Peter Gammons

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Peter Gammons serves as a studio analyst on Baseball Tonight and Baseball 2Day. He also provides "Diamond Notes" and other reports for SportsCenter. Gammons has been a senior writer for ESPN The Mag since Dec. 1999 and contributes to ESPN.com.

Gammons to receive BA's Lifetime Achievement Award
ESPN's Peter Gammons will receive Baseball America's Lifetime Achievement Award when the magazine holds its annual banquet at baseball's winter meetings Tuesday.
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com | Monday, December 4

Red Sox don't know Manny market
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Look, the Red Sox don't even know if Manny Ramirez will be or can be traded at the winter meetings, so no one does. They don't know if they can get the Dodgers and Angels in a marketi...
Peter Gammons | Saturday, December 2

The exploding market
Every day someone has a new "worst signing because it impacts everyone else." From Jamie Walker to Justin Speier (and you question Danys Baez asking for $21 million over three years), Alfonso Soriano ...
Peter Gammons | November 22, 2006

Cubs making biggest splash
There is no question about which team has jumped out and made the biggest bang. The Cubs signed second baseman Mark DeRosa , re-signed Aramis Ramirez , re-signed Kerry Wood and now have agreed to pay ...
Peter Gammons | November 19, 2006

The Matsuzaka investment
NAPLES, Fla. -- Of course, this means the Yankees don't get Daisuke Matsuzaka , and there is no Mike Mussina , Jose Contreras and Alex Rodriguez redux. But when the Red Sox posted a bid of $51.1 milli...
Peter Gammons | November 14, 2006

Few RFs better than Drew
They are two words that carry much of our society, reliability and accountability . They will be celebrated next summer when Cal Ripken is inducted into the Hall of Fame, because Ripken not only was t...
Peter Gammons | November 13, 2006

Padres not scared off by stigma
Skeptics point to Ray Miller and his problems in Minnesota and Baltimore, Joe Kerrigan 's brief trial in Boston, Marcel Lachemann 's struggles in Anaheim and Larry Rothschild 's time in Tampa Bay, not...
Peter Gammons | November 8, 2006

Fun with Bill James numbers
The first best thing that comes after the World Series is "The Bill James Handbook" from ACTA Sports. Not only is there nothing close to it in terms of briefcase usefulness, but there are so many thin...
Peter Gammons | November 6, 2006

Top 10 most popular trade names
This is the time when general managers and their staffs are the most creative, before the realities of ownership, agents and contracts step in. Probably the most creative idea of the 2006 season came ...
Peter Gammons | November 3, 2006

Cards all about people, not money
ST. LOUIS -- In the end, Adam Wainwright , who said he didn't know if he'd make the team out of spring training and hadn't closed before September, finished the World Series for the Cardinals, who dam...
Peter Gammons | October 29, 2006

Money driving peaceful labor deal
DETROIT -- Major League Baseball had hoped the new Basic Agreement could be finished Friday and announced before the World Series began. Hence Rob Manfred and the Players Association worked all Friday...
Peter Gammons | October 22, 2006

Rogers, Weaver alter their image
What Kenny Rogers and Jeff Weaver have done is far more difficult than those who accuse them, either from a keyboard or inside walls that insulate radio voices from their subjects. Each was supposed t...
Peter Gammons | October 21, 2006

Playoffs show parity at work
In New York, answers were demanded. In Boston, Web sites asked why New Englanders couldn't have a spirited, "well-managed" team like the Tigers? Of course, no one raised those questions on the last we...
Peter Gammons | October 12, 2006

Torre is not part of Yanks' problem
What did anyone expect to see when the Yankees were losing Saturday night? With the Yankees, and a growing extent the Red Sox, childish joy is not a part of the equation. Winning is the expectation, a...
Peter Gammons | October 11, 2006

Leyland, Tigers prove they 'belong'
"I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on The Christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top" We could hear the sirens and look out and see the flames, and we ate the pizzas Tigers (an...
Peter Gammons | October 9, 2006

Lowe still making an impact
The shame is that anyone who loves the game wanted to see Pedro Martinez come back and pitch in the 2006 postseason. He demonstrated in the 1999 playoffs and in September 2005 that he could win withou...
Peter Gammons | October 1, 2006

Gammons: Sizemore arguably AL's best player in '06
Despite playing for a non-contender in the Indians, Grady Sizemore was perhaps the AL's best player in 2006.
Peter Gammons, Special to ESPN.com | September 30, 2006

Don't dismiss the Tigers in October
Granted, the Tigers struggled to get here, compared to where they were on Aug. 1. And, granted, when the playoffs begin next week, the Yankees are huge favorites to win it all, presuming Mariano River...
Peter Gammons | September 26, 2006

Gammons: Still believing in man's goodness and dignity
Returning from a near-fatal aneurysm, Peter Gammons salutes the many who cared for him during his recovery.
Peter Gammons, Special to ESPN.com | September 19, 2006

Boston bothered Renteria
Editor's Note: Click here for the latest from Peter Gammons, his first column since suffering an aneurysm on June 27. Edgar Renteria admitted what few players would have the courage to address -- th...
Peter Gammons | June 23, 2006

Mauer already a franchise player
Joe Mauer is sitting on Rod Carew numbers in Minnesota, which to anyone who has watched him is no surprise. There never was much doubt that his astounding hitting skills -- his ability to spit on bord...
Peter Gammons | June 12, 2006

College pitchers rule the draft
Some thoughts about the draft: • There were issues raised all spring about the quality of college position players this year, and the fact that seven of the first 11 picks and 13 of the 30 first...
Peter Gammons | June 7, 2006

Angels hanging around in AL West
The important thing for the Angels is that they survived. They had a streak where they lost 18 of 23 games, they led the league in allowing unearned runs, and in late May they were last in the league ...
Peter Gammons | June 5, 2006

Uncovering draft gems
No one knows what Andrew Miller will do in the major leagues, or Luke Hochevar , Brad Lincoln or Evan Longoria for that matter. Maybe Miller will become the next C.C. Sabathia or Randy Johnson , Hoch...
Peter Gammons | June 2, 2006

Glass abused Baird
Two years ago, The New York Times ran a story about Wal-Mart employees being locked in stores overnight and, as a result, one man nearly dying after a serious fall. Royals owner David Glass is a Wal-M...
Peter Gammons | June 2, 2006

NL West building into new frontier
Last summer we were wondering if someone -- anyone, please -- could win the National League West with a losing record. And as it turned out, the Pads did have a winning record, but it was 82-80 in a d...
Peter Gammons | May 27, 2006

Marlins down ... but not out
At least two general managers did their due diligence Monday and called Larry Beinfest to ask if he would discuss trading Dontrelle Willis . They got the same answer: "He is not available." As of this...
Peter Gammons | May 23, 2006

Mets mulling pitching options
Mets GM Omar Minaya isn't blind. He's suffered through Lima Time , and Brian Bannister is still on hold. He believes John Maine is going to be very good, but he's a ways away, and rushing Mike Pelfrey...
Peter Gammons | May 19, 2006

Pitching still a mystery to Twins
MINNEAPOLIS -- The road back seems longer because the Twins are in a division with two teams that on May 15 had the two best records in the game. It is also enshrouded in fog because the one constant ...
Peter Gammons | May 15, 2006

Independent proving ground
More than 50 scouts were in Fort Worth to watch Luke Hochevar on Monday night in an independent American Association exhibition game. Oh yes. Mopping up in relief was Matt Harrington , beginning his f...
Peter Gammons | May 11, 2006

Phillies gaining momentum
PHILADELPHIA -- What might be spawning is a Mets-Phillies rivalry that lights up the northeast corridor. There is the specter of Billy Wagner's return to Citizens Bank Park with words that make him a ...
Peter Gammons | May 9, 2006

Great closers learned by starting
Sean McAdam reported this morning