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Sports Central
June 17, 2006
Bijan C. Bayne |
Lost in Space: Bill Lee Interview An interview with Bill Lee, whose outspokenness and wit has overshadowed a fine pitching career in which he won 17 games three years running, and gave up only a walk every four innings in his heyday.   |
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
January 27, 2009
Jeff Kallman |
Cooperstown Calling Commentary about recent Hall of Fame selections. |
Sports Illustrated
September 6, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Making a case for Pedro Martinez With 16 wins, Pedro Martinez has a shot at winning 20. What does he have to do to win the Cy Young award? I thought he was already the clear frontrunner, but the mailbag brought some disagreement. |
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 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 Illustrated
May 3, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Having a ball with the Hall Baseball Q&A: Chance of Mark Grace or Dale Murphy in Hall of Fame?... How does Johnson compare to Koufax?... Who will close for the Royals if Ricky Bottalico continues to struggle?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
July 20, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Squeezing Carter Hall festivities will be without the superior catcher |
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 Illustrated
September 18, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Defending Barry Postseason failures have no bearing on this year's MVP race. |
Sports Central
November 7, 2005
Jeff Kallman |
Credible Evidence and a Fresh Beer A post season analysis of major league baseball. |
Sports Illustrated
June 15, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Putting stock in Bonds' MVP chances Let's start out with a couple of questions about the guy who's really been the best hitter in the National League so far. Hint: it's not Sosa or Rey Ordonez. |
Sports Central
November 14, 2010
Jeff Kallman |
The Wrong Expansion For Baseball MLB thinks the way to solve baseball's image and primacy problems is to expand the postseason. |
Sports Illustrated
April 26, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Exciting Expos expect to contend Staring you in the face the moment you set foot in the Montreal Expos clubhouse is a message in foot-high letters painted across a bright yellow wall: Why Not Us? Why Not Now?... |
Sports Illustrated
December 28, 2001
Tom Verducci |
One voter's Hall of Fame ballot Nearly every year, one name is added to the Hall of Fame ballot that gives me more trouble than usual. Eleven players are on the ballot for the first time this year. Only one of them emerged as a truly agonizing, tough call: Andre Dawson... |
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
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 Illustrated
March 21, 2001
Jeff Pearlman |
No chance Several baseball clubs gearing up for long seasons... Padres... Mariners' pitching staff... Dodgers... etc. |
Sports Central
January 3, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2013: Unrealities Baseball's 2013 included a few hallucinations and several surrealities. Some might have wished some of the hallucinations were real even as others might have wished some of what was real was merely a hallucination. |
Sports Illustrated
June 5, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Solving the steroids problem Players have the power to clean up baseball. |
Sports Illustrated
March 7, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Expos still interested in Rocker |
Sports Illustrated
April 26, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Vlad, undervalued? Believe it Baseball Q&A: Who is over/under rated?... Considering how thin starting pitching is, why don't managers entertain the idea of returning to the days of four-man rotations?... Are the Braves interested in acquiring A-Rod in the off-season?... etc. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2003
Jim Kaat |
The Mechanics Of Baseball Baseball has evolved in favor of the hitter. Here are nine factors that have changed the game. |
Sports Illustrated
October 24, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Closers and Cooperstown Have you been wondering about managerial vacancies around baseball, what's going to happen to the Braves or how the heck a relief pitcher is supposed to get into the Hall? So have your fellow readers... |
Sports Central
January 2, 2006
Jeff Kallman |
Remembering Baseball Legends Lost A tribute to baseball legends who died in 2005. |
Sports Illustrated
July 3, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Not what it seems Jays may have gotten better end of Mondesi trade |
Sports Illustrated
October 8, 2001
Phil Taylor |
Not so fast Baseball overlooks one thing when saluting past stars: the pre-1947 exclusion of black players from the major leagues... |
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
June 13, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Interleague played-out Baseball's experiment may have run its course... |
Sports Central
March 16, 2010
Kyle Jahner |
Musical Chairs Here are some of the biggest offseason developments in MLB. |
Sports Central
March 17, 2008
Matt Thomas |
MLB 2008: 15 Reasons to Watch Fifteen examples of what is sure to be served up on your Major League Baseball plate over the course of the upcoming season. |
Sports Illustrated
April 24, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Check your calendar Despite some feel-good stories in Major League Baseball, keep in mind it's only April... |
Sports Central
March 17, 2005
Kevin Beane |
Remember the Expos A retrospective of the Expos history in Montreal as they make their new home in Washington, DC. |
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 Central
July 28, 2010
Ross Lancaster |
Don't Forget About the Team The focus with the Texas Rangers seems to be more on the ongoing ownership battle that has been played out in Texas courtrooms over the last several months. |
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
January 17, 2001
Allen Barra |
PGA honchos to world: We're even bigger jerks than you thought! Plus: Why aren't Gary Carter and Joe Torre in the Hall? |
Sports Central
May 4, 2010
Jeff Kallman |
The Letter of the Law, Written and Otherwise Baseball, for all its controversies and crises, remains as invigorating a game in discourse as it is in play. |
Sports Illustrated
April 18, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Every team's a contender in April Cubs and Twins fans get rare taste of baseball excitement... |
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. |
BusinessWeek
April 26, 2004
Symonds, Lowry, Polek & Weber |
Breaking The Curse Can John Henry's Red Sox finally win a World Series? |
Sports Illustrated
July 2, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Half-season awards In this trying year for baseball, let's recognize the positives. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
5 Things You Didn't Know: MLB With the 2008 season well underway, let's take a look through the complicated history of the league and pro baseball to present five things you didn't know about Major League Baseball. |
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 Illustrated
June 20, 2000
Michael Farber |
Scorecard The Expos may leave behind -- don't laugh -- a great baseball town |
Sports Central
August 16, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
Johnny Pesky, RIP: He Only Held Your Heart At Fenway's centenary, Johnny Pesky sat warmly at second base, in his wheelchair, moved to tears during the pre-game ceremony. As Red Sox Nation and just about everyone in or near baseball is moved to tears for losing, really, the next best thing we have to our baseball grandfather. |
Sports Central
July 9, 2009
Jonathan Lowe |
Shame in Their Fame? Next Tuesday will be a night when older baseball stars show off for the masses, and rising performers will stake their claim to future success. |
Sports Central
November 2, 2010
Jeff Kallman |
A Bunt, a Bomb, and the Giants Win Oh, what a feeling it must be to be Aubrey Huff and Edgar Renteria. |
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. |
