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Continuing with our ongoing series wherein we rank the greatest players of all time by aggregating the first ten “top 10″ lists at each position discovered through a Google search, we turn in this edition to first basemen. As in past posts, we used a 1000-point scale by subtracting each player’s ranking on each top-10 [...]

Today, Rob Neyer says let’s not anoint Pujols just yet, and poses the following question: Maybe Pujols really is the best player in the National League. He probably is. But there’s a .365-hitting shortstop with power, playing for a contending team. Shouldn’t we at least take a deep breath and think a few thoughts? Don’t [...]

At Coley’s request, here is the WAR pie for the St. Louis Cardinals: As you can see, the Cardinals are ridiculously dependent on just four players. Albert Pujols and the three aces, Chris Carpenter, Joel Pineiro, and Adam Wainwright, have accounted for more than 58 percent of the Cardinals wins above replacement. We can also [...]

Piggybacking on Coley’s post yesterday regarding Albert Pujols as MVP, I want to draw attention to another article arguing against the pick – this one from the Washington Post’s Thomas Boswell (hat tip to some unknown blogger named Rob Neyer. Keep trying, Rob. You’ll make it someday). Out of all the articles I’ve read regarding [...]

We’ve got a host of NL MVP-related links today. DanUpBaby at Viva El Birdos says, “I’ve never been happier to overreact about something, personally.” Here’s how Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel writer Tom Hardricourt voted: 1. Ryan Howard, 2. CC Sabathia,3. Manny Ramirez, 4. Carlos Delgado, 5. Aramis Ramirez, 6. Prince Fielder, 7. Albert Pujols, 8. Ryan Ludwick,9. [...]

You might have seen Nick, Coley, and Sarah’s MVP picks already. If not, then you probably should. Because only then will you be able to appreciate how much better mine are. Call me VORPy. I believe that “most valuable” means that you were the best in that year. I do not think it’s rational to [...]

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    • » Howard I stream it through my TV with my PS3, and I’m not experiencing problems as bad as yours, but I do...
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    • » e I canceled my service 2 seasons ago because it just never got better (put up with it since 1st day it was rolled...
    • » David Thanks for the response. I think you meant “above average” in the corners, but true on the...
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August 24, 2010

Note to copy editors: Please think of a different headline for Matt Cain stories

Dear ESPN copy editors, Monday was at least the second time you’ve run a “Cain Is Able” headline on the front page. You’ve run variations on this headline in the past. Other sites have used the headline, too. Here’s an info box where you used “Cain Is Able” as the header: It’s time to think of [...]

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August 2, 2010

Crowdsourcing the Greats: The Greatest Center Fielders of All Time

We turn now to center fielders as we continue our ongoing series wherein we seek out the best players of all time at each position using the preposterous method of randomly googling the first top-10 lists we can find at that position and adding up the rankings. As in the past, the rankings are on [...]

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July 19, 2010

Crowdsourcing the Greats: The Greatest Left Fielders of All Time

It’s time to continue our ongoing series wherein we derive rankings for the top players of all time at each position on the diamond by adding up each player’s rankings on the first ten top-10 lists to appear in a Google search, on the somewhat suspect assumption that millions of clicks and thousands of links [...]