Josh Byrnes got the job as sheriff of Padre Flats, surveyed the populace and started blasting his six-shooters. The new Padres general manager has just enough old-fashioned gunslinger and mail pilot in him to fire away at the law of convention and fly by

Yes, they sure did, per Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com. I think I need to re-read Fire Joe Morgan again. Pierre was their favorite (player) punching bag after David Eckstein and Darin Erstad. in association with Analysis and features focusing on Philadel

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Click here to view comments in a non-threaded output. Since this seems to get asked every time a player retires, does David Eckstein belong in the Hall of Fame? Don’t make me laugh. But

It's not an insignificant honor to be included on a list of scrappy players. Among the numerous criteria for being considered for this definitive list, a scrappy player must: Be capable of executing a straight steal of home plate because the other team i

Have you ever looked at a player's listed weight and laughed, wondering just how he could expect us to believe that it was true? Or maybe looked back at a player's career and wondered how exactly he went from that svelte 20-year-old body to that vastly d

Example: “Much of David Eckstein’s value goes well beyond statistics — his grit and desire.” Example: “He was pumping-heart and all-out hustle in mud-caked spikes.” Example: “David Eckstein, the scrappy infielder who’s good at getting on base” Example: “

These are pictures of David Eckstein standing next to professional baseball players: This is a picture of David Eckstein standing next to Spike Lee. All photos AP, except the sixth. Don’t know where that one came from. You can follow any responses to thi

Eckstein may have had the greatest combination of intangibles in baseball history. Unfortunately, we'll never know because they're intangibles. The singular focus and resultant battle over his indefinable characteristics unfairly marginalized the reality

Eckstein was a career .280 hitter over 10 seasons with the Angels, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Diamondbacks and Padres. He played for San Diego last se

Veteran infielder David Eckstein, who won the 2006 World Series MVP as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals, has decided to retire, The Boston Globe reports. The two-time All-Star didn't play in 2011, but some teams were willing to give him a look in spri

Dan McGrath writes a column for The Chicago News Cooperative. If Andrew Shaw were a baseball player, he would be David Eckstein, the pint-size shortstop who won World Series rings with the Anaheim Angels and the St. Louis Cardinals. If he played basketba

Dan McGrath writes a column for The Chicago News Cooperative. If Andrew Shaw were a baseball player, he would be David Eckstein, the pint-size shortstop who won World Series rings with the Anaheim Angels and the St. Louis Cardinals. If he played basketba

Two-time World Series champion David Eckstein will be the featured speaker at the 2012 Hot Stove Banquet on Jan. 28. CHAMPAIGN, Ill.

Posted by Chris Jaffe As 2011 came to a close, former Baltimore Oriole Melvin Mora announced his retirement. This isn’t too surprising since Arizona (his last team) cut him midseason and no one picked him up. Still, Mora’s recent decision to out-and-out

Comparisons have been a part of baseball since long before the internet showed up and made everyone an expert. Players are routinely compared to one another, and this happens with prospects more than anyone else. Fans like to see comps because they want

I had intended on doing a fun Jeff Bagwell Hall of Fame article, comparing him to Killer B's already in the Hall, but then I saw Barry Bloom's Hall of Fame ballot. At the bottom of this article you'll note that there's a little blurb about why Bagwell wa

Dan Duquette is going to be good for the Baltimore Orioles. Sure, we all laughed when everyone who has been in baseball this century turned down the opportunity to serve as the most visible private in Peter Angelos’s imbecile army, leaving the owner with

Your goal shouldn't be to buy players. Your goal should be to buy wins. In the movie adaptation of Michael Lewis's book Moneyball this quote is the beautifully concise explanation of the sabermetric approach to baseball. Nowadays folks running ball clubs