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Sports Illustrated October 11, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
Playoff tradeoff Where have all the pitchers gone? Postseason has new blood, but the inexperience is showing. |
Sports Illustrated October 9, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Rotation proclamation This MLB postseason proves that depth is vital to a winning staff |
Sports Illustrated August 27, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
Keeping Up with the Jones The Twins are following their leadoff man, Jacque Jones, who's been a hit at the top. |
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 Illustrated September 12, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
Winning ways The A's and Twins have taken different routes to success |
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 |
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 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 Central August 8, 2005 Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: Easy as 1, 2, 3 There may be a number of teams who run the gamut for a playoff birth, but pitching wins in the playoffs, and no starting pitching staff is as ominous as the Astros trio. Second in line would be the dominant duo from St. Louis. |
Sports Illustrated July 19, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
Got your back All sluggers benefit from having protection in their lineup. |
Sports Illustrated September 24, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Taking the mound Rotation will have greatest impact on Yankees postseason |
Sports Central October 20, 2008 Jonathan Lowe |
Emerging From the Depths How does the Rays' season stack up to some of the best turnarounds in baseball lore? Here's how the top five might filter out. |
Sports Central February 27, 2006 Isaac Miller |
2006 MLB Preview: American League It was an interesting offseason in the American League. Yet some burning questions still remain. |
Sports Central September 27, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
Trouble Brewing in the Bronx There is no secret that pitching is what wins in the postseason. And the New York Yankees have some gaping holes that area. |
Sports Central June 13, 2007 Bob Ekstrom |
Can Pitching Really Win the AL Pennant? If the old baseball adage holds, these two teams should be locking horns in the ALCS come October, right? Maybe not. |
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, 2008 Kyle Jahner |
Setting the Stage For October Rays and Brewers and Cubs will battle in October. Even the Twins have a shot to crash the party. But the Yankees, Tigers, Mets, and their nine-figure payrolls failed to make the guest list. |
Sports Central September 9, 2005 Chris Cornell |
Tribe Take Over First in the Wildcard The Cleveland Indians have put together an impressive season in a year where they were still supposed to be rebuilding. |
Sports Central October 4, 2004 Diane M. Grassi |
Baseball at its Best Down to the Wire The stage is set for a MLB playoffs season that lends itself to great theater, with no sure winner and possibly surprising upsets. You can't ask for any more from this game of baseball. |
Salon.com October 15, 2002 King Kaufman |
Who needs champions? The evil possibility of an all-wild card World Series has come to pass, and you know what? It looks pretty good from here. |
Sports Central August 25, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
AL Wild Card Wild Cards Here's a look at the chase for the AL wild card and examine some possible wild cards each team has. |
Sports Illustrated September 13, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Getting a bead on the playoff races The MVP competition in both leagues are tighter than the presidential race. I'm not going to pick anybody now -- not with three weeks left in the season for somebody to pull a Chipper Jones- like rally -- but the field is narrowing... plus, the chances of the White Sox, Indians and D-Backs... |
Salon.com September 17, 2002 King Kaufman |
The Angels-A's race is a dud Thanks to baseball's boneheaded wild-card system, we once again have two great teams playing meaningless games in September. |
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 May 16, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Return of the Mac? Don't count on it -- McGwire is done with baseball... |
Sports Central April 21, 2014 Andrew Jones |
Outlandish October Predictions For some baseball teams, a quick start can mean the fantasy of an October run. For some teams this is an annual hope. Let's look at a few teams and their chances of staying at least warm. |
Sports Illustrated August 22, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Call to arms Young starters fizzle, so Jays look to veterans... "The Igniter" is ready... Going South... Griffey's effect... Making their mark... |
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 Illustrated July 5, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Rumors, rumors Trade talk heats up as July 31 deadline approaches |
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 8, 2002 Allen Barra |
What do you say now, Bud Selig? The victories of the Angels, Twins and Cards show how empty the owners' and commissioners' arguments were. |
Sports Central September 12, 2005 Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: Yanks/Sox Series Inevitable Are you ready to see the World Series pit the Boston Red Sox versus New York Yankees again? As much as these two rivals cannot pitch, play defense, or close out games, they do present the most appealing matchup in the NLCS. |
Sports Central July 17, 2007 Nick Feely |
Cleveland Rocks: Tribe Resurgence? A quick look at the Indians' offensive statistics offers most of the reason for Cleveland's success this season. |
Sports Illustrated July 30, 2002 Tom Verducci |
A glimmer of hope Opponents could benefit as the Yankees' rotation struggles. |
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 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 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 June 12, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
Twin Delivery High-riding Minnesota made local schoolboy hero Joe Mauer the No. 1 pick in Baseball's draft... |
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. |
Salon.com October 21, 2000 Allen Barra |
The traffic jam Series Thanks to a bloated playoff format and declining TV viewership, this year's World Series doesn't have quite the resonance of those from the "Golden Age"... |
Sports Central May 1, 2013 Andrew Jones |
April's Early Warning Signs All in all, the 2013 season looks to be an interesting one. Every division seems to have three or four potential contenders. But most likely May will weed out the weaklings and early overachievers. |
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. |
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 Central September 7, 2005 Matt Thomas |
Stretch Run is Full of Hidden Gems As the sun sets on the 2005 Major League Baseball season, a little retrospection is appropriate. |
Sports Illustrated August 30, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
Could be a September to remember Remember when the Twins were chasing a division title? A playoff spot now seems less and less likely with each passing day. But there's still drama in the Twins' season: they're in danger of claiming the Sybil Award as the most schizophrenic team of all time... |
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 4, 2006 Bill Hazell |
Random Thoughts on MLB Playoffs We can still hope to see the first truly memorable game of the '06 playoffs, since none of Tuesday's games reached that level. |
Sports Central July 23, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
The Hottest Team in Baseball One of the teams that may trade for players to help for the stretch run and stands to benefit from the extra wild card is the Oakland Athletics, who are currently baseball's hottest team, posting a 14-2 record in July to go from having the AL's fourth-worst record to its fourth-best. |
Sports Illustrated May 8, 2002 Tom Verducci |
The toughest out Patience makes Bonds more dangerous than Sosa... |
Salon.com October 23, 2002 King Kaufman |
Batting around After the Angels' second straight 10-run outburst, a tight World Series is looking like a potential blowout. |