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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
July 3, 2006
Adam Russell |
A Major League All-Star "B" Squad What if ESPN2 decided to stage another all-star game with players who won't be playing next Tuesday? |
Sports Central
June 19, 2007
Kyle Jahner |
Baseball's Voting Propaganda The all-star team should be about who is having the best season this year, who the fans want to see, and who has accomplished more in their career, in that order. |
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. |
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. |
Sports Central
June 24, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
All-Star Vote Broken? Here's a Repair My American League ballot went as follows, and these players remained the WAR leaders at their positions as of Friday morning. |
Sports Central
September 12, 2005
Eric Poole |
MLB's MVP Races Wide-Open In the National league, the MVP race is razor thin with just three players still in the running. But In the American League, there are more candidates. |
Sports Central
July 7, 2006
Alvin Chang |
Redman Deserves to be an All-Star No one has tried to justify Ozzie Guillen's Redman selection -- until now. |
Salon.com
July 2, 2002
King Kaufman |
You call those guys All-Stars? I got all set to write a column blasting the Yankees and Diamondbacks managers for their hometown favoritism. I sat down and figured out my own All-Star squads -- and guess what? They're not that different from the ones Torre and Brenly chose. |
Sports Central
July 18, 2010
Jess Coleman |
Player Survey: Most Overrated MLB Players One hundred and eighty-seven major league players were surveyed to answer the question: who is the most overrated player in baseball? |
Sports Central
November 19, 2005
Jeff Pohlmeyer |
A-Rod and Bartolo: Definitely Valuable Boston's hatred of Alex Rodriguez ends with the fans of their beloved team. On Monday, A-Rod was rightfully voted the Most Valuable Player in the American League by the baseball writers for the second time in three years. |
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. |
Salon.com
June 19, 2002
King Kaufman |
My All-Star teams The Midsummer Classic comes along at the perfect time to start arguing about who makes it and who doesn't. |
AskMen.com
Troy St. Louis |
8 Underpaid MLB Players In today's world, baseball has become big business. Millions of dollars are spent through ticket sales, concession stand purchases, memorabilia, and even pay-per-view. |
Sports Central
July 7, 2010
Kyle Jahner |
American League All-Star Snubs and Schlubs I've already broken down some solutions to the National League All-Star mishaps. Another first baseman in the American League is having an elite season offensively as well. |
Sports Central
July 4, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
How to Improve the MLB All-Star Game MLB's All-Star Game should be saved and improved. |
Sports Central
June 24, 2004
Mike Round |
The 2004 No-Name All-Stars Every sport has an All-Star Game and they're all pointless. Baseball's version is particularly annoying because "the fans" get to choose who plays. |
Sports Central
July 16, 2012
Jonathan Lowe |
Out Amongst the Stars In Kansas City this past week baseball's All-Star Game (along with all of its pageantry) descended on the Heartland for the second time in three years (it was in St. Louis in 2009). |
Sports Illustrated
April 24, 2001
Tom Verducci |
International sensation Ichiro Suzuki, the Mariners' slashing leadoff hitter, shouldn't book any fishing excursions or vacation getaways for the July All-Star break. The rookie has a very good chance of starting the All-Star Game in, of all places, Seattle's Safeco Field... |
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
June 25, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Don't stop short Once again it's time to play that fascinating annual game of Shortstop Musical Chairs, where one unlucky American League shortstop will find himself without a spot when the All-Star Game music stops. |
Sports Central
October 3, 2005
Vince Grzegorek |
Indians Face Long Winter Ahead Nine out of the last 10 years, 93 wins was good enough to earn a wildcard berth in the American League. Unfortunately for the Cleveland Indians, this year it wasn't. |
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
July 11, 2001
Allen Barra |
What's wrong with the All-Star Game? Too many players, for starters. But it's not too late to save baseball's midseason matchup... |
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 Illustrated
July 2, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Half-season awards In this trying year for baseball, let's recognize the positives. |
