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Salon.com
November 22, 2000
Allen Barra |
Transcending the game Tiger Woods and the Williams sisters want a bigger cut of the increased revenues they've created. Not for winning, but just for showing up. Only a fool would give it to them.   |
Sports Illustrated
November 22, 2000
Frank Deford |
Privileged existence Alex Rodriguez and Tiger Woods more equal than others. A comment on athletic meritocracy. |
Salon.com
March 31, 2001
Allen Barra |
Everything you know is wrong The major leagues are more competitive than ever, small-market teams can compete, and home runs and giant salaries aren't ruining the game. Plus: Who's going to Cooperstown? |
Salon.com
September 29, 2000
Allen Barra |
The greatness of Barry Bonds Sure, he's totally unlovable, but the San Francisco Giants superstar is still the best player in the National League, and maybe the best in baseball... |
Salon.com
September 25, 2002
King Kaufman |
MVP: Bonds and A-Rod, and it ain't close Let's cut the talk about reserving the award for a player on a winning team. The best player in the league is the most valuable, whoever he plays for. |
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. |
Salon.com
April 17, 2001
King Kaufman |
The $252 million man Why does every single story about Alex Rodriguez have to mention the Rangers star's salary? |
Salon.com
October 25, 2002
Allen Barra |
Barry and the Babe Forget the nostalgia freaks droning on and on about the Mythical White Ballplayer era. Barry Bonds is the greatest player in baseball history. |
Sports Central
July 26, 2011
Brad Oremland |
Barry Bonds, on the Edge of Cooperstown A Hall of Fame that doesn't recognize Barry Bonds isn't serving its mission. |
Sports Illustrated
October 4, 2000 |
My postseason awards ballot I am hereby submitting my vote, even if it has absolutely no bearing on the outcome... |
Sports Illustrated
July 2, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Half-season awards In this trying year for baseball, let's recognize the positives. |
Sports Illustrated
October 9, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Pick an MVP, Any MVP The American League is chock-full of candidates this season... |
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. |
Salon.com
December 20, 2000
Allen Barra |
The Alex Rodriguez FAQ Is he worth all that money? Will these giant contracts ever stop? Is salary inflation driving up ticket prices? Ruining baseball? (Short answers: Yes, no, no, no.) |
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 Illustrated
July 12, 2000
Tom Verducci |
All-Star Game has lost its luster The All-Star Game Tuesday night proved that what has been the definitive showcase in sports is sadly degenerating into just another glitzy exhibition.... |
Salon.com
April 18, 2001
Joan Walsh |
A strange love Or: How one Giants fan learned to stop worrying and love Barry Bonds, just in time to appreciate his 500th home run... |
Sports Illustrated
August 21, 2001
Rick Reilly |
He Loves Himself Barry Much In the San Francisco Giants' clubhouse, everybody knows the score: 24-1. There are 24 teammates, and there's Barry Bonds... |
Salon.com
July 23, 2002
King Kaufman |
Taking baseball owners at their word If competitive balance is the main issue in the contract talks, why does their main proposal address payroll imbalance? |
Salon.com
August 30, 2001
Joan Walsh |
If Jeff Kent were black The San Francisco Giants' All-Star second baseman got off easy for blasting Barry Bonds to Sports Illustrated, because the media likes him and hates Bonds. Could race (say it isn't so!) have anything to do with it? |
Salon.com
April 1, 2002
Joan Walsh |
Barry Bonds' 2001 season Many baseball fans will never adore the San Francisco Giants' moody superstar. But en route to perhaps the greatest individual season in the sport's history, Bonds emerged as the wounded hero of a wounded nation... |
Sports Central
September 24, 2004
Vincent Musco |
AL MVP Debate: Manny, Vlad, or Sheff? Recent history proves that projecting the American League's Most Valuable Player has become a fool's task. Still, through some light detective work, we may be able to narrow the field. |
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
October 9, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Postseason awards ballot Picks for MVP, Rookies, Coaches, etc. |
Salon.com
September 22, 2000
Joan Walsh |
Who let the dogs out? If you don't know, you haven't been following the best team -- and the best kept secret -- in baseball. |
Salon.com
July 6, 2002
King Kaufman |
Teddy Ballgame, MVP Never mind whether Ted Williams would have broken Babe Ruth's home run record if he hadn't gone to war twice. Consider how often he was the best when he did play. |
