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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)... |
Salon.com October 1, 2002 King Kaufman |
Picking winners In the baseball playoffs, the National League teams all look vulnerable and the American League teams all look unbeatable. Something's gotta give. |
Sports Central February 29, 2004 Mike Guenther |
New Faces in New Places It's time to weigh in on how the latest baseball offseason's player movement will affect the National League in 2004. |
Sports Illustrated October 1, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Truth Be Told Beware conventional wisdom. Here are 10 myths of these October playoffs, and our expert is happy to dispel them |
Sports Illustrated August 8, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Indians' comeback triggers questions The Cleveland Indians came from 12 runs down with nine outs to go to beat the Mariners Sunday night. That historic event leads to two key questions... |
Salon.com October 16, 2001 King Kaufman |
Playoff picking, but not grinning Our writer boldly holds forth on the Yankees, the Mariners and the most hideous uniforms in baseball, and asks himself, "How many times can you be wrong about one team?" |
Salon.com September 19, 2002 King Kaufman |
Curt Schilling needs the ball The five-man rotation steals starts from aces and gives them to lesser arms. When will a manager have the guts to ditch it? |
AskMen.com April 9, 2002 Matthew Ross |
A Preview Of The 2002 MLB Season Now that the baseball season is upon us, I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at which teams are the ones to watch for this season... |
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 Illustrated October 9, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Rotation proclamation This MLB postseason proves that depth is vital to a winning staff |
Salon.com August 31, 2002 King Kaufman |
Savoring the season that almost wasn't 2002 hasn't been a classic, but it's great that the heroics of Schilling, A-Rod and the rest won't be lost. |
Sports Illustrated October 1, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Four-warning Go on short rest or take a gamble, that is the question for managers in Baseball's playoffs. |
Sports Central July 19, 2011 Robert Cobb |
Pirates, Indians Are Best Stories of 2011 With the second half of baseball officially in gear, both Cleveland and Pittsburgh have given their football-starved fans something to hold their attention until Browns and Steelers training camps resume. |
Salon.com October 8, 2002 King Kaufman |
America loves underdogs Just not enough to watch them play. Too bad, because the baseball teams that are still alive are a stone gas. |
Sports Illustrated June 13, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Interleague played-out Baseball's experiment may have run its course... |
Sports Central August 18, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
NL Wild Card Wild Cards A break down of the NL wild card race, including a list of the wild cards each team has as they fight for the all important fourth playoff spot. |
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. |
Sports Illustrated August 20, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Difference makers Complementary players will impact the stretch run for baseball's pennants. |
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 Illustrated August 1, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Making sense of all the deadline deals Every year baseball begins to more closely resemble its fantasy version, rotisserie ball. This July saw a ridiculous amount of rumors and trades. The trading period does generate short-term publicity, but is all this carpetbagging good for the game? The jury is still out.... |
Salon.com March 31, 2001 King Kaufman |
Nine predictions and nine observations The Yankees won't do it again, the A's will go far. And stop calling them "ballparks"! |
Sports Illustrated October 16, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
Postseason File: Braves vs. Diamondbacks Overall the Braves have to scratch out base hits and hope one of their big guns drives the runners home... |
Sports Illustrated October 9, 2001 |
The Unofficial Awards Our baseball writers offer their picks in some less-than-major awards categories... |
Salon.com July 2, 2002 King Kaufman |
You call those guys All-Stars? I got all set to write a column blasting the Yankees and Diamondbacks managers for their hometown favoritism. I sat down and figured out my own All-Star squads -- and guess what? They're not that different from the ones Torre and Brenly chose. |
Sports Central January 24, 2007 Mike Round |
MLB Pitchers Exploit Tight Market A look at the value of MLB pitchers. |
Sports Illustrated July 5, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Rumors, rumors Trade talk heats up as July 31 deadline approaches |
Sports Central July 14, 2005 Derek Daggett |
MLB Second-Half Predictions Armed with 80+ games of knowledge, here is how the remainder of the 2005 Major League Baseball season should break down, division by glorious division. |
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 Illustrated June 5, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Seattle's offensive Boone Second baseman's bat has exceeded M's expectations... |
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. |
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 Illustrated September 24, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Taking the mound Rotation will have greatest impact on Yankees postseason |
Salon.com October 26, 2001 King Kaufman |
The Yankees in six There. I said it. The Diamondbacks have a shot, but not really... |
Sports Illustrated July 26, 2000 Stephen Cannella |
Chat Reel: SI's Stephen Cannella Rumors and reality as July 31 deadline approaches |
Sports Central August 1, 2011 Ross Lancaster |
The Run Home Despite the fact that the trade deadline doesn't always have blockbuster deals, it does signify that the regular season has only two months remaining and that pennant races are about to heat up. |
Sports Illustrated October 24, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Scouts honor Advanced reports are key to Yankees' success... |
Sports Central March 3, 2005 Diane M. Grassi |
Yankees Hopeful Winter Deals Pay Off The Yankees appear substantially better off for the 2005 season, given their pitching acquisitions, but doubts still remain for the long haul in center field and at first base. |
Sports Illustrated July 2, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
All the Answers In the game of prognostication you use every available tool. We've gazed into our Magic 8 Ball to see how the remainder of the baseball season will play out |
Sports Central October 24, 2006 Diane M. Grassi |
World Series So Far a Snoozer MLB's 2006 postseason has been lethargic and limp. |
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 Illustrated September 25, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Still feeling the effects Baseball moves forward, but will never forget... |
Sports Illustrated November 7, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Contraction and speculation Where are baseball's top players headed? |
Sports Central August 1, 2007 Mark Janzen |
MLB Trade Deadline Day Duds Does the trade deadline really warrant the season-changing hype it seams to garner each year? |
Sports Central July 14, 2008 Kyle Jahner |
Diamonds in the Rough Who are the no-names shaping first-half pennant races? |
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 Illustrated October 25, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
World Series Breakdown In theory the Diamondbacks have enough to win the Series -- Schilling and Johnson just have to win all four of their starts. That's easier said than done against the Yankees, though, who have dominant starters of their own and are smart enough to steal one of those games... |
Sports Central March 5, 2009 Mike Round |
Forget Steroids and Recession: Play Ball! Here's a look around MLB's American and National Leagues and predictions for the upcoming season. |
Sports Central October 14, 2015 Jeff Kallman |
NLDS: Clubs (er, Cubs) Go to NLCS Believe it. The Chicago Cubs have clubbed their way into the National League Championship Series. |
Sports Illustrated April 30, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Surprise starter There may be no pitcher more important to the Mariners' World Series aspirations than Joel Pineiro, a 23-year-old right-hander with all of eight career wins. Pineiro could be the missing piece in the Mariners' rotation... |
Sports Illustrated October 8, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
Chat Reel Close matchups highlight a wide open baseball postseason... |