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Sports Illustrated July 4, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Nothing cooking with Schilling rumors It has become a rite of summer, an addendum to the fireworks, barbecues and beach excursions of July. It is Curt Schilling's wanderlust.... Plus: Trade rumors for the Indians, Braves and Orioles |
Sports Illustrated May 1, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
Carrying a Big Stick Soft-spoken Juan Gonzalez, healthy and happy again, is off to a loud start in Cleveland... |
Sports Illustrated July 4, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Half-season awards Baseball's wacky first half makes for unexpected winners... |
Sports Illustrated August 29, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
Youth Serves With their precocious play and poise, five rookies have kept the Phillies in the chase... |
Salon.com July 17, 2000 Max Garrone |
Trading roundup The Yankees have been wheeling and dealing. Will the Dodgers be the next rich team to get richer? |
Sports Illustrated May 23, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Damaging workload Big increases in innings pitched wear out hurlers... |
Sports Illustrated August 1, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Making sense of all the deadline deals Every year baseball begins to more closely resemble its fantasy version, rotisserie ball. This July saw a ridiculous amount of rumors and trades. The trading period does generate short-term publicity, but is all this carpetbagging good for the game? The jury is still out.... |
Sports Illustrated October 24, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Scouts honor Advanced reports are key to Yankees' success... |
Sports Illustrated October 4, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
On second thought Rethinking early baseball picks with the benefit of hindsight... |
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 Illustrated July 26, 2000 Stephen Cannella |
Chat Reel: SI's Stephen Cannella Rumors and reality as July 31 deadline approaches |
Sports Central March 5, 2009 Mike Round |
Forget Steroids and Recession: Play Ball! Here's a look around MLB's American and National Leagues and predictions for the upcoming season. |
Sports Illustrated June 20, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Balancing act Lineups thrive with versatility more than power... |
Sports Illustrated March 22, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Donnie Baseball feels Rolen's pain Schilling, Rolen, McGwire, Sasaki, Baez, Morandini, Martinez. |
Sports Illustrated September 19, 2000 Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball If Arizona misses the playoffs, Showalter could be shown the door... |
Sports Central September 9, 2005 Chris Cornell |
Tribe Take Over First in the Wildcard The Cleveland Indians have put together an impressive season in a year where they were still supposed to be rebuilding. |
Sports Illustrated July 31, 2001 Daniel G. Habib |
Trigger Happy Ah, the chaos of baseball at trading time. For every question a G.M. must ask himself when contemplating a blockbuster deal, history gives conflicting responses... |
Sports Central August 1, 2012 Andrew Jones |
MLB Trade Deadline: Winners and Losers In today's game of big market teams, small market buyers have little chance of signing rentals in the offseason. It's probably no surprise; however, that the buyers are more often than not big market teams. But let's take a look at a few of the recent deals. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
5 New York Yankee Flops The New York Yankees have made disappointing trades recently. |
Sports Central January 24, 2007 Mike Round |
MLB Pitchers Exploit Tight Market A look at the value of MLB pitchers. |
Sports Central February 29, 2004 Mike Guenther |
New Faces in New Places It's time to weigh in on how the latest baseball offseason's player movement will affect the National League in 2004. |
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 21, 2010 Joshua Duffy |
Lessons From Baseball's First Half At nearly the half-way point of the Major League Baseball season, we have a pretty good idea now of who is going to be what. |
Sports Central September 11, 2015 Jeff Kallman |
No Tomorrow For Mr. Amaro One day after the Phillies were eliminated mathematically from the postseason, Ruben Amaro, Jr. may wish he'd been in a monastery rather than the Phillies' front office from which he's just been canned. |
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?" |
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. |
Sports Central March 20, 2010 Roy Daniel |
Top Contenders For the 2010 World Series I like to know who has the best shot at winning the World Series before the season starts. For some reason, it makes the season a bit more interesting. |
Sports Illustrated November 5, 2001 Jeff Pearlman |
It's never too soon to forecast Yanks and D-Backs will be very busy this offseason... |
Sports Illustrated November 21, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Consumer Reports: Baseball Edition Some advice on how to shop for free agents: Terry Adams, Johnny Damon, Juan Gonzalez, Tino Martinez, Jason Schmidt, David Weathers, Bret Boone, Roger Cedeno, Chan Ho Park, Reggie Sanders, etc. |
Sports Illustrated August 23, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
What happened? In a season of surprises, four of baseball's slumps stand out... |
Sports Central March 29, 2007 Seth Doria |
2007 MLB Preview: American League Here are a few thoughts about MLB's American League, in order of predicted finish. |
Sports Central March 15, 2011 Matt Thomas |
"Facing" the Facts in MLB For 2011 Taking a look through the plastic surgeon's post-operative eye in identifying successes in failures by MLB teams in working towards a serviceable product in 2011. |
Sports Illustrated July 2, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
All the Answers In the game of prognostication you use every available tool. We've gazed into our Magic 8 Ball to see how the remainder of the baseball season will play out |
Sports Illustrated October 9, 2001 |
The Unofficial Awards Our baseball writers offer their picks in some less-than-major awards categories... |
Sports Illustrated July 5, 2000 Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball Cincinnati's springtime pennant optimism has turned sour in summer |
Sports Illustrated July 26, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
Utter anonymity The Angels have quietly become a force in the AL West. |
Sports Illustrated May 3, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Patience pays off for Mariners Seattle has become a much more dynamic offensive team... Ken Griffey Jr... Roger Clemens... Diamondbacks... Who has the strongest outfield arm in the NL?... |
Salon.com October 30, 2001 King Kaufman |
Big mistake, Arizona If you want to beat the Yankees in a World Series, don't win the first two games... |
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 18, 2013 Ross Lancaster |
The 10 Biggest Series For the Second Half As the baseball season moves to the second half, to the trade deadline, into pennant races and the cooler weather of September, there are series that carry added significance for playoff spots. |
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 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... |
Sports Central September 16, 2005 Chris Cornell |
Sox Take a Look in Rearview If the Boston Red Sox thought they could just cruise into the playoffs without getting a fight from the Evil Empire, they'd better think again. |
Sports Illustrated February 19, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Hot Stott The biggest early surprise of Arizona Diamondbacks' camp -- if not in all of baseball -- is veteran pitcher Todd Stottlemyre... |
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 October 5, 2009 Ryan Day |
Why the Phillies Will Not Repeat The strengths that carried Philadelphia to win a championship last season have shown signs of rust this season and the parts that were lacking are, well, still lacking. |
Sports Central October 6, 2008 Kyle Jahner |
Setting the Stage For October Rays and Brewers and Cubs will battle in October. Even the Twins have a shot to crash the party. But the Yankees, Tigers, Mets, and their nine-figure payrolls failed to make the guest list. |
Sports Central May 18, 2006 Zach Jones |
A Tale of Two Cities In the baseball season's past two weeks, two National League teams have thrown it in fifth gear and headed in opposite directions. But will these teams continue trending in their present directions? |
Sports Illustrated April 10, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Rangers may not have spent wisely Will the Red Sox bring in support staff for Pedro? Will Drew Henson see time at the hot corner this season in the Bronx? Can the Diamondbacks snag Scott Rolen? The answers to these and other pressing questions... |
Sports Illustrated October 9, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Postseason awards ballot Picks for MVP, Rookies, Coaches, etc. |