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 Illustrated
June 15, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Putting stock in Bonds' MVP chances Let's start out with a couple of questions about the guy who's really been the best hitter in the National League so far. Hint: it's not Sosa or Rey Ordonez. |
Sports Central
December 15, 2004
Diane M. Grassi |
The Epitome of Hubris At a time when Major League Baseball could really use its players to promote a positive image, two of its biggest stars -- Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez -- choose to take the easiest route to earn the quickest return without including the community or its children. |
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 Illustrated
September 17, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Taking the fifth Barry Bonds' multidimensional game fuels another MVP bid. |
Sports Central
December 25, 2008
Sean Crowe |
The Yankees Have Ruined My Christmas Someone needs to remind the Yankees that the United States is going through a pretty bad recession. |
Sports Central
January 25, 2005
Jon Gonzales |
Biting the Big Apple: MLB Preview You thought last year was whacked? This year will turn inside out when the Big Apple erupts on its newest newcomers ... and it's going to get ugly. This and the predictions of a wild and wooly year of baseball to come. |
Sports Illustrated
October 3, 2000
Jeff Pearlman |
Playoffs: Giants-Mets Breakdown How key is it for the Mets' pitching staff to come through? Consider: The Giants were second in the NL in batting average and slugging percentage, third in runs and home runs.... |
Salon.com
July 11, 2002
Allen Barra |
Ted Williams, Bud Selig and baseball's very bad week Ted Williams transcended the game; Bud Selig took the fun out of it. The clueless commish should have used position players to pitch in the All-Star Game. |
Salon.com
July 24, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
Who's going to Cooperstown? Considering the definitelys, the probables and those intriguing maybes. |
Sports Central
August 23, 2004
Piet Van Leer |
NL MVP? It's No Contest If numbers alone dictated the National League's Most Valuable Player, there would be plenty of debate. But they don't, so there isn't. |
Sports Illustrated
September 18, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Defending Barry Postseason failures have no bearing on this year's MVP race. |
Salon.com
October 28, 2002
King Kaufman |
One last surprise After six nights of roller coaster weirdness, the Angels and Giants played a relatively uneventful Game 7. And when it was over, Anaheim almost looked like fun. |
Sports Illustrated
December 18, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Cold Shoulder The reluctance of baseball teams to bid has cast a big chill on the market for free agents... |
Sports Central
July 12, 2004
M. Edward Guest |
NL MVP Race Breakdown: Rolen vs. Bonds Through the halfway point in the Major League Baseball season, without any doubt, Barry Bonds deserves his seventh National League MVP Award. |
Sports Central
October 8, 2005
Brad Oremland |
An Age-Old Question Kids should not be playing sports. People under 18 shouldn't be playing football, baseball, or basketball, shouldn't be ice skating or golfing or learning to hit a ball with a racket. |
Sports Central
January 13, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
A-Rod Agonistes, the Final Chapter? We could see a 2014 baseball season and maybe more without Alex Rodriguez, after all. |
Salon.com
June 20, 2001
Allen Barra |
The best season ever? Barry Bonds is on his way, if you look at the stat -- and it isn't home runs -- that measures offensive performance most accurately... |
Sports Central
March 1, 2005
Eric Poole |
The Two Sides of Barry Bonds With Bonds, there's never any shortage of people who done him wrong. But Bonds can't simply be dismissed as a whiner. The truth is more nuanced than that, if only because he's not always wrong. |
Sports Illustrated
June 13, 2001
Frank Deford |
Phoning it in Running out of ways to say Tiger is great... |
Sports Central
May 24, 2011
Brad Oremland |
Re-Thinking Zero Tolerance For Steroids We don't have to accept steroid use in baseball, and we probably shouldn't accept it. But there has to be a line. And I think zero tolerance is too strict a standard. |
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... |
AskMen.com
August 21, 2002
Mark Simmons |
Golf's Generous Pension Plan In 1983, the PGA decided to get serious about protecting its athletes once their careers came to an end. |
AskMen.com
Malcolm MacMillan |
Top 10: MLB Landmarks To Visit In 2008 While the main interest is the actual ballgame, the actual stadium, the sights, the smells, and the sounds have a lot to do with the enjoyment of the game. |
