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July 12, 2010
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National League Midseason Awards Here's a look at the best National League players at midseason   |
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. |
Sports Central
August 18, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
NL Wild Card Wild Cards A break down of the NL wild card race, including a list of the wild cards each team has as they fight for the all important fourth playoff spot. |
Sports Central
September 12, 2005
Eric Poole |
MLB's MVP Races Wide-Open In the National league, the MVP race is razor thin with just three players still in the running. But In the American League, there are more candidates. |
Sports Central
July 7, 2014
Andrew Jones |
MLB Midseason Awards While there are still plenty of games to play, it is fitting to look at who is on track for a few of the various awards that will come out at season's end. |
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
August 1, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
Astros' Play is Deja Vu All Over Again A surprise since the All-Star Break is the torrid streak of the Houston Astros, with a 22-7 record in July, the best home record in the majors and tops in winning percentage through July 30th. |
Sports Illustrated
October 9, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Postseason awards ballot Picks for MVP, Rookies, Coaches, etc. |
Sports Central
September 3, 2009
Paul Foeller |
King of St. Louis: Man vs. Machine As long as he continues on the same pace he has for nine years, and avoids major injuries, it seems foolish to think that Albert Pujols won't one day supplant Stan Musial as "The Man." |
Sports Illustrated
August 23, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
What happened? In a season of surprises, four of baseball's slumps stand out... |
Sports Illustrated
May 15, 2001
Jeff Pearlman |
In the Swing The Cardinals swept into first, thanks in large part to surprising slugger J.D. Drew... |
Sports Illustrated
September 5, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Late entry Oswalt joins Pujols in Rookie of the Year race... |
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. |
Sports Central
July 11, 2007
Kyle Jahner |
Saving Pujols For What?! No explanation comes close. There is no excuse. Albert Pujols should have hit. |
Sports Central
October 4, 2012
Joshua Duffy |
New Playoff Structure a Swing and a Miss Let's get right to the heart of the matter: while Bud Selig's new expanded playoffs has resulted in some extra hope in September, it has left open the potential for some serious competitive unfairness in October. |
Sports Illustrated
July 5, 2000
Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball Cincinnati's springtime pennant optimism has turned sour in summer |
Sports Illustrated
August 29, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Youth Serves With their precocious play and poise, five rookies have kept the Phillies in the chase... |
Sports Central
March 6, 2006
Isaac Miller |
2006 MLB Preview: National League Look for an exciting A's/Cards World Series. St. Louis will be the best team in baseball for the third straight year, and LaRussa's club will finally have a ring to show for it. |
Sports Central
October 22, 2007
Ricky Dimon |
Who Are These Colorado Rockies? How about one of the greatest Cinderella stories in Major League Baseball history? |
Sports Central
September 15, 2010
Vito Curcuru |
September Heat in National League West Entering Sept. 13, San Francisco and San Diego were tied for the division lead and Colorado was 1.5 games behind them. The National League West and East have baseball's best races and the tightest race is in the NL West. |
Sports Central
October 13, 2004
Diane M. Grassi |
Finally Triumphant, Are Astros the Sleeper Pick? After eight prior attempts and never advancing beyond the National League Division Series, the Houston Astros have finally pierced the veil. |
Sports Central
September 27, 2005
Kevin Connelly |
And the Award Goes to... Here are the winners of the 2005 NL awards for MVP and Cy Young with less than two weeks remaining in the regular season. |
Sports Central
June 15, 2010
Brad Oremland |
Albert Pujols, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Greatness I'm ready to argue Pujols as a better baseball player than Griffey. |
Sports Central
May 23, 2011
Joshua Duffy |
Age, Albert Pujols, and One Hell of a Gamble There's another topic that's gotten some debate of late: the deterioration of athletes that comes with age. No matter how great an athlete is, the end comes calling eventually. Always. To everybody. |
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
July 12, 2011
Adam Russell |
Division Races Will Come Down to Wire This baseball season could end up being one of the most exciting, down-to-the-wire season's we've seen in some time. |
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 Illustrated
July 4, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Half-season awards Baseball's wacky first half makes for unexpected winners... |
Sports Central
February 16, 2006
Jeff Pohlmeyer |
Major League Baseball 2006 Preview NL East: 1. New York Mets... 2. Atlanta Braves... NL Central: 1. St. Louis Cardinals... 2. Milwaukee Brewers... |
Salon.com
October 4, 2002
King Kaufman |
Why isn't Barry Bonds productive? Because of a colossal managerial blunder that has him hitting cleanup instead of leadoff. |
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
September 7, 2007
Piet Van Leer |
MLB NL Playoff Odds A look at the playoff chances of NL teams like the Mets and Cubs. |
Sports Central
June 6, 2013
Joshua Duffy |
John Mozeliak, Take a Bow Being a Major League General Manager is an ever-delicate walk between trying to win now while at the same time setting up for the long term. |
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
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 9, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Pick an MVP, Any MVP The American League is chock-full of candidates this season... |
Sports Central
May 18, 2010
Joshua Duffy |
Rise of a New Big Red Machine? Not So Fast After years of futility, not having won the Central since 1995, it's finally the Cincinnati Reds looking down on the rest of the pack. |
Sports Central
February 14, 2011
Kyle Jahner |
Albert Pujols Talk Takes a Hard Right Into Crazy-Town Albert Pujols is trying to effectively sign the last contract of his baseball life. |
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. |
Sports Central
April 5, 2006
Mike Round |
New Ballpark, Same Aspirations in St. Louis The Cardinals are a popular choice for the leading the National League. But the offseason in St Louis hasn't been a straightforward case of upgrading for a comfortable ride to the NL Central crown and beyond. |
Sports Illustrated
October 4, 2000 |
My postseason awards ballot I am hereby submitting my vote, even if it has absolutely no bearing on the outcome... |
Sports Illustrated
May 23, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Damaging workload Big increases in innings pitched wear out hurlers... |
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
June 6, 2011
Paul Foeller |
Eyes on the Prize Roughly a third of the way through the MLB season, there are five teams that stand out from the rest. |
Sports Central
September 18, 2003
Marco Santana |
End of Season Baseball Musings A few random musings as the baseball season nears its end. |
AskMen.com
Phil Helm |
Top 10: Rookie Seasons These rookie seasons have set the standard that every first-year player strives to reach. |
Sports Central
August 13, 2012
Paul Foeller |
Centralized Power Only three players in the National League rank in the top 10 of all three triple crown categories. All of them play in the National League Central. Only one division has three of the top five in wins and in saves -- the National League Central. |
Sports Central
October 24, 2012
Ross Lancaster |
Redbird Luck Runs Out The St. Louis Cardinals' two-year run of punching above their playoff weight ended on Tuesday night in anticlimactic, but pleasing fashion with a 9-0 loss to the Giants. |
Sports Illustrated
October 4, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
On second thought Rethinking early baseball picks with the benefit of hindsight... |
AskMen.com
Chris Aung-Thwin |
Pujol's Contract When Albert Pujols turns 52 on January 16, 2032, the (by then probably massively overweight) slugger will have been earned up to $268,750,000. |
