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Sports Illustrated July 9, 2002 |
Nine Numbers For Number 9 Remarkable statistics tell part of the story of Ted Williams's remarkable career.  |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
Top 20: Baseball Players Of All Time This season, Barry Bonds continues his assault on the Major League Baseball record books, closing in on the career home run title. He's easily one of the best players the game has ever seen.  |
Salon.com October 24, 2000 Mark Miller |
Ted Williams Almost 60 years ago, the greatest hitter who ever lived hit over .400 and no one has done it since...  |
Salon.com September 25, 2002 King Kaufman |
MVP: Bonds and A-Rod, and it ain't close Let's cut the talk about reserving the award for a player on a winning team. The best player in the league is the most valuable, whoever he plays for.  |
Salon.com October 25, 2002 Allen Barra |
Barry and the Babe Forget the nostalgia freaks droning on and on about the Mythical White Ballplayer era. Barry Bonds is the greatest player in baseball history.  |
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 November 18, 2012 Jeff Kallman |
Now That the AL MVP's Been Decided... Let's get one argument swept aside right here and now. Either Miguel Cabrera or Mike Trout would have been a worthy American League Most Valuable Player winner. In fact, there should be no argument about that.  |
Sports Central July 8, 2009 Jeff Kallman |
SC's All-Time MLB Draft (Pt. 2) Sports columnists choose an all time MLB team.  |
Salon.com June 20, 2001 Allen Barra |
The best season ever? Barry Bonds is on his way, if you look at the stat -- and it isn't home runs -- that measures offensive performance most accurately...  |
Sports Central August 14, 2009 Eric Engberg |
The American League MVP Race Looking at the top contenders, darkhorses and others as candidates for the American League MVP.  |
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 Illustrated October 8, 2001 Phil Taylor |
Not so fast Baseball overlooks one thing when saluting past stars: the pre-1947 exclusion of black players from the major leagues...  |
Sports Central February 10, 2014 Jeff Kallman |
How Kiner Out-Slugged the Mahatma Ralph Kiner seemed like New York's congenial grandfather at the ballpark, but his Hall of Fame playing career may have been forgotten.  |
Sports Illustrated September 5, 2000 Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball Even during the Astros' miss of a season, Jeff Bagwell has been a tremendous hit  |
Sports Illustrated October 9, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Pick an MVP, Any MVP The American League is chock-full of candidates this season...  |
Sports Illustrated June 19, 2001 Jeff Pearlman |
Hitting His Stride After a wrenching personal loss, Bernie Williams is sparking the Yankees again...  |
Sports Central July 30, 2012 Greg Suttich |
Mike Trout, a Legend in the Making Since Mike Trout burst onto the scene one month into the 2012 Major League Baseball season, he has given every baseball fan the chance to see greatness day in and day out.  |
Salon.com August 9, 2001 Allen Barra |
Shoeless Joe Jackson revisited Does the banished ballplayer belong in the Hall of Fame? Depends whether you're talking about the player or the man...  |
AskMen.com Simon Sinek |
Are You Willing To Strike Out?: Simon Sinek It's perfectly fine to be a good, solid player who doesn't go down swinging that often, but it also means you won't hit that many home runs.  |
Sports Central July 26, 2011 Brad Oremland |
Barry Bonds, on the Edge of Cooperstown A Hall of Fame that doesn't recognize Barry Bonds isn't serving its mission.  |
Sports Central January 10, 2008 Sean Crowe |
The Obligatory "Jim Rice HOF Snub" Column Another year goes by and once again, the Baseball Writers' Association of America proves they lack the metal prowess required to elect baseball players to the Hall of Fame.  |
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.  |
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 Illustrated September 17, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Taking the fifth Barry Bonds' multidimensional game fuels another MVP bid.  |
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.  |
AskMen.com Paul Bessire |
Top 10: World Series Teams As the 2007 MLB season comes to an end, WhatIfSports.com ranks all 102 previous World Seres winners to find the true top 10 greatest World Series teams in the history of baseball.  |
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.  |
Salon.com July 24, 2000 Gary Kaufman |
Who's going to Cooperstown? Considering the definitelys, the probables and those intriguing maybes.  |
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.  |
AskMen.com Andrew Segal |
Top 10 Athlete Nicknames Fans have always nicknamed their favorite players as a way to acknowledge them and the important place they hold in the pantheon of sports legends, as only standout players get new monikers.  |
Sports Central July 12, 2011 Brad Oremland |
The Best Shortstops in Baseball History Shortstop is perhaps the most important fielding position in baseball. Here's a list of the finest shortstops in major league history.  |
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...  |
Sports Illustrated August 14, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Dog days are upon us Greetings, readers, and welcome to the dog days of August, also known as the time of year to start declaring candidates for the MVP award.  |
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 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.  |
Sports Illustrated August 30, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Blame it on the jerseys What the heck is up with the baseball uniforms?... If Felipe Alou is fired at the end of the season, where do you think he will end up?... What happens if there is a three-way or even four-way tie for the wild-card spot?...  |
Sports Illustrated June 18, 2002 Tom Verducci |
History lesson for a history maker Marlins second baseman Luis Castillo's hit streak puts him in lofty company.  |
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 Central January 6, 2014 Jeff Kallman |
Jerry Coleman, RIP It was how Coleman spoke of live baseball from the Padres' broadcast booth that endeared him to Padres and other fans and, finally, enshrined him in the Hall of Fame in 2005 as a Frick Award winner.  |
Sports Central July 19, 2004 Brad Oremland |
Statistically Significant In light of the rising popularity of fantasy sports, should the media stop focusing on baseball's Triple Crown statistics and focus on the numbers that matter?  |
Sports Central May 28, 2015 Jeff Kallman |
So, What's in a Retired Number? Haven't the Yankees retired way too many numbers?  |
Sports Illustrated August 30, 2000 Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball It's in the season's final month that the MVP races hit full swing  |
Sports Illustrated September 24, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Taking the mound Rotation will have greatest impact on Yankees postseason  |
Sports Central March 16, 2004 Jeff Kallman |
Reggie Jackson's Fuzzy Math Thoughts on Reggie Jackson's comments about homerun statistics and steroid use.  |
Sports Illustrated September 5, 2002 Stephen Cannella |
Will Chicago kick dirt on the Big Hurt? Unique clause may end Frank Thomas' days with White Sox  |
AskMen.com May 10, 2001 Harry Marks |
Top 10 Baseball Ballparks Baseball's back, and what better way to mark this return than with a list honoring the Top 10 Baseball Ballparks in the Major Leagues today...  |
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 Illustrated September 18, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Defending Barry Postseason failures have no bearing on this year's MVP race.  |
Popular Mechanics April 2005 Allen St. John |
Barry the Babe Who's the better hitter? When Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants bats for Babe Ruth's record a few weeks from now, it'll be a whole new ballgame for stat-obsessed fans.  |
Sports Central January 27, 2009 Jeff Kallman |
Cooperstown Calling Commentary about recent Hall of Fame selections.  |