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Sports Illustrated October 10, 2000 Stephen Cannella |
Breakdown: Yankees vs. Mariners A preview of the matchup for the American League Championship Series... |
Sports Illustrated May 7, 2003 Albert Chen |
Jump-starters The Mariners grabbed the early lead in the AL West thanks to the emerging young pitchers in their rotation. |
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 April 25, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
O's what a relief! Baltimore's bullpen has become its strongest unit... |
Sports Illustrated February 19, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Power play The Mariners find themselves begging for a bat again, and the need is even more acute with Alex Rodriguez gone... |
Sports Central February 5, 2004 Adam Russell |
Mariners Keeping Pace With the Big Boys The M's have won 393 games since 2000; the A's have won 392, the Yanks posted 386 victories, and the Red Sox have 355 in that span. However, the one thing Seattle is missing from that impressive record is a World Series appearance -- that all could change this season. |
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 Central September 18, 2015 Joe Messineo |
The Top Five Bullpens in Baseball When things are going well for a Major League Baseball team, it's easy for fans to undervalue the role of the bullpen. |
Sports Illustrated February 26, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Pitchers strike out Umps will call 'em high, but Maddux is down and out... |
Sports Illustrated May 30, 2000 Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball Even when closer Matt Mantei was out, Arizona was relieved by its bullpen |
Sports Central August 18, 2009 Eric Engberg |
American League Cy Young Race These are the pitchers who are the front runners and dark horses for the Cy Young award right now. |
Sports Illustrated June 5, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Seattle's offensive Boone Second baseman's bat has exceeded M's expectations... |
Sports Illustrated June 13, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Interleague played-out Baseball's experiment may have run its course... |
Sports Illustrated April 9, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Fish can't fly without stronger arms The Marlins aren't going anywhere unless they address their bullpen... |
Sports Illustrated April 25, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Minnesota bats Hot hitters are key to Twins' continued success... |
Sports Illustrated October 16, 2001 Jeff Pearlman |
Postseason File: Yankees vs. Mariners This is a made-for-postseason operation. Derek Jeter and Chuck Knoblauch have proven themselves as playoff run-scorers, and who can argue with David Justice, baseball's all-time playoff leader in numerous offensive categories? |
Sports Illustrated October 24, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Scouts honor Advanced reports are key to Yankees' success... |
Sports Central November 1, 2006 Kiarash Banisadre |
2006 MLB Offseason: First Look A look at what is happening with players and personnel in MLB's offseason. |
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 Illustrated October 15, 2002 Tom Verducci |
A sight for sore eyes Angels relievers struggle with vision, but not batters. |
Sports Illustrated May 16, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Phillies not standing pat on Burrell Phillies raised some eyebrows around baseball when they did not call up phenom Pat Burrell to play first base... What is wrong with Mike Mussina?... White Sox righthander James Baldwin suddenly is unbeatable... Rangers finally are convinced that Royce Clayton is simply not cut out to be a leadoff hitter... etc. |
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)... |
Sports Illustrated October 2, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Time to woo Sweet Lou Mets GM could save his job by landing the M's skipper. |
Sports Illustrated February 19, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Hot Stott The biggest early surprise of Arizona Diamondbacks' camp -- if not in all of baseball -- is veteran pitcher Todd Stottlemyre... |
Sports Illustrated May 30, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
Woe is baseball It's just one problem after another for the national pastime... |
Sports Central September 6, 2007 Bill Hazell |
Mariners Sleepless in September The playoff hopes of the Mariners are quickly drowning. |
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 Illustrated June 21, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Mending Wood Velocity down, Cubs pitcher struggling to regain form |
Sports Illustrated June 4, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Reading the Reds Despite past trends, the jury is still out on Cincinnati. |
Sports Illustrated September 11, 2002 Tom Verducci |
The hot seat cools off Managerial turnover will be at a minimum this baseball offseason |
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 July 6, 2004 William Geoghegan |
Closing Time They are charged with a simple task -- get three outs in the ninth inning. They are the closers, and they get a heck of a lot of attention. |
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 February 24, 2005 Diane M. Grassi |
Reds on Comeback Trail The Cincinnati Reds have invited 54 players to their spring training camp this year in Sarasota, Florida at the Sarasota Sports Complex, and 27 of them are pitchers hoping to earn one of the 12 spots. |
Sports Central September 26, 2015 Jeff Kallman |
The Royals Clinch the AL Central Last year, they needed the wild card play-in game to kick their way into a postseason run that ended one game short of a World Series triumph. This year, the Kansas City Royals won't have to worry about that kind of tension. |
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?" |
Sports Illustrated June 20, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Balancing act Lineups thrive with versatility more than power... |
Sports Illustrated September 12, 2000 Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball The key to the American League playoff chase may not be in the stars |
Sports Illustrated May 23, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Damaging workload Big increases in innings pitched wear out hurlers... |
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 16, 2005 Chris Cornell |
Sox Take a Look in Rearview If the Boston Red Sox thought they could just cruise into the playoffs without getting a fight from the Evil Empire, they'd better think again. |
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 March 22, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Donnie Baseball feels Rolen's pain Schilling, Rolen, McGwire, Sasaki, Baez, Morandini, Martinez. |
Sports Central August 18, 2006 Alvin Chang |
Re-Draft, Playball in Five Years (Pt. 4) This "Universe Draft" is about trying to find those guys who will be one of those elite 10-to-15 players in the 2010s and beyond. |
Sports Illustrated May 23, 2001 Frank Deford |
The ugly Americans' team It's hard not to root for the Mariners... |
Sports Illustrated February 26, 2002 Tom Verducci |
The great White hope An abundance of optimism reigns at Sox camp... |
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 Illustrated August 6, 2003 Albert Chen |
Trading Day Amid a flurry of deals, New York and Boston prepared for a pennant race. |
Sports Illustrated July 26, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
Utter anonymity The Angels have quietly become a force in the AL West. |
Sports Central October 4, 2005 Jonathan Lowe |
Any Hope For the Hopeless? The 2005 baseball season ended on Sunday, and, for quite a few cities, the action on the field kept fans interested into late August, at least. |