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Sports Illustrated September 18, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Defending Barry Postseason failures have no bearing on this year's MVP race. |
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. |
Salon.com September 29, 2000 Allen Barra |
The greatness of Barry Bonds Sure, he's totally unlovable, but the San Francisco Giants superstar is still the best player in the National League, and maybe the best in baseball... |
Sports Central July 19, 2004 Brad Oremland |
Statistically Significant In light of the rising popularity of fantasy sports, should the media stop focusing on baseball's Triple Crown statistics and focus on the numbers that matter? |
Sports Central February 18, 2005 Bijan C. Bayne |
Bonds' Stock Falling: Was Barry Ever "Best"? For three years, assorted scribes, radio sports talk hosts, and ESPN heads have declared Barry Bonds as either the greatest ballplayer of all-time, the best hitter who ever lived, or the best player active today. |
Sports Illustrated August 22, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
Better Than Ever While others pursue the home run record, Sammy Sosa is having his finest season... |
Salon.com October 4, 2002 King Kaufman |
Why isn't Barry Bonds productive? Because of a colossal managerial blunder that has him hitting cleanup instead of leadoff. |
Sports Central July 15, 2004 Hank Waddles |
Triple Crown Immune to Offensive Inflation As today's sluggers continue their onslaught on the record book, one exclusive club remains beyond their reach: the remarkable feat of leading the league in batting average, homeruns, and RBIs. |
Salon.com October 19, 2002 King Kaufman |
Cinderella, Goliath and other Series myths With the Giants and Angels set to meet in the Fall Classic, it's time for Fox TV and other pundits to manufacture drama. |
Sports Central August 23, 2004 Piet Van Leer |
NL MVP? It's No Contest If numbers alone dictated the National League's Most Valuable Player, there would be plenty of debate. But they don't, so there isn't. |
Salon.com October 25, 2002 Allen Barra |
Barry and the Babe Forget the nostalgia freaks droning on and on about the Mythical White Ballplayer era. Barry Bonds is the greatest player in baseball history. |
Sports Illustrated October 4, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
On second thought Rethinking early baseball picks with the benefit of hindsight... |
Salon.com April 1, 2002 Joan Walsh |
Barry Bonds' 2001 season Many baseball fans will never adore the San Francisco Giants' moody superstar. But en route to perhaps the greatest individual season in the sport's history, Bonds emerged as the wounded hero of a wounded nation... |
Sports Central July 26, 2011 Brad Oremland |
Barry Bonds, on the Edge of Cooperstown A Hall of Fame that doesn't recognize Barry Bonds isn't serving its mission. |
Salon.com April 18, 2001 Joan Walsh |
A strange love Or: How one Giants fan learned to stop worrying and love Barry Bonds, just in time to appreciate his 500th home run... |
Salon.com September 25, 2002 King Kaufman |
MVP: Bonds and A-Rod, and it ain't close Let's cut the talk about reserving the award for a player on a winning team. The best player in the league is the most valuable, whoever he plays for. |
Salon.com September 22, 2000 Joan Walsh |
Who let the dogs out? If you don't know, you haven't been following the best team -- and the best kept secret -- in baseball. |
Sports Illustrated July 26, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
Utter anonymity The Angels have quietly become a force in the AL West. |
Salon.com June 20, 2001 Allen Barra |
The best season ever? Barry Bonds is on his way, if you look at the stat -- and it isn't home runs -- that measures offensive performance most accurately... |
Sports Illustrated June 7, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
Little Giant With all eyes on Bonds, Aurilia quietly thrives... |
Popular Mechanics April 2005 Allen St. John |
Barry the Babe Who's the better hitter? When Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants bats for Babe Ruth's record a few weeks from now, it'll be a whole new ballgame for stat-obsessed fans. |
Salon.com July 3, 2001 King Kaufman |
Why I don't like Ichiro I know he's gotten 3,373,035 All Star votes, but I don't like his Punch-and-Judy style of batting, and he's not on base enough for a leadoff hitter. |
Salon.com October 28, 2002 King Kaufman |
