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Salon.com April 3, 2002 Allen Barra |
Baseball 2002: The fix isn't in So you think the big-market teams have it all locked up? Then I guess you'll be betting on the Los Angeles Dodgers... |
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... |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: 2008 Baseball Games To Watch You can't watch every game, so you should at least try to catch some of these must-see games. |
Sports Central December 31, 2011 Jeff Kallman |
2011: Dickens Flummoxed Baseball's 2011 season was the best of times and it was the worst of times. |
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 August 9, 2004 Hank Waddles |
Dodgers Aiming For Playoff Success Thanks to the new GM's guidance, Dodger fans can look forward to watching their team win games in October for the first time in 16 years. And this time, it won't take a miracle. |
Sports Central November 7, 2005 Jeff Kallman |
Credible Evidence and a Fresh Beer A post season analysis of major league baseball. |
Sports Central July 12, 2011 Adam Russell |
Division Races Will Come Down to Wire This baseball season could end up being one of the most exciting, down-to-the-wire season's we've seen in some time. |
Sports Central December 24, 2012 Jeff Kallman |
2012: Mime and Reason A look back at some of the odd occurrences during the 2012 baseball season, and players that passed away this year. |
Sports Central January 5, 2004 Jeff Kallman |
2003: Never a Dull Moment "We try every way we can do to kill this game," Sparky Anderson once said of baseball, "but for some reason, nothing nobody does never hurts it." That was then, this is now. Nothing nobody does never hurts it still, but lots of people do continue to embarrass it. |
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 January 3, 2014 Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2013: Unrealities Baseball's 2013 included a few hallucinations and several surrealities. Some might have wished some of the hallucinations were real even as others might have wished some of what was real was merely a hallucination. |
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 January 2, 2006 Jeff Kallman |
Remembering Baseball Legends Lost A tribute to baseball legends who died in 2005. |
Sports Central October 25, 2005 Jeff Kallman |
Random World Series Observations Comparing Brad Lidge to Byung-Hyun Kim is unfair... There's no further reason to insist that baseball requires a salary cap for competitive balance... Larry Bowa as Yankees' third base coach the first step to becoming manager?... etc. |
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 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. |
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 March 22, 2012 Jeff Kallman |
Great Players Becoming Great Managers At this writing, Don Mattingly could become a genuinely great manager in time or the next Mel Ott, a genuinely great player who went genuinely into the tank as a manager. Robin Ventura could go either way, too. |
Salon.com August 31, 2002 King Kaufman |
Savoring the season that almost wasn't 2002 hasn't been a classic, but it's great that the heroics of Schilling, A-Rod and the rest won't be lost. |
Sports Central November 13, 2009 Matt Thomas |
The MLB Anti-Team of the Decade The team in question must be bad -- not just run-of-the-mill wins/losses bad, but terrible on a more philosophical level. |
Sports Central September 9, 2004 Martin Hawrysko |
September May Bring Baseball's Best While the playoffs are still three weeks away, the regular season is far from over. Ignore these final weeks, in anticipation of the actual postseason, and you might miss out on some of the best that baseball has to offer. |
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 September 18, 2013 Andrew Jones |
Wild Card Drama The National League has a fraction of the excitement contained within the American League as we enter the final two weeks of the 2013 major league baseball season. September baseball is bound to be exciting. |
Sports Central May 31, 2006 Joe Pietaro |
MLB at a Glance as We Pass Memorial Day Baseball fans can start to see how their teams are shaping up by perusing the standings at the end of May. |
Sports Central September 24, 2007 Phil Backert |
MLB Playoff Chase Down to Final Stretch The last week of the season in Major League Baseball could not be more exciting for fans as the hunt for October hits the final stretch run. |
Sports Central February 21, 2014 Jeff Kallman |
The Not-So-Great Yankee Double Switch One day after the 1964 World Series ended with the St. Louis Cardinals defeating the New York Yankees, both Series managers were out, and one of them went to work for the team he'd just opposed. |
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 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 May 28, 2012 Jeff Kallman |
From Players to Owners: Now Gwynn Wants a Shot Nolan Ryan may have started something. His fellow Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn seems to have a hankering to become a baseball owner. |
Salon.com December 6, 2002 King Kaufman |
As snow falls, baseball's in the air Some things to remember: Jim Thome's worth the money, the Phillies haven't won anything yet, and the Cubs and White Sox are still the Cubs and White Sox. |
Sports Central October 13, 2009 Paul Foeller |
MLB Division Series Report Cards The 2009 playoffs have been awful so far. But the stark differences in talent make grading the performances of each team that much easier. |
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 Illustrated August 23, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Overshadowed Sorry, Wells -- Martinez has inside track on Cy Young... |
Sports Central August 1, 2012 Andrew Jones |
MLB Trade Deadline: Winners and Losers In today's game of big market teams, small market buyers have little chance of signing rentals in the offseason. It's probably no surprise; however, that the buyers are more often than not big market teams. But let's take a look at a few of the recent deals. |
Sports Central October 9, 2007 Bob Ekstrom |
No More Dead Men Walking The Red Sox, along with the rest of this year's League Championship Series field, can enjoy the extended celebration offered by an unprecedented layover. |
Sports Central August 12, 2008 Jeff Kallman |
The Curse of the Rambino? Manny Ramirez had been stripped of his Red Sox silks at last, by way of a three-way swap making a Los Angeles Dodger of him and a Red Sox out of Jason Bay. |
Sports Illustrated June 8, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Sosa should have gone to Baylor first The Sammy Sosa saga; Billy Koch; Expo All-Stars; etc. |
Sports Central May 28, 2015 Jeff Kallman |
So, What's in a Retired Number? Haven't the Yankees retired way too many numbers? |
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 Central May 3, 2005 Eric Poole |
The P-Word in Baseball? A summary of the Major League Baseball season so far, and looking ahead to the playoffs. |
Sports Central July 18, 2013 Ross Lancaster |
The 10 Biggest Series For the Second Half As the baseball season moves to the second half, to the trade deadline, into pennant races and the cooler weather of September, there are series that carry added significance for playoff spots. |
Sports Central July 10, 2009 Diane M. Grassi |
SC's All-Time MLB Draft (Pt. 4) It is the age-old argument that will never go away amongst baseball aficionados. And that is the comparison of individual players from different eras in which they played. |
Salon.com October 8, 2000 King Kaufman |
Why baseball beats football The ump blew the call! My team got robbed! Thank goodness there's no instant replay. Plus: The Yankees aren't the '64 Phillies. Get over it... |
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. |
Salon.com June 6, 2002 King Kaufman |
The ax Five baseball managers have felt the blade since Opening Day. Coincidence, or is something going on? |
Sports Illustrated August 1, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Making sense of all the deadline deals Every year baseball begins to more closely resemble its fantasy version, rotisserie ball. This July saw a ridiculous amount of rumors and trades. The trading period does generate short-term publicity, but is all this carpetbagging good for the game? The jury is still out.... |
Sports Central May 3, 2008 Sean Crowe |
How the Yankees Became the Red Sox The formerly loveable loser Boston Red Sox have become the new Evil Empire. |
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 Central December 31, 2014 Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2014: The Year in Review Baseball did a lot of blinking during 2014. Not to mention winking, nodding, prodding, clodding, and thrilling. |