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Rob Neyer

National Baseball Editor

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.

MOST RECENT POSTS

Alcides Escobar and Wednesday's Greatest Play

These are dark days for your Kansas City Royals. They just lost two of three against the Astros. Chris Getz is batting leadoff. Ned Yost is still the manager, and the Royals' great young hitters...

The White Sox' secret weapon

Jeff Passan on White Sox head trainer Herm Schneider, who's leading the pack, objectively: Either the White Sox happen to have come upon an inconceivably healthy group of players for more than...

Yes, it's too early to give up on Jesus Montero's bat

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He's getting sent to Tacoma to become a first baseman, because it's just too early to give up on Jesús Montero's bat.

Hector Espino, Mike Hessman and Crash Davis

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Earlier this week, you probably read Eric Nusbaum's piece about Mexican legend Héctor Espino, the all-time home-run king of the minor leagues. I contributed a sidebar, with notes about all four...

Six teams that need new old-school uniforms

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We're looking at you, San Diego Padres (but they're not the only team that's due for a switch to some classic look from the franchise's or city's past).

Sergeant Kulpa?

I mentioned this on Twitter already, but now I'm going to mention it again with a video assist ... Ron Kulpa is a major-league umpire. Back in 2000, he got into a big thing with Carl Everett when...

Chris Colabello, Interesting Baseball Player

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At 29, Chris Colabello has completed his exceptionally unlikely trip to the major leagues.

Artificial turf's making a Class A comeback

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...

Another left-handed hitter, another game-ending strikeout

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There's a systemic bias against left-handed hitters, and Tuesday night Melky Cabrera was just the latest victim.

MLB's draft is all about Bud and Bubba

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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.