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MEDIA

Bob Costas puts Albert Pujols' career in perspective after Pujols picks up another MVP award. Costas also addresses the impact of the steroids era on any great players moving forward and the new statistics in baseball.

Keith Law, MLB

Keith Law shares his thoughts on Albert Pujols' third NL MVP award and where the Cardinals' slugger will rank in baseball history.

Buster Olney, MLB

ESPN the Magazine senior MLB writer Buster Olney says it's ridiculous that Joe Mauer didn't win the AL MVP unanimously and the one writer who voted for Miguel Cabrera makes the rest of the voters look bad.

Baseball Today Podcasts

Baseball Today: 11/19

Eric Karabell and Peter Pascarelli recap the awards season and answer e-mails about free agents, the Angels, Yankees and Mets.

Baseball Today: 11/5

Eric Karabell and Peter Pascarelli congratulate the Yankees, discuss Chase Utley not winning the MVP award and comment on A-Rod's validation.

Baseball Today: 11/4

Eric Karabell and Peter Pascarelli preview Game 6 of the World Series and wonder if Pedro Martinez can lead Philadelphia to a Game 7.

PLAYER RATINGS

	PLAYER	TEAM	POS
1	Albert Pujols	STL	1B
2	Zack Greinke	KC	SP
3	Tim Lincecum	SF	SP
4	Joe Mauer	MIN	C
5	Chris Carpenter	STL	SP
6	Chase Utley	PHI	2B
7	Felix Hernandez	SEA	SP
8	Roy Halladay	TOR	SP
9	Javier Vazquez	ATL	SP
10	Prince Fielder	MIL	1B

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MLB BLOGS

Jayson Stark

Three Strikes -- Mailbag No. 2 edition (11/25/09)
Buster Olney

Free-agency side dishes (11/25/09)
Peter Gammons

Yankees' spring plans for Joba, Hughes (11/24/09)
Jason Grey

Final notes from Arizona Fall League (11/20/09)
Keith Law

My 2009 NL Cy Young ballot (11/19/09)

COLUMNISTS

Jerry Crasnick

Life's Unhittable Pitch

Justin Duchscherer has learned a lot about himself since undergoing treatment for depression. Now he's ready to return to the mound.

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Jim Caple

Hollywood Treatment

Can the Twins re-sign Joe Mauer? Will the Yankees or Red Sox swoop in? The drama's worthy of a Coen brothers movie.

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Keith Law

Top 50 Free Agents

From Matt Holliday at No. 1 to Adam Everett at No. 50, check out the top 50 free agents.

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Jayson Stark

It Starts At The Bottom

Cries for a salary cap were sparked by the Yankees' winning the World Series, but what baseball really needs is a minimum payroll threshold.

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Howard Bryant

Capped Out

In an offseason focused on money, cries for a salary cap are way off the mark.

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Tim Kurkjian

Offseason Storylines

Where will Matt Holliday end up? What about John Lackey? They are among the top 10 storylines of the offseason.

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Amy K. Nelson

Quick Exit

Pedro Martinez's outing in Game 6 was brief, as was his bizarre session with reporters after he tried to bolt the Phillies' clubhouse without speaking to the media.

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Rob Neyer

Bad On The Bases

Nick Punto and Carlos Gomez are included on the list of the top 10 all-time baserunning blunders.

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MLB ON TWITTER

@robneyer Five days without my computer because I left my power cord in a hotel room. Sheesh. 6 minutes ago
@Buster_ESPN More from him in Thursday's blog... about 7 hours ago
@Buster_ESPN will be developing later in offseason. Under the right circumstances, he'd be willing to give up a 2nd-round pick to sign a Type A FA (more) about 7 hours ago
@Buster_ESPN Orioles' Andy MacPhail on the team's priorities: "First base and third base and any pitching we can get." He thinks the closer market (more) about 7 hours ago
@MLBRumorCentral The Blue Jays may have signed Marco Scutaro's replacement Wednesday #bluejays #freeagents http://bit.ly/5BDsNx about 8 hours ago
@MLBRumorCentral Are the White Sox calling off a potemtial Jim Thome return? #whitesox #mlb http://bit.ly/5svB7k about 8 hours ago
@jcrasnick Sal Fasano, one of baseball's great guys, will manage Toronto's Class A Lansing club this year. Sal's Pals have to make a field trip there. about 8 hours ago
@jaysonst Just up at ESPNBoston.com from Gordon Edes: "No question" Halladay on Red Sox' radar, but he's Angels' No. 1 priority.http://tiny.cc/XymqO about 8 hours ago
@jimcaple With apologies to the Coens,my take on how the Mauer contract saga http://bit.ly/7AoJCJ about 9 hours ago
@jcrasnick Just up on ESPN.com: Justin Duchscherer talks about his battle with clinical depression. http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/mlb/index about 11 hours ago
@Buster_ESPN Wrote about the Halladay talks in Rumor Central. It's Johan Santana 2...(http://insider.espn.go.com/insider/features/rumors#3793 about 12 hours ago
@Buster_ESPN Stuff about Adrian Gonzalez, Roy Oswalt, Billy Wagner and the Hall of Fame candidacy of Edgar Martinez. about 14 hours ago
@Buster_ESPN Good morning, folks -- the blog is posted (http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4688224&name=olney_buster). about 14 hours ago
@MLBRumorCentral The White Sox are looking at Coco Crisp in case they are unable to bring back Scott Podsednik..http://bit.ly/4BJPkJ about 16 hours ago
@MLBRumorCentral The Red Sox are in serious pursuit of Roy Halladay and that could prompt the Yankees to get involved..http://bit.ly/5BSc2o about 16 hours ago
@Buster_ESPN Spoke with an executive who was told flat-out: Adrian Gonzalez is not available. Timing isn't right; that might change before July 31, 2010. about 18 hours ago
@jaysonst His team lost 103, but Ryan Zimmerman got 2 MVP votes. Most L's by a guy who got votes:115, by Wally Berger in '35. I've gotta get out more! 1 day ago
@MLBRumorCentral Why Nick Johnson and Carlos Delgado don't fit in Arizona #diamondbacks #mlb http://bit.ly/8CdxFx 1 day ago
@jaysonst Another nugget in that blog post: Only 2 teams got no votes for any award this year -- Orioles & Mets. http://tiny.cc/0cX6P 1 day ago
@jaysonst That's 7 top-3 MVP finishes for Pujols, as as many as Wiliams, Musial & Berra. Full list in blog post for ESPN Insiders http://tiny.cc/0cX6P 1 day ago

2009 PLAYOFFS

The Yankees, after a one-year break from the playoffs, returned to the postseason and captured the franchise's 27th title.

Stark: Gang of Four endures for Yankees

Wojciechowski: Thinking of The Boss

Crasnick: Matsui wins MVP, exit from NYC next?

Arangure: Five reasons the Phils didn't repeat

KISS 'EM GOODBYE

Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and the Insider staff offer in-depth looks at the teams that were eliminated … and the one team, the New York Yankees, still standing at the end.

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