One last surprise After six nights of roller coaster weirdness, the Angels and Giants played a relatively uneventful Game 7. And when it was over, Anaheim almost looked like fun. |
Sports Central August 24, 2010 Brad Oremland |
The Best First Basemen in History Where great first basemen of the last 20 years stack up historically? |
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 March 19, 2002 Tom Verducci |
The Blended Hitter Examining the rare breed who combine power and contact... |
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 Illustrated July 19, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
Got your back All sluggers benefit from having protection in their lineup. |
Salon.com October 19, 2002 Joan Walsh |
Giants in six Baseball experts are swooning for the scrappy Angels. But the Giants are scrappy too -- and they're a better team. |
Sports Central August 15, 2009 Eric Engberg |
The National League MVP Race This list of contenders for the sought-after award includes top contenders, darkhorses and not-yets. |
Sports Illustrated October 30, 2002 Rick Reilly |
'Back Off or I'll Snap!' Don't you feel a little sorry for Barry Bonds? Nobody, not even Barry Bonds, deserves a World Series week like he just had. |
Sports Illustrated August 7, 2002 Tom Verducci |
MVP gets an INC. It's too soon to determine who should win baseball's MVP awards. |
Salon.com August 30, 2001 Joan Walsh |
If Jeff Kent were black The San Francisco Giants' All-Star second baseman got off easy for blasting Barry Bonds to Sports Illustrated, because the media likes him and hates Bonds. Could race (say it isn't so!) have anything to do with it? |
Sports Illustrated September 25, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Diamondbacks in the rough On the eve of the playoffs, Arizona feels the heat. |
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 30, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
Getting a Grip Ryan Klesko, with newfound discipline at bat, has powered the surprising Padres... |
Sports Illustrated August 20, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Difference makers Complementary players will impact the stretch run for baseball's pennants. |
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 Central July 17, 2012 Brad Oremland |
The 1935 National League MVP Who was the most valuable player in the National League in 1935? If you are a student of baseball history, maybe you know the official answer to that question. |
Sports Illustrated August 14, 2002 Tom Verducci |
End of an era? This could be the last year Maddux and Glavine are Braves. |
Sports Central March 16, 2004 Jeff Kallman |
Reggie Jackson's Fuzzy Math Thoughts on Reggie Jackson's comments about homerun statistics and steroid use. |
Sports Central April 27, 2004 Piet Van Leer |
Why Stats Can't Measure Bonds' True Worth As of Monday, Barry Bonds had reached base safely in 36 of his last 44 plate appearances. He is being touted as "the best baseball player anyone will ever see." |
Sports Central July 12, 2004 M. Edward Guest |
NL MVP Race Breakdown: Rolen vs. Bonds Through the halfway point in the Major League Baseball season, without any doubt, Barry Bonds deserves his seventh National League MVP Award. |
Sports Central May 13, 2014 Andrew Jones |
Active MLB Players' HOF Chances Major League Baseball's active list of potential Hall of Fame careers appears relatively clean. Let's turn over a new leaf and look at some worthy active candidates. |
Sports Central April 7, 2005 Vincent Musco |
Bonds Leaves Us Feeling Confused Barry Bonds is positioned to break Babe Ruth's home run record but other issues such as steroid use cloud his image. |
Sports Illustrated March 26, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Brave new world It's been a while, but Atlanta's pitching is now questionable... |
Sports Central March 17, 2005 Chris Lindshield |
The Most Underrated Player in Baseball San Diego Padres player Mark Loretta shows all-around talent despite a low profile. |
Sports Central August 8, 2007 Bijan C. Bayne |
In Bonds, Did We Create a Longball Monster? The most revered and memorized individual record in sport is tainted. |
Sports Illustrated May 3, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
Meaningless milestones Baseball's 'magic numbers' don't mean what they used to... |
Salon.com July 24, 2000 Gary Kaufman |
Who's going to Cooperstown? Considering the definitelys, the probables and those intriguing maybes. |