Who wants to see a great player struggle? During this offseason, there has been much speculation as to when Mariano Rivera will choose to retire, something he dropped hints about last season. My only preference is that whenever he does it, it’s too soon rather than too late. I don’t want to see Rivera ...

Don Mattingly: the RBI percentage king. (AP) As you know, Curtis Granderson leads the American League in RBIs with 95. Now, RBIs are contextual; no matter how good a season a batter is having, he can’t drive in runners that aren’t on base. That sounds obvious, but given the emphasis on RBIs in things ...

As a sidelight to the Hall of Fame stuff I’ve been busy writing about at Baseball Prospectus, I’ve been building upon a suggestion made by Cliff and putting together an all-star team of sorts focused on the best ex-Yankees who aren’t in the Hall of Fame. This isn’t to say that ...

Though his time in Pinstripes is secondary to his case, Tim Raines is eminently worthy of election to the Hall of Fame (AP). Most people don’t associate Christmas with Cooperstown, but Hot Stove season is Hall of Fame season, and a good portion of the current baseball chatter centers around which ...

A couple weeks back I noted the sad end ex-Yankee skipper Joe Torre appeared headed towards in the City of Angels, and the decreasing likelihood that current Dodgers hitting coach and designated successor Don Mattingly would take over the helm. A short while ago, Yahoo’s Tim Brown reported that ...

It's been a rough season in Los Angeles for this pair of familiar faces (AP). As you no doubt heard if you were watching or listening over the weekend, the backdrop to the Yankees taking care of business on the south side of Chicago was the White Sox’s attempt to pry Manny Ramirez loose from ...