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Sports Central
May 26, 2004
Jeff Kallman |
The Little Red Engine That Could Somewhere, somehow, when you least expected it, the Cincinnati Reds began to look like unthreatened contenders again.   |
Sports Illustrated
July 5, 2000
Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball Cincinnati's springtime pennant optimism has turned sour in summer |
Sports Illustrated
June 18, 2002
Stephen Cannella |
When Mo Is Less The Mets' winter spending spree, which included Mo Vaughn, hasn't paid off. |
Sports Illustrated
August 15, 2000
Jeff Pearlman |
Inside Baseball Hot-hitting Oriole-turned-Cardinal Will Clark has helped keep St. Louis flying while Mark McGwire has been out |
Sports Illustrated
September 5, 2000
Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball Even during the Astros' miss of a season, Jeff Bagwell has been a tremendous hit |
Sports Central
October 24, 2005
Bob Ekstrom |
Baseball Folklore, Meet Bradley Lidge Bradley Lidge, star closer of the Houston Astros is now the leader of the Postseason Choke: True grit ultimately advanced the Astros into their first World Series, where they promptly lost the opener to the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night. |
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
August 1, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
Astros' Play is Deja Vu All Over Again A surprise since the All-Star Break is the torrid streak of the Houston Astros, with a 22-7 record in July, the best home record in the majors and tops in winning percentage through July 30th. |
Sports Illustrated
April 17, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Four's a Crowd Hot-hitting Daryle Ward is odd man out in the Astros' loaded outfield... |
Sports Illustrated
July 30, 2003
Albert Chen |
Star Turn After a false start last season, third baseman Morgan Ensberg is a hit in Houston. |
Sports Illustrated
May 9, 2000
Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball Expected to be one of the Rangers' strong points, their relief corps has been absorbing a Texas-sized pounding |
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 Illustrated
August 6, 2003
Albert Chen |
Trading Day Amid a flurry of deals, New York and Boston prepared for a pennant race. |
Sports Illustrated
December 12, 2000
Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball The Rockies bet big that Mike Hampton can tame hitters in Colorado... |
Sports Illustrated
October 4, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Crossroad This season the Astros may have been the most fascinating team in baseball. Their collapse despite a new, beautiful ballpark was astounding. In what direction do the Astros head? |
Sports Illustrated
August 7, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Comfort Zone Some former National League hitters return to find there's no place like home... |
Sports Illustrated
April 9, 2002
Stephen Cannella |
Great Pains Another injury could cost Ken Griffey Jr. another year -- and a chance to restore his rep... |
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
September 5, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Sour homecoming? The crown has been knocked off baseball's Homecoming King. Ken Griffey Jr. will end his first year back home in Cincinnati in such a snit with the media that he vowed he will not conduct feature interviews for the rest of the season... |
Sports Illustrated
September 12, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Investigating leads Ichiro is among the most exciting players in the game, but I don't think he's even the MVP of his own team... Who will be the major players in the offseason? Also, do you see any rookies or sleepers who could make good leadoff hitters for next season?... |
Sports Illustrated
August 23, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
What happened? In a season of surprises, four of baseball's slumps stand out... |
Salon.com
July 24, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
Who's going to Cooperstown? Considering the definitelys, the probables and those intriguing maybes. |
Sports Illustrated
June 5, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Seattle's offensive Boone Second baseman's bat has exceeded M's expectations... |
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 Central
February 17, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
Astros Will Try a New Look As the Houston Astros land in Osceola Stadium in Kissimmee, FL this week, the question this spring training is not the number of games they will win in 2005, but rather who will they have left on their roster in doing so? |
Sports Illustrated
June 6, 2000
Jeff Pearlman |
Inside Baseball The Yankees' reserves don't have the juice of those of recent vintage |
Sports Illustrated
March 14, 2000
Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball After a year's absence Moises Alou is giving the Astros a lift |
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
July 8, 2002
Jeff Pearlman |
The Anti-All-Stars Any idiot can assemble an All-Star team. But it takes a real man to put together the official 2002 Major League Baseball All-Dud team. And what better location for this game could there be but Milwaukee? |
Sports Illustrated
April 19, 2002
Stephen Cannella |
Number one's priority Scoring, not stealing, is what makes a great leadoff hitter... |
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. |
Sports Illustrated
May 16, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Return of the Mac? Don't count on it -- McGwire is done with baseball... |
Sports Illustrated
July 19, 2002
Stephen Cannella |
Got your back All sluggers benefit from having protection in their lineup. |
Sports Central
September 24, 2005
Jeff Kallman |
Nobody Asked Me This Time, Either, But... Colon breaks Angels' 20-win drought... Red Sox find losing 6 of 11 is destabilizing... Ken Griffey, Jr. suffers yet another season-ending injury... Davis and Waxman may someday walk and chew gum at the same time... The American League East not the only spellbinding dance in town... |
Sports Central
May 26, 2010
Jeff Kallman |
Jose Lima, RIP: The Human Antidepressant The biggest part of Jose Lima was the part that killed him too soon. His heart. |
Sports Central
March 30, 2004
Eric Poole |
Comeback Kids (Or Maybe Not?) With only a short break last fall for the playoffs and World Series, talk about baseball for almost a year has been about everything but the game itself. |
Sports Illustrated
March 28, 2001
Jeff Pealrman |
Talented trio Future looks bright for three young outfielders... |
Sports Central
October 17, 2005
Bob Ekstrom |
The Fall Classic: Slots Are Filling Fast The Chicago White Sox against the Houston Astros for all the marbles? Not my first choices back in April. |
Sports Illustrated
February 13, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Chat Reel Braves still a force to be reckoned with... |
Sports Illustrated
June 28, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Cards worth betting on What's wrong with Ken Griffey Jr.? Why doesn't Carlos Delgado get more recognition? Is Charlie Manuel the right man for Cleveland? Can the Reds make a race of it in the NL Central? You've got questions -- and from all over the world. Well, we've got answers. |
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 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 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
October 22, 2005
Piet Van Leer |
World Series: Who Has the Edge? Historical differences aside, the Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros will seem familiar to one another based on their similar styles of play. So with two teams that practically mirror each other, who holds the edge? |
Sports Illustrated
August 13, 2002
Jeff Pearlman |
Hello, Houston Led by a makeshift rotation, the Astros quickly climbed into NL Central contention. |
Sports Central
June 18, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
Cardinal Sinners? Royal Stuffers? If the St. Louis Cardinals' front office isn't facing an investigation into whether they hacked into the Houston Astros' internal data networks, Kansas City fans are gleefully stuffing online all-star ballot boxes in favor of the Royals. |
Sports Central
January 24, 2005
Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: The Barenaked Astros Houston has made the questionable decision to spend on Rogers Clemens instead of Jeff Kent, Carlos Beltran, or possibly other foreign talent. |
Sports Central
September 18, 2007
Ricky Dimon |
Hope Springs Eternal, But Should It? What do Cubs fans have if they don't have hope? |
Sports Illustrated
August 30, 2000
Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball It's in the season's final month that the MVP races hit full swing |
Sports Central
December 28, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2015: It Got Late Early Out There The author ruminates on this year's baseball games and famous players of years past. |
