list of the top five ranked pitching rotations in the American League. |
Sports Central
June 10, 2004
Eric Poole |
The Best Team in Baseball? The team that might be the best in baseball exists not in real life, but in the land of "couldabeen," as in: "The Pirates 'couldabeen' a great team this year if they 'coulda' kept some players." |
Sports Central
June 4, 2005
Tyson Wirth |
The 10 Greatest Records in Baseball The heroes of baseball past should share the same celebration as Memorial Day, but too often, fans and managers get caught up in the pitching probables of the day, strategic moves that were made or missed, and minor injuries to the game's biggest names. |
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
September 18, 2015
Joe Messineo |
The Top Five Bullpens in Baseball When things are going well for a Major League Baseball team, it's easy for fans to undervalue the role of the bullpen. |
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
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. |
AskMen.com
Paul Bessire |
Top 10: World Series Teams As the 2007 MLB season comes to an end, WhatIfSports.com ranks all 102 previous World Seres winners to find the true top 10 greatest World Series teams in the history of baseball. |
Sports Central
June 12, 2004
David Martin |
The AL in Brief Read about all the current highlights in baseball's American League. |
Sports Central
March 20, 2010
Roy Daniel |
Top Contenders For the 2010 World Series I like to know who has the best shot at winning the World Series before the season starts. For some reason, it makes the season a bit more interesting. |
Salon.com
March 31, 2001
Allen Barra |
Everything you know is wrong The major leagues are more competitive than ever, small-market teams can compete, and home runs and giant salaries aren't ruining the game. Plus: Who's going to Cooperstown? |
Sports Central
September 18, 2003
Marco Santana |
End of Season Baseball Musings A few random musings as the baseball season nears its end. |
Sports Central
August 3, 2004
Diane M. Grassi |
The Have's and the Have Not's Much like we have already seen in terms of competition this Major League Baseball season, the July 31st midseason trade deadline has proven that "parity" seems to be the overall theme this year. |
Sports Illustrated
September 5, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Batteries charged Astros' young guns thrive with help of veteran backstops... |
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. |
Sports Central
November 27, 2005
Matt Thomas |
40 MLB Offseason Moves That Make Sense Some speculation on which Major League Baseball players will change uniforms and which won't -- and which should just hang it up. |
Sports Central
March 10, 2005
Tyson Wirth |
Baseball's Great Secret There was a time when baseball was a game of constants, a game you could rely on. The rules of the game were simple and universal: the Red Sox were cursed, Babe Ruth was without equal, and good pitching was superior to good hitting. |
Sports Central
June 22, 2007
Matt Thomas |
Five Truths About the '07 MLB Season Things aren't what they seem in baseball -- until at least June 1. |
Sports Central
July 3, 2006
Adam Russell |
A Major League All-Star "B" Squad What if ESPN2 decided to stage another all-star game with players who won't be playing next Tuesday? |
