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Salon.com
July 10, 2002
King Kaufman |
All-Star outrage The game ended in a tie. That's not a problem, but baseball still screwed up.   |
Sports Illustrated
July 10, 2002
Tom Verducci |
The Milwaukee Embarrassment Baseball got the All-Star fiasco it's been asking for |
Salon.com
July 11, 2002 |
Enough about All-Star interruptus! ...I'm afraid that all this hot air over the ending of a game that nobody cared about the ending of in the first place is going to cause baseball to overreact and ruin what remains... |
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
July 10, 2002
Keith Olbermann |
Baseball ruins everything it touches Only this messed-up ex-national pastime could manage to take its premier fan event, the first genuinely exciting All-Star Game in years, and abandon it without an outcome. |
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 Illustrated
February 8, 2001
Tom Verducci |
A Midsummer Classic's dream It's time to put meaning back into the All-Star Game. Give the winning league home-field advantage in the World Series... |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2004
Nathan Parmelee |
On Pitchers and Investing Similarities abound between investing in baseball players and investing in companies. |
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. |
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 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 Central
October 13, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
What Happened to the Yanks? The 2005 postseason for the New York Yankees followed one of the most challenging of all regular seasons for manager Joe Torre. |
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... |
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. |
Sports Central
July 18, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
The All-Star Game: Groovin' What happened at the All-Star Game with Derek Jeter and Adam Wainwright. |
Sports Illustrated
August 13, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Look who's talking Players made the right call by not setting a strike date |
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. |
Sports Central
July 25, 2004
Diane Grassi |
How Small-Market Teams Can Compete As we have now crossed the threshold of the first-half of the 2004 Major League Baseball season, we will begin to see the races tighten up amongst the contenders for the various leagues' division titles and the wildcards. |
Sports Central
August 15, 2010
Jess Coleman |
Yankees' Future is Grid-Locked With all the great players on the Yankees every year, young players have to wait for an injury, trade, or retirement to see time in the majors. |
Sports Central
July 22, 2011
Neil Bright |
Never Enough Looking back at Derek Jeter's career, it is hard to fathom how his recent critics have been so blind. No, he is not the second coming of Babe Ruth and no he doesn't live on Mount Olympus. But he hardly has feet of clay either. |
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
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
March 3, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
Yankees Hopeful Winter Deals Pay Off The Yankees appear substantially better off for the 2005 season, given their pitching acquisitions, but doubts still remain for the long haul in center field and at first base. |
AskMen.com
July 24, 2002
Mark Simmons |
The (Sad) State Of The Pastime The question should no longer be when the music will stop for the two potentially contracted teams, but rather, when the music will stop for baseball as the national pastime. |
Sports Central
April 15, 2013
Adam Russell |
MLB Should Consolidate the Leagues Could there ever be the possibility of MLB proposing a unified organization with consistent rules and a more objective schedule? If enough fans jump on the bandwagon, it most certainly could be possible. |
Sports Central
October 20, 2005
Mike Round |
The Boss Needs to Play NL Ball The problem with the Yankees, as always, is Steinbrenner himself -- who thinks he's a fantasy GM and runs his personal fiefdom with meddlesome inefficiency. |
Sports Illustrated
February 20, 2001
Daniel G. Habib |
A Selig Smoke Screen Talk of beanballs and a new draft clouds baseball's big issue... |
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
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
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
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 Central
September 26, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
Jeter, Overmatched, But Not Outclassed Jeter's farewell season has been somewhat controversial for the point that questions arose all year long as to whether the 40-year-old Yankee captain belonged in the lineup as a regular anymore. |
Sports Illustrated
July 9, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Fehring the worst Baseball's union head has many issues to solve -- starting with steroids. |
Sports Central
July 26, 2005
Billy Davis |
New and True in Yankee Blue What sort of test must a newcomer pass before earning recognition as a true New York Yankee? Thursday night's game against the Red Sox offered such a test for Alex Rodriguez. |
Sports Central
May 9, 2005
Tyson Wirth |
Modern Problems, Modern Solutions An outline of innovative and appropriate solutions to baseball's major problems such as foolish fans and luxury tax failures. |
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? |
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 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
November 29, 2004
Jon Gonzales |
Omar Vizquel Poised to Save the Bay At 37-years-old, Omar is a man-boy heralded as an everyday player. He can still steal bases, bunt in National League situations, and is a poised to win a World Series. |
AskMen.com
Malcolm MacMillan |
Top 10: Future MLB Hall of Famers Baseball today may be tainted by steroid allegations, but it's also filled with players who are among the best ever. Check out our list of top 10 future MLB Hall of Famers. |
Sports Central
January 29, 2004
Esther Oh |
The A-Rod Saga Ends, For Now Alex Rodriguez can boast to having what his good pal Derek Jeter has at last. Like Jeter, Rodriguez now wears the symbolic "C" on his jersey after being named team captain of the Texas Rangers and subsequently extinguishing all trade talks. Finally. |
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 Illustrated
April 30, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Surprise starter There may be no pitcher more important to the Mariners' World Series aspirations than Joel Pineiro, a 23-year-old right-hander with all of eight career wins. Pineiro could be the missing piece in the Mariners' rotation... |
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? |
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.) |
Sports Illustrated
November 6, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Greatness on display Hall of Fame-bound hurlers were the story of Game 7... |
Sports Central
July 14, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
Essentially, K-Rod Was Traded For Reyes The Milwaukee Brewers get Francisco Rodriguez and the Mets re-sign Jose Reyes. |
Sports Illustrated
February 9, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Wise Investment Look past the numbers to see Jeter's worth... |
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 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. |
