Rob Neyer began his career with legendary baseball author Bill James, and later worked for STATS, Inc. and ESPN.com, writing more words for that website than anyone else. Rob has written or co-written six baseball books, including Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends.
Growing up in Kansas City, Rob's favorite teams were the Royals, the Minnesota Vikings and the long-lost Kansas City Kings.
When I toured the Hillsboro Hops' new ballpark last week, I was mildly shocked to find very little dirt, and no grass at all. Because the playing surface -- the infield, the outfield, the warning...
Every year, we wonder why Baseball doesn't make its draft coverage more compelling. Well, they could fix the Bud Selig problem. But the Bubba Starling problem isn't going away.
Yes, this is the real thing:
I walked 7.5 guys per 9 inns. In my career. Is there anyway I should have saved 192 games? On paper, no way. Thank god I didn't play on pape
— Mitch Williams...
Last week I happened across an entirely unexpected book, a just-published account of the Clinton LumberKings' 2010 season. If the subject seems odd, the timing seems odder. It takes three years to...
When Samuel Deduno joins the Twins' rotation this weekend, they'll finally have a pitcher who can rack up the strikeouts like everybody else in the league.