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Sports Central July 7, 2014 Andrew Jones |
MLB Midseason Awards While there are still plenty of games to play, it is fitting to look at who is on track for a few of the various awards that will come out at season's end. |
Sports Central August 18, 2009 Eric Engberg |
American League Cy Young Race These are the pitchers who are the front runners and dark horses for the Cy Young award right now. |
Sports Illustrated September 6, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
Kudos for Pujols Do you want to play an important role for a team locked in a tight playoff race? Then this a great time to be a rookie in the National League, where several first-year players have become central figures in their teams' postseason hopes... |
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 23, 2010 Andrew Jones |
How Many Can Ubaldo Jimenez Win? Ubaldo Jimenez is human and he is going to allow more hits and more runs as the season progresses, which unfortunately means he's going to collect a few losses along the way, even some no-decisions. |
Sports Central September 3, 2009 Paul Foeller |
King of St. Louis: Man vs. Machine As long as he continues on the same pace he has for nine years, and avoids major injuries, it seems foolish to think that Albert Pujols won't one day supplant Stan Musial as "The Man." |
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 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 October 3, 2012 Andrew Jones |
2012 MLB Awards All in all, it was a very good year for baseball and the playoffs haven't even started yet. |
Sports Central July 17, 2012 Brad Oremland |
The 1935 National League MVP Who was the most valuable player in the National League in 1935? If you are a student of baseball history, maybe you know the official answer to that question. |
Sports Central January 6, 2012 Jeff Kallman |
From Cy-VP to Sayonara? Some speculation commences that precedent argues against Justin Verlander, the American League's Cy Young Award winner and Most Valuable Player Award winner for 2011, facing other than sobering after-effects. |
Sports Central June 15, 2010 Brad Oremland |
Albert Pujols, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Greatness I'm ready to argue Pujols as a better baseball player than Griffey. |
Sports Illustrated September 19, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
Artist at work Schilling's mound mastery makes him the Cy favorite. |
Sports Illustrated October 9, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Postseason awards ballot Picks for MVP, Rookies, Coaches, etc. |
Sports Central August 15, 2009 Eric Engberg |
The National League MVP Race This list of contenders for the sought-after award includes top contenders, darkhorses and not-yets. |
Sports Illustrated July 24, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
Ace in the Hole Mariners righthander Freddy Garcia is quickly developing into a No. 1 starter |
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 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 May 18, 2010 Joshua Duffy |
Rise of a New Big Red Machine? Not So Fast After years of futility, not having won the Central since 1995, it's finally the Cincinnati Reds looking down on the rest of the pack. |
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 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 June 4, 2012 Adam Russell |
Top Five Surprises of the MLB Season With two months of the current MLB season in the books, here are five things that, while maybe they're not that uncommon, are surprising to me. |
Sports Central July 11, 2007 Kyle Jahner |
Saving Pujols For What?! No explanation comes close. There is no excuse. Albert Pujols should have hit. |
Sports Central August 24, 2010 Brad Oremland |
The Best First Basemen in History Where great first basemen of the last 20 years stack up historically? |
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. |
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 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. |
Sports Illustrated July 4, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Half-season awards Baseball's wacky first half makes for unexpected winners... |
Sports Central September 6, 2011 Joshua Duffy |
Cardinals, Reds Now Left to Look to 2012 We end this season right where we began -- what's Albert Pujols going to do? If he goes, the modern era of Cardinals relevance might just well go with him. |
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 August 17, 2015 Louie Centanni |
The Race for NL Rookie of the Year No one has ever won the Rookie of the Year based on a spring training performance, but Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant came about as close as any player in recent memory. |
Sports Central July 14, 2008 Kyle Jahner |
Diamonds in the Rough Who are the no-names shaping first-half pennant races? |
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 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 Central February 14, 2011 Kyle Jahner |
Albert Pujols Talk Takes a Hard Right Into Crazy-Town Albert Pujols is trying to effectively sign the last contract of his baseball life. |
Sports Central June 6, 2011 Paul Foeller |
Eyes on the Prize Roughly a third of the way through the MLB season, there are five teams that stand out from the rest. |
Sports Central April 21, 2014 Andrew Jones |
Outlandish October Predictions For some baseball teams, a quick start can mean the fantasy of an October run. For some teams this is an annual hope. Let's look at a few teams and their chances of staying at least warm. |
Sports Central September 15, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
September Heat in National League West Entering Sept. 13, San Francisco and San Diego were tied for the division lead and Colorado was 1.5 games behind them. The National League West and East have baseball's best races and the tightest race is in the NL West. |
Sports Central August 18, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
NL Wild Card Wild Cards A break down of the NL wild card race, including a list of the wild cards each team has as they fight for the all important fourth playoff spot. |
Sports Central August 22, 2007 Parimal Rohit |
Orel Hershiser? Meet Brandon Webb! Phoenix may very well be the city where baseball crowns a new champion. |
Sports Central July 9, 2009 Brad Oremland |
SC's All-Time MLB Draft (Pt. 3) In a 5-part series, sports columnists compare picks in an all-time MLB draft. |
Sports Illustrated October 9, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Pick an MVP, Any MVP The American League is chock-full of candidates this season... |
Sports Central March 2, 2006 Chris Cornell |
Spring Bounce-Back: Players to Watch Several of Major League Baseball's biggest stars hope to shake off an injury-plagued 2005 and have a turnaround 2006. Here are a few of them. |
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 March 7, 2011 Joshua Duffy |
The St. Louis Cards Are Not All Right The Cards have a great one-two with Pujols and Matt Holliday, and Carpenter is a true gamer, but only a fool would put money on St. Louis as the favorites for the NL Central, let alone with World Series. |
Sports Central March 6, 2006 Isaac Miller |
2006 MLB Preview: National League Look for an exciting A's/Cards World Series. St. Louis will be the best team in baseball for the third straight year, and LaRussa's club will finally have a ring to show for it. |
Sports Central April 18, 2012 Joshua Duffy |
Revisiting Baseball's Offseason Moves Let's revisit some of the major moves from the offseason and see how they're working out. |
Sports Central April 28, 2010 Andrew Jones |
MLB Milestones on the Horizon Here are some players who have an opportunity in the years to come to join some of the elite clubs baseball has to offer. |
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 July 13, 2009 Bill Hazell |
SC's All-Time MLB Draft (Pt. 5) Here's the last of a 5-part series in which sports columnists draft an all-time MLB team. |