Sports Central
June 30, 2008
Mike Round |
All-Star Voting Casts Shadow Over Game Here's a look at how the ballot is shaping up in the American and National Leagues. |
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... |
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
July 9, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
No Royals v. NL After All, But... The genuinely bad news: the all-star voting is still broken and still in need of fixing. (Er, repairing). |
Sports Central
July 6, 2010
Kyle Jahner |
National League All-Star Snubs and Schlubs Every year, we do this. We all know the MLB all-star selection system is inequitable and unfair. We all know players got snubbed. |
Sports Central
June 11, 2009
Kyle Jahner |
MLB All-Star Voting Picks: AL In sports we actually have objective evidence of the most deserving candidate available in seconds at the click of a mouse, but voters are generally just as vulnerable to local biases, preconceived notions, and media-exposure inequities. |
Sports Central
May 19, 2009
Matt Thomas |
Fact vs. Fiction: MLB at the Quarter Pole Ultimate success or failure is measured not by short-term excellence, but rather by sustained consistency. |
AskMen.com
Troy St. Louis |
The Price Of An MLB All-Star Team For the past few seasons there has been a growing concern that small market teams cannot compete in professional baseball today. Examining the cost of rising salaries for players you may conclude that they have a point. Or do they? |
Sports Central
July 3, 2007
Scott Shepherd |
2007 MLB All-Star Snubs When the players and coaches filled out the remaining roster spots with worthy participants, they dropped the ball. |
Sports Central
February 14, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
Why the NBA Has the Best All-Star Game The NBA All-Star Game has started to separate itself as the best event of its kind among the four major sports. |
Sports Illustrated
July 10, 2000
Jack McCallum |
Batty for batting orders When I was young I was obsessed with batting orders. There was -- still is -- no better time of year for a batting-order junkie than the All-Star Game when maybe six guys who hit third or fourth for their respective teams are thrown together. |
Sports Central
March 29, 2007
Seth Doria |
2007 MLB Preview: American League Here are a few thoughts about MLB's American League, in order of predicted finish. |
Sports Illustrated
October 9, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Pick an MVP, Any MVP The American League is chock-full of candidates this season... |
Sports Central
September 5, 2006
Mike Round |
Hot Topics as MLB Season Winds Down The A-Rod "slump" saga... Jim Leyland for AL Manager of the Year?... It's odds-against for the Boston Red Sox making the postseason... A few words on the AL MVP debate... etc. |
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 Illustrated
July 3, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Not what it seems Jays may have gotten better end of Mondesi trade |
Sports Central
September 16, 2006
Bob Ekstrom |
Jeter, Ortiz Win Primaries, Face Off in Nov. Baseball is already preoccupied with potential winners of its most coveted honor: league MVP. |
Sports Central
July 13, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
Derek Jeter's All-Star Blessing A lot of the folk are hemming and hawing over Derek Jeter's withdrawal from the All-Star Game. But nobody seems to catch onto his withdrawal as an inadvertent blessing upon it. |
Sports Illustrated
July 3, 2002
Stephen Cannella |
All-Star snubs Here are four baseball players who should go to Milwaukee |
Sports Central
July 12, 2007
Bill Hazell |
Four Bases the Hard Way Ichiro's home run is what stands out in the 2007 Midsummer Classic. |
Sports Central
August 21, 2006
Jeff Kallman |
At Least it Wasn't a Massacre There was a difference between this weekend's Boston Massacre and the one which helped to send the Red Sox toward eventual sinking 28 years before. |
Sports Illustrated
July 9, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Fehring the worst Baseball's union head has many issues to solve -- starting with steroids. |
Sports Illustrated
July 5, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
All-Star snubs Selections provide midseason classic's only drama... |
Sports Central
July 26, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
Ichiro Goes From Worst to First According to just about every report that flooded cyberspace and the printed press in the hours to follow, Ichiro Suzuki approached the Mariners somewhere around the All-Star Break asking to be traded. |
