http://dir.salon.com/topics/mlb/?source=rss&aim=mlb en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/25/yogi_berra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/25/yogi_berra/index.html?source=rss Biographer Allen Barra talks about his new book, in which the lovable, quotable old catcher comes off as intelligent, shrewd and decent. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/13/ringolsby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/13/ringolsby/index.html?source=rss The Hall of Fame baseball writer quickly fires up a blog in the wake of the Rocky Mountain News' demise. "I never felt the Internet was a threat." By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/04/withdraw/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/04/withdraw/index.html?source=rss Give me the guys who've pulled out and I can rule the World. Baseball Classic, that is. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/26/greatest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/26/greatest/index.html?source=rss The trend in sports books is to claim that a single contest changed the course of history. Sure it did. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/18/rodriguez/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/18/rodriguez/index.html?source=rss Alex Rodriguez doesn't seem to come fully clean, but without fear of baseball's draconian punishments, he offers something in short supply in the war on drugs: Information. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/09/rodriguez/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/09/rodriguez/index.html?source=rss Knowing about Alex Rodriguez's positive steroid test from 2003 changes nothing, but get out your torches and pitchforks anyway. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/23/phillips/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/23/phillips/index.html?source=rss ESPN bringing Steve Phillips into the booth with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan is the oldest trick in TV land, and one of the worst. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/12/ignorance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/12/ignorance/index.html?source=rss Journalists are supposed to fight it, not brag about it. Too many baseball writers don't seem to feel that way. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/08/larsen_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/08/larsen_letters/index.html?source=rss Comparing the players of 1956 to those of today gets a lively debate going. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/07/1956/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/07/1956/index.html?source=rss Not really, but the rebroadcast of his 1956 gem showed that hitters back then were a different, lesser breed than today's sluggers. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/02/playoff_preview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/02/playoff_preview/index.html?source=rss A great day for sports on TV -- even without college football -- gives way to a couple more as the playoffs get under way. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2008/12/11/baseball_writers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2008/12/11/baseball_writers/index.html?source=rss The baseball writers finally acknowledge that some of the game's best analysts work online -- and not just for megasites. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/11/21/mussina/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/11/21/mussina/index.html?source=rss If the retiring Yankee doesn't make the Hall of Fame, it shouldn't be because he failed to win 300 games. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/11/20/playoffs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/11/20/playoffs/index.html?source=rss Oakland A's owner Lew Wolff has an idea for shortening the baseball postseason. A bad one. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/11/18/mvp/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/11/18/mvp/index.html?source=rss The Cardinals slugger was so good, MVP voters couldn't figure out a way to deny him the award. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/31/drought/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/31/drought/index.html?source=rss Buffalo and San Diego haven't crowned a champ in a while either, but they've had fewer teams. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/30/phillies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/30/phillies/index.html?source=rss The Phillies had to wait around for two days, but they finally get their championship in a one-of-a-kind game. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/29/obituary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/29/obituary/index.html?source=rss Blame it on the rain. Or the mud or the suspended game. Or the late starts. Or cranky writers and an unscheduled off day. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/2008/10/28/fair_share_chart/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/2008/10/28/fair_share_chart/index.html?source=rss How many pennants and World Series titles would each team have won if success were distributed evenly? By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/28/fair_share/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/28/fair_share/index.html?source=rss It feels like Phillies fans have had to wait forever for another title, but if life were fair, a Phils championship would be ahead of schedule. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/28/rain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/28/rain/index.html?source=rss Rain suspends Game 5, which the Rays and Phillies will try to finish Tuesday. That's one off day down, 156 to go before Opening Day. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/27/better_team/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/27/better_team/index.html?source=rss Hold off on that conclusion that the Phillies are better than the Rays just because they're winning the World Series. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/27/game_4/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/27/game_4/index.html?source=rss From a blown call in the first inning to pitcher Joe Blanton's home run in the fifth, everything went Philly's way in Game 4. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/24/game_2_notes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/24/game_2_notes/index.html?source=rss World Series notes: Fox can't tell Venezuela from Panama, Day 2. Plus: Philly's right-handed problem. By King Kaufman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/24/game_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/24/game_2/index.html?source=rss Phenom David Price survives a home run by Phillie Eric! Bruntlett! to get the last seven outs and preserve the win.