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Salon.com October 21, 2000 Allen Barra |
The traffic jam Series Thanks to a bloated playoff format and declining TV viewership, this year's World Series doesn't have quite the resonance of those from the "Golden Age"... |
Salon.com November 4, 2001 King Kaufman |
Surprise ending If life followed a script, the Yankees would have won the World Series. But it doesn't, and they didn't... |
Salon.com July 31, 2002 King Kaufman |
30 more memorable moments Baseball's list tends toward the recent and positive, so here are some alternatives, unvarnished. |
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 September 17, 2007 Joe Boesch |
Baseball Heals All Americans embrace baseball because it symbolizes peace and tranquility. |
Sports Central October 4, 2006 Bill Hazell |
Random Thoughts on MLB Playoffs We can still hope to see the first truly memorable game of the '06 playoffs, since none of Tuesday's games reached that level. |
Sports Central July 11, 2006 Bill Hazell |
Making a Pledge to Baseball Now that March Madness, the NHL and NBA finals, the World Cup playoffs and other distractions are off the boards, it's time to catch up on the baseball season. |
Salon.com October 27, 2000 Allen St. John |
Champions again, thank you very much Hype about a blood feud aside, the Mets prove to be delightful hosts as the Yankees storm to another title... |
Salon.com November 1, 2002 Allen Barra |
Why nobody watched the World Series Blame it on late games and regionalism -- not the great baseball. And has anybody checked the NBA ratings lately? |
Sports Central October 26, 2003 M. Edward Guest |
World Champion Marlins Are Ultimate Opportunists Even though many puritans and fair-minded people contend that they did not deserve this, they earned it nonetheless. |
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 October 20, 2004 Hank Waddles |
It's the End of the World As We Know It The seventh game of any series in any sport is special, but game between the Red Sox and Yankees is something more than we're used to, for about 1,918 reasons. Here are a few. |
Sports Illustrated March 29, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
What better way to start the day? Mets lose to Chicago. |
Sports Illustrated September 18, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Baseball comes through National pastime helps the healing process... |
Sports Central June 20, 2004 M. Edward Guest |
Are the Yankees Back? With new additions all over the field, the New York Yankees are once again romping through the regular season, despite some key injuries. Yet, does it really matter? Even if the Yankees win 105-110 games? |
Sports Illustrated November 6, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Greatness on display Hall of Fame-bound hurlers were the story of Game 7... |
Sports Illustrated October 24, 2000 Rick Reilly |
The Out-of-Towner Folks in the rest of the country see this World Series as the government versus Microsoft. They don't care who wins as long as a whole lot of New Yorkers suffer. But having studied the Mets' and the Yankees' fans, it seems to me there are some basic differences... |
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 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.... |
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 October 31, 2001 Allen Barra |
Why no one's going to watch the World Series this year Hint: It has nothing to do with the Yankees (who are going to win again)... |
Sports Central July 11, 2004 Greg Wyshynski |
Pity of the Yankees Eighty-percent of New York Yankees fans have either jumped on the bandwagon within the last decade or root for the team because they want to be with Derek Jeter. |
Sports Central October 16, 2006 Zach Jones |
Fire Torre? The Curse of Playoff Thinking How would the debate over Torre's job would look if cool reason were applied to the Yankees' personnel decisions for once? Simple: the debate wouldn't exist. |
Sports Central September 18, 2004 Greg Wyshynski |
Revisionist History, Yankee Style There was a lot of misinformation after 9/11 (and, of course, there continues to be). Included in that is the delusion that the Yankees were some sort of panacea for all New Yorkers in 2001. |
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. |
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. |
Sports Central September 22, 2010 Bill Hazell |
Save Some Drama For the Playoffs The Yankees and Rays simply bring out the best in themselves and each other. |
Sports Central January 28, 2006 Bill Hazell |
Fools Gold Yet Again For Yankees? With its new Murderer's Row lineup, the Yankees can't lose. Except they said the same thing last year. And the year before. |
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 August 13, 2004 Jeff Kallman |
Bob Murphy, RIP: The Unhappiest Happy Recap The very first regular season words any Mets fan heard on his or her radio, in April 1962, came from his distinctive harmonic of Oklahoma drawl and Missouri honey. |
Sports Illustrated September 6, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Making a case for Pedro Martinez With 16 wins, Pedro Martinez has a shot at winning 20. What does he have to do to win the Cy Young award? I thought he was already the clear frontrunner, but the mailbag brought some disagreement. |
Salon.com October 23, 2000 Eric Bogosian |
Strung out on pinstripes Two days into New York's baseball orgy, the city is cranked up and wild-eyed, but the gunslingers of the Yankees and Mets have only just begun to stare each other down... |
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 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, 2002 Allen Barra |
What do you say now, Bud Selig? The victories of the Angels, Twins and Cards show how empty the owners' and commissioners' arguments were. |
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 Central October 23, 2004 Greg Wyshynski |
The Bostonian Candidate I'm sure many of the fans at Yankee Stadium for Game 7 against Boston were probably the type that, let's just say, don't have a unyielding grasp on team history that dates before 1996. |
Sports Central October 14, 2004 Piet Van Leer |
Paterinty Test Revealed: Yanks Are Pedro's Daddy Management is different, the players are different, the game is different, but the Red Sox remain unchanged. Maybe there really is a curse. Or maybe Vegas and the prognosticators were wrong, and the Yankees really are the better team. |
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 July 22, 2005 Bob Ekstrom |
Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's ... 30? With or without a birthday, Alex Rodriquez always draws a lot of controversy. Why do opinions on him vary so widely? |
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. |
AskMen.com April 9, 2002 Matthew Ross |
A Preview Of The 2002 MLB Season Now that the baseball season is upon us, I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at which teams are the ones to watch for this season... |
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 October 29, 2004 Danny Sternfield |
Curse Snatcher: A Study in Cub Baseball The Cubs and the Red Sox both play in large markets with substantial payrolls, and both had not won a World Series in forever and a day. The difference between the two teams: Boston did something about it. |
AskMen.com November 29, 2000 Mark Simmons |
Pro Sports Salaries How can we explain the meteoric rise of players' salaries? |
Sports Central March 30, 2004 Eric Poole |
Comeback Kids (Or Maybe Not?) With only a short break last fall for the playoffs and World Series, talk about baseball for almost a year has been about everything but the game itself. |
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 September 6, 2007 Bill Hazell |
Mariners Sleepless in September The playoff hopes of the Mariners are quickly drowning. |
Sports Central September 18, 2007 Ricky Dimon |
Hope Springs Eternal, But Should It? What do Cubs fans have if they don't have hope? |
Sports Central August 12, 2006 Greg Wyshynski |
East Coast Bias East Coast Bias is an accepted condition in the sports world. |