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September 1, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
Why a Pitcher Should Never Win the MVP Pitchers are incredibly valuable to baseball teams. The question as to whether they are the most valuable in their leagues will continue to be debated.   |
Salon.com
August 18, 2000
Allen Barra |
The Rocket is back! Roger Clemens really doesn't give a crap anymore what you think about him, and that's why the New York Yankees will probably take it all again this year. |
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. |
Salon.com
March 28, 2002
Allen Barra |
What Barry Bonds did wrong He's the best player in baseball, but hitting 73 home runs at age 37 isn't just unnatural, it might be ruining the game... |
Sports Illustrated
August 8, 2000
Michael Farber |
Inside Baseball Curt Schilling joins Randy Johnson to give the Diamondbacks a daunting fireballing duo |
Sports Illustrated
August 13, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Look who's talking Players made the right call by not setting a strike date |
Sports Illustrated
August 15, 2002 |
Prior commitment Cubs vow not to overwork their phenom pitcher |
Sports Central
December 5, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
Three For the Hall, First Ballot Let's begin a Hall of Fame Class of 2015-to-be examination with a look at the new ballot arrivals. |
Salon.com
July 25, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
Hall of Fame hurlers After Clemens and Maddux, which active pitchers are on their way to Cooperstown? |
Sports Illustrated
August 6, 2002
Tom Verducci |
The rich get richer The emergence of young hurlers fortifies Atlanta's rotation. |
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
December 5, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
They're First Ballot Hall of Famers, End of Discussion If Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine don't become first-ballot Hall of Famers (and you can throw Frank Thomas into this mix, too), forget who's going to have some splainin' to do -- there ought to be an investigation. |
Sports Illustrated
September 18, 2000
Jack McCallum |
Missed opportunity Why isn't Pedro baseball's premier pitchman? |
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 Illustrated
April 20, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Home runs getting you down? Baseball Q&A: Dave Stieb... bored with home run after home run?... why isn't anyone hitting .400?... etc. |
Sports Central
October 9, 2015
Joe Messineo |
Previewing the Mets/Dodgers NLDS When the New York Mets, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, face off in the division series of the baseball playoffs beginning Friday, fans could be in store for the best pitching performances seen anywhere in the postseason. |
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 Central
February 20, 2011
Jess Coleman |
How Pitchers Can Prevent Injuries Every year, over 25% of the money spent on Major League Baseball pitchers is spent on pitchers on the disabled list. |
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. |
Salon.com
October 30, 2001
King Kaufman |
Big mistake, Arizona If you want to beat the Yankees in a World Series, don't win the first two games... |
Sports Illustrated
July 18, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Maddux's march toward history A look at Maddux's history and a comparison with other pitchers who won 250 games by the time they were his age... Magglio Ordonez... John Rocker... |
Sports Central
July 16, 2013
Brad Oremland |
A Moneyball Primer For David Wells The unfortunate downside is that when people try to explain why they don't like sabermetrics, they usually don't know what they're talking about. |
Sports Central
July 8, 2009
Jeff Kallman |
SC's All-Time MLB Draft (Pt. 2) Sports columnists choose an all time MLB team. |
Sports Central
October 1, 2004
M. Edward Guest |
Pedro and Boston: One Last October? The distinguished hurler for the Boston Red Sox has posted 16-9 record with a 3.90 ERA, for a team that recently clinched a spot in the postseason. Yet, Martinez is a frustrated man, witnessing the worst season of his career. |
Sports Central
July 3, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
The Bright, Elusive Butterflies of Cy They don't just speak of R.A. Dickey as the likely or most obvious candidate to start this year's All-Star Game; they're talking about his possibilities for bagging the Cy Young Award. |
Sports Central
August 27, 2004
Vincent Musco |
Cy Johan: AL Cy Young Breakdown Minnsota Twins' pitching ace Johan Santana is stacking the stats to be the American League's Cy Young winner. But he has some uncontrollable factors against him -- such as pitching in Minnesota. |
Sports Illustrated
June 13, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Interleague played-out Baseball's experiment may have run its course... |
Sports Central
August 28, 2012
Andrew Jones |
What's With All This Perfection? The recent history of baseball shows us that perfect games aren't pitched only by the aces of the game. |
Sports Illustrated
October 24, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Seventh Heaven Can a pair of aces keep the Yankees from another title? |
Sports Illustrated
November 6, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Greatness on display Hall of Fame-bound hurlers were the story of Game 7... |
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
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 Illustrated
May 14, 2002
Josh Elliott |
Into Thin Air Mike Hampton has struggled with his control and lost his confidence in Colorado... |
Sports Central
February 23, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
Five Aces, Five Falls, One Coach Who Learned the Hard Way The Washington Nationals say Stephen Strasburg won't be limited in his 2012 starts, but will be limited in his total innings' workload this season. |
Sports Central
April 26, 2010
Kyle Jahner |
Catching On Who are the two major league pitchers with 3 wins, and an ERA and WHIP each below 1.00? |
Sports Illustrated
July 24, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Ace in the Hole Mariners righthander Freddy Garcia is quickly developing into a No. 1 starter |
Sports Illustrated
February 26, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Pitchers strike out Umps will call 'em high, but Maddux is down and out... |
Sports Illustrated
June 5, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Solving the steroids problem Players have the power to clean up baseball. |
Sports Illustrated
January 31, 2002
Tom Verducci |
A step backward Year-After Effect could strike many pitchers in '02... |
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
April 24, 2001
Jeff Pearlman |
Off and Running The majors are teeming with fast starters, but what do amazing Aprils mean in the long haul? |
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 Illustrated
July 30, 2002
Tom Verducci |
A glimmer of hope Opponents could benefit as the Yankees' rotation struggles. |
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
March 21, 2008
Mike Round |
MLB 2008 Preview: NL's Best Rotations A look at the pitching staff of six NL MLB teams. |
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
April 1, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
Santana, Down for the Count, Maybe Career We love to watch men with the mindsets of bulldogs on the field or on the mound. We don't always stop to think that the very thing we admire about them could be the very thing that finishes them before their time. |
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
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
January 17, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
The Dutchman and Other HOF Thoughts Well, now. I no longer have to apologize for championing Bert Blyleven as a Hall of Famer, which I've done for about the previous decade. He finally made it in his final try with the Baseball Writers Association of America. |
