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Sports Central
July 11, 2005
Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: A Brave Prediction A glance at baseball's National League East and you might say every team is within striking distance. A more careful look and one team appears to have what it takes to win.   |
Sports Central
July 28, 2010
Ross Lancaster |
Don't Forget About the Team The focus with the Texas Rangers seems to be more on the ongoing ownership battle that has been played out in Texas courtrooms over the last several months. |
Sports Central
October 4, 2010
Paul Foeller |
2010 MLB Playoff Predictions Baseball predictions, with a team by team analysis |
Sports Central
September 25, 2003
Tony Arnoldine |
Playoff-Bound Marlins Swimming in Success Do they have what it takes to make a 1997-like run to another World Series championship? |
Sports Central
May 17, 2005
Adam Russell |
Baseball's Five Biggest Surprises As it is nearly every year, the early part of the Major League Baseball season includes a number of surprises. |
Sports Central
April 18, 2005
William Geoghegan |
Pitching-Heavy Marlins Still Not Winning The Marlins record should be better considering the great statistics or their pitchers. |
Sports Illustrated
April 16, 2002
Stephen Cannella |
Design Flaws The Rangers and others have seen winter's best-laid plans fail to blossom in spring... |
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
June 23, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
Roger(s) Hold 'Em in Texas Two not fully unexpected performances, but remarkable for their ages and compiled years in the majors, are those of pitchers Kenny Rogers, playing for the Texas Rangers, and Roger Clemens, ace of the Houston Astros pitching staff. |
Sports Central
September 26, 2011
Paul Foeller |
Kings of the Hill The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees have been the unquestioned leaders of their respective leagues some time now. |
Sports Illustrated
August 13, 2003
Albert Chen |
Well-Healed The Marlins come up winners in a gamble on Ivan Rodriguez's fitness. |
Sports Central
March 22, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
Soriano Hung Out to Dry by Nats How often does a Major League Baseball all-star player is told after his trade to another team that he will have to give up his starting position or else? |
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
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 Central
July 21, 2008
Ross Lancaster |
Hamilton, Rangers Turn a Non-Fan Around Josh Hamilton and, to a lesser extent, the Texas Rangers, this season have re-energized an extreme baseball cynic into, at least, a casual fan. |
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 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 Central
September 20, 2006
Ryan Day |
The Team Everybody Wants to Play Florida is ripe with young baseball talent. Yet, beginning in 1998 the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have done nothing but lose, finishing last in their division in every year except one. |
Sports Central
August 20, 2009
Jonathan Lowe |
Dark Horse and a Playoff Seat In MLB, who are this year's dark horses as we speed toward September? |
Sports Central
March 10, 2005
Tyson Wirth |
Baseball's Great Secret There was a time when baseball was a game of constants, a game you could rely on. The rules of the game were simple and universal: the Red Sox were cursed, Babe Ruth was without equal, and good pitching was superior to good hitting. |
Sports Illustrated
July 25, 2000
Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball As the trade deadline nears, contenders are looking for reinforcements |
Sports Illustrated
July 23, 2003
Albert Chen |
Makeover The Phillies' pitching staff, mediocre last year, is this year's strength. |
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 Central
July 4, 2012
Greg Suttich |
Hot and Not Heading to the All-Star Break The Yankees, Rangers, and Angels are playing the best baseball in the American League. The National League has seen the surprising Washington Nationals post the best record, with the Giants now flexing their muscle in the NL West. |
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 Illustrated
August 7, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Comfort Zone Some former National League hitters return to find there's no place like home... |
Sports Illustrated
May 14, 2003
Daniel G. Habib |
Run Out of Town The go-go Marlins lead the majors in stolen bases, but they couldn't save manager Jeff Torborg's job. |
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
July 21, 2005
Daniel Collins |
The NL East Wildcard Scorecard Although all of the teams in baseball's National League East are .500 or better, with so many games left against each other, none of them will be able to win the Playoff wildcard. |
Sports Illustrated
March 26, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Brave new world It's been a while, but Atlanta's pitching is now questionable... |
Sports Central
September 21, 2004
William Geoghegan |
Do Talented Cubs Have a Chance? On paper, the Chicago Cubs should be one of the top four teams in the National League. But as we all know, baseball games aren't played on paper. |
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. |
Sports Central
May 18, 2006
Zach Jones |
A Tale of Two Cities In the baseball season's past two weeks, two National League teams have thrown it in fifth gear and headed in opposite directions. But will these teams continue trending in their present directions? |
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 Central
August 6, 2012
Louie Centanni |
MLB Predictions: August Until the End Obviously, predictions are meant to be proven wrong -- and I tried to make some bold ones for the sake of speculation, fun, and a legitimate belief in the strangeness of September baseball. |
Sports Central
December 13, 2005
Eric Maus |
Blue Jays Not Ready to Soar Just Yet The Toronto Blue Jays have opened up their wallets and should be better next season, but keep in mind that they were just an 80-win, third-place-team last year. |
Sports Illustrated
June 6, 2002
Stephen Cannella |
High on Lowe The hurler's emergence could put Boston over the top. |
Sports Illustrated
May 28, 2003
Albert Chen |
From the Top The first two hitters in the order have juiced up the Braves' offense |
Sports Central
April 26, 2010
Kyle Jahner |
Catching On Who are the two major league pitchers with 3 wins, and an ERA and WHIP each below 1.00? |
Salon.com
April 25, 2001
Allen Barra |
The golden age of pitching is now When you consider what today's hurlers have to deal with, our low opinion of them is way off-base. Plus: Does God answer NASCAR prayers? |
Sports Central
September 18, 2003
Marco Santana |
End of Season Baseball Musings A few random musings as the baseball season nears its end. |
Sports Central
July 14, 2008
Kyle Jahner |
Diamonds in the Rough Who are the no-names shaping first-half pennant races? |
Sports Central
August 9, 2010
Jonathan Lowe |
The Leaning Tower of Baseball There is such a divide between first and third in all the divisions. So what happened to all the other contenders? |
Sports Central
September 5, 2004
Diane M. Grassi |
Yankees' Failures Not News You don't need to be a rocket scientist to see what may be coming. But whatever the outcome this season, the team's 2004 legacy will be mostly about its failed management and ownership, not its players. |
Sports Illustrated
September 4, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Collision Ahead? Things are looking up for Texas, but maybe not at catcher... |
Sports Central
May 25, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
Who's Stealing Baseball's Limelight? With Major League Baseball's perennial sluggers just digging in, with their big bats finally coming around as the season's second quarter begins, we have been treated to the feats of several players who have unexpectedly captured the pastime's attention. |
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 Central
February 20, 2008
Mike Round |
Top 10 Fantasy Baseball '08 Bargains Getting ready to fill in your fantasy baseball lineups? Here are a few players to consider. |
Sports Central
May 28, 2008
Mike Round |
MLB Contenders or Pretenders? Buy or sell the Marlins as an NL East threat?... Buy or sell Detroit making the playoffs?... Buy or Sell Lance Berkman as NL MVP?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
January 22, 2002
Stephen Cannella |
Take That, You Mets! Gary Sheffield may give the Braves the punch needed to stay ahead of New York... |
