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Sports Central
July 22, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
Erik Bedard, Knowing His Limits Erik Bedard just might be a pitcher who's smart enough and experienced enough to know his limits, even if he did learn them by attrition. It doesn't -- shouldn't -- make him seem any less a competitor.   |
Sports Central
July 3, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
The Bright, Elusive Butterflies of Cy They don't just speak of R.A. Dickey as the likely or most obvious candidate to start this year's All-Star Game; they're talking about his possibilities for bagging the Cy Young Award. |
Sports Central
June 21, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
Boys Will Be Boys Roger Clemens gets off the hook on a perjury rap because either the House Committee for the Sending of Swell Messages to Kids, the actual prosecution, or the original Mitchell Report bungled its way across the sticky wickets of actual or alleged performance-enhancing substances. |
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 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
March 14, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
Frank Jobe, RIP: Elbow and Shoulder Above the Rest Tommy John probably should be in the Hall of Fame -- as much in the pioneer category as any other. And so should the physician who developed and performed that surgery named for him. |
Sports Central
July 6, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
D-Train's Derailment, and Others' How strange and sad it is, now and over a lifetime of watching and loving the game, that as often as not the players who are the most fun to watch become the players whose careers derail soon enough after they get their first tastes of success. |
Sports Central
February 9, 2010
Jeff Kallman |
Fleeting Glories Here are how some other postseason MVPs have fared since they came up biggest when their teams needed them the most. |
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. |
Salon.com
October 1, 2002
King Kaufman |
Picking winners In the baseball playoffs, the National League teams all look vulnerable and the American League teams all look unbeatable. Something's gotta give. |
Sports Illustrated
May 24, 2000
Tom Verducci |
The trouble with starting young The next Golden Age of young starting pitching was on display at the 1997 All-Star game.... |
Sports Central
April 22, 2008
Mike Round |
Ranking MLB Rotations: American League The Cleveland Indians top the list of the top five ranked pitching rotations in the American League. |
Sports Central
February 20, 2011
Jess Coleman |
How Pitchers Can Prevent Injuries Every year, over 25% of the money spent on Major League Baseball pitchers is spent on pitchers on the disabled list. |
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? |
Sports Illustrated
September 5, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Batteries charged Astros' young guns thrive with help of veteran backstops... |
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. |
Sports Central
March 21, 2008
Mike Round |
MLB 2008 Preview: NL's Best Rotations A look at the pitching staff of six NL MLB teams. |
Sports Central
June 23, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
Roger(s) Hold 'Em in Texas Two not fully unexpected performances, but remarkable for their ages and compiled years in the majors, are those of pitchers Kenny Rogers, playing for the Texas Rangers, and Roger Clemens, ace of the Houston Astros pitching staff. |
Sports Central
January 24, 2007
Mike Round |
MLB Pitchers Exploit Tight Market A look at the value of MLB pitchers. |
Sports Central
October 24, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
World Series So Far a Snoozer MLB's 2006 postseason has been lethargic and limp. |
Sports Illustrated
August 22, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Call to arms Young starters fizzle, so Jays look to veterans... "The Igniter" is ready... Going South... Griffey's effect... Making their mark... |
Sports Central
October 9, 2015
Joe Messineo |
Previewing the Mets/Dodgers NLDS When the New York Mets, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, face off in the division series of the baseball playoffs beginning Friday, fans could be in store for the best pitching performances seen anywhere in the postseason. |
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
August 23, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Overshadowed Sorry, Wells -- Martinez has inside track on Cy Young... |
Sports Illustrated
April 20, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Home runs getting you down? Baseball Q&A: Dave Stieb... bored with home run after home run?... why isn't anyone hitting .400?... etc. |
Salon.com
September 19, 2002
King Kaufman |
Curt Schilling needs the ball The five-man rotation steals starts from aces and gives them to lesser arms. When will a manager have the guts to ditch it? |
Sports Central
June 13, 2007
Bob Ekstrom |
Can Pitching Really Win the AL Pennant? If the old baseball adage holds, these two teams should be locking horns in the ALCS come October, right? Maybe not. |
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
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. |
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
July 16, 2013
Brad Oremland |
A Moneyball Primer For David Wells The unfortunate downside is that when people try to explain why they don't like sabermetrics, they usually don't know what they're talking about. |
Sports Illustrated
July 30, 2002
Tom Verducci |
A glimmer of hope Opponents could benefit as the Yankees' rotation struggles. |
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. |
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 Illustrated
August 23, 2000
Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball Six strong, if rather obscure, pitchers have given the Giants a lift -- into first place |
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"! |
Wired
June 2004
Tom McNichol |
The Ultimate Pitching Machine Hardware and hard science are turning big-league ballplayers into precision-guided flamethrowers. Batter up! |
Sports Central
February 20, 2008
Mike Round |
Top 10 Fantasy Baseball '08 Bargains Getting ready to fill in your fantasy baseball lineups? Here are a few players to consider. |
Sports Central
October 4, 2004
Diane M. Grassi |
Baseball at its Best Down to the Wire The stage is set for a MLB playoffs season that lends itself to great theater, with no sure winner and possibly surprising upsets. You can't ask for any more from this game of baseball. |
Sports Central
May 28, 2008
Mike Round |
MLB Contenders or Pretenders? Buy or sell the Marlins as an NL East threat?... Buy or sell Detroit making the playoffs?... Buy or Sell Lance Berkman as NL MVP?... etc. |
Sports Central
May 2, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB's Upstarts and Stalwarts What makes the baseball season so special is that no individual player's achievement or any team's success is greater than the entirety of the game. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2003
Jim Kaat |
The Mechanics Of Baseball Baseball has evolved in favor of the hitter. Here are nine factors that have changed the game. |
Sports Illustrated
June 21, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Mending Wood Velocity down, Cubs pitcher struggling to regain form |
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. |
Sports Central
August 23, 2012
Ross Lancaster |
Why the Nationals Should Pitch Strasburg The team should take the gamble on Strasburg and pitch him for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs. |
Sports Illustrated
July 23, 2003
Albert Chen |
Makeover The Phillies' pitching staff, mediocre last year, is this year's strength. |
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 Illustrated
August 13, 2002
Jeff Pearlman |
Hello, Houston Led by a makeshift rotation, the Astros quickly climbed into NL Central contention. |
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
July 23, 2012
Ross Lancaster |
The Hottest Team in Baseball One of the teams that may trade for players to help for the stretch run and stands to benefit from the extra wild card is the Oakland Athletics, who are currently baseball's hottest team, posting a 14-2 record in July to go from having the AL's fourth-worst record to its fourth-best. |
