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Sports Central
March 22, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
Great Players Becoming Great Managers At this writing, Don Mattingly could become a genuinely great manager in time or the next Mel Ott, a genuinely great player who went genuinely into the tank as a manager. Robin Ventura could go either way, too.   |
Sports Central
February 21, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
The Not-So-Great Yankee Double Switch One day after the 1964 World Series ended with the St. Louis Cardinals defeating the New York Yankees, both Series managers were out, and one of them went to work for the team he'd just opposed. |
Sports Central
September 29, 2005
Jeff Kallman |
Remembering a Legend: Casey Stengel The youth of today's America could learn a few things from the legendary baseball manager -- the man Richie Ashburn called "the happiest man I've ever seen." |
Sports Central
May 28, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
So, What's in a Retired Number? Haven't the Yankees retired way too many numbers? |
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
September 22, 2008
Jeff Kallman |
"Fort Apache, Yankee Stadium" All this season's eulogizing the big ball orchard in the Bronx has been gushy, mushy, sentimental, and mostly on the mark. |
Sports Central
August 30, 2006
Will Tidey |
Just a Perfect Day In 1956, Don Larsen pitched a no-hit, no-run, no-man-reach-first game in a World Series. |
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
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
January 2, 2006
Jeff Kallman |
Remembering Baseball Legends Lost A tribute to baseball legends who died in 2005. |
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 Central
May 28, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
From Players to Owners: Now Gwynn Wants a Shot Nolan Ryan may have started something. His fellow Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn seems to have a hankering to become a baseball owner. |
Sports Central
October 17, 2007
Jeff Kallman |
Famous Last Words Arizona Diamondbacks' outfielder Eric Byrnes joins a distinguished lineup of men who found themselves having to eat words, if not dirt, when the final results were tabulated. |
Sports Central
January 6, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
Jerry Coleman, RIP It was how Coleman spoke of live baseball from the Padres' broadcast booth that endeared him to Padres and other fans and, finally, enshrined him in the Hall of Fame in 2005 as a Frick Award winner. |
Sports Central
January 5, 2004
Jeff Kallman |
2003: Never a Dull Moment "We try every way we can do to kill this game," Sparky Anderson once said of baseball, "but for some reason, nothing nobody does never hurts it." That was then, this is now. Nothing nobody does never hurts it still, but lots of people do continue to embarrass it. |
Sports Central
November 5, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
La Russa, Out on Top Tony La Russa decided to retire when he was at the absolute top of his game, two days after he finished shepherding the St. Louis Cardinals to the unlikeliest World Series triumph of ... maybe ever. |
Sports Central
December 7, 2004
Jeff Kallman |
Baseball's Oldest Profession, Revisited Anyone who thinks cheating in baseball began in earnest with the Fabulous BALCO Boys is in dire need of a history lesson. Class is now in session. |
Sports Central
July 3, 2013
Adam Russell |
Five Predictions For MLB's Second Half Without delay, here are my five predictions for the second half of the 2013 Major League Baseball season. |
Sports Central
July 2, 2012
Adam Russell |
Five Predictions By the Late Casey Stengel "There are five things that will happen by the end of this baseball season, and for some odd reason I've been sent to tell you what they are." |
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
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
October 25, 2005
Jeff Kallman |
Random World Series Observations Comparing Brad Lidge to Byung-Hyun Kim is unfair... There's no further reason to insist that baseball requires a salary cap for competitive balance... Larry Bowa as Yankees' third base coach the first step to becoming manager?... etc. |
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
April 23, 2013
Brad Oremland |
Warren Spahn's Prime Joe Posnanski wrote in a post about the greatest pitchers of all time that "Warren Spahn sustained a long career, but did not have the dominant peak." That characterization surprised me. |
Sports Central
April 20, 2004
Jeff Kallman |
O Coogan's Bluff By the time I was of age and awareness enough to know and imbibe the spirit of the game properly enough, the Giants had departed on the coattails of the Brooklyn Dodgers. |
Salon.com
October 6, 2000
Allen Barra |
Where was George? The Yankees ended the season with a swan dive for the ages, and all their once-cantankerous owner could muster was a shrug... |
Sports Central
September 26, 2011
Paul Foeller |
Kings of the Hill The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees have been the unquestioned leaders of their respective leagues some time now. |
Sports Central
October 13, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
What Happened to the Yanks? The 2005 postseason for the New York Yankees followed one of the most challenging of all regular seasons for manager Joe Torre. |
Sports Central
April 9, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
Joe West Has Game, Unfortunately God knows (as does His servant Casey Stengel) that I had better things to write about on the day after Opening Days. |
Salon.com
October 17, 2001
Allen Barra |
The decline and fall of the Yankees -- I mean, the A's Ancient arrogance beats the youthful variety -- this time... |
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
September 24, 2015
Kevin Beane |
Yogi Berra, 1925-2015 Yogi Berra was a character and I'm grateful he made it to the ripe old age of 90 before passing away Tuesday night. |
Sports Central
June 20, 2004
M. Edward Guest |
Are the Yankees Back? With new additions all over the field, the New York Yankees are once again romping through the regular season, despite some key injuries. Yet, does it really matter? Even if the Yankees win 105-110 games? |
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? |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2012
John Grgurich |
How to Beat the S&P 500 by 400% Introducing the "Stengel 50," a group of companies that have outperformed the S&P 500 by 400% on average since 2001 by marketing guru Jim Stengel in his new book, Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profits at the World's Greatest Companies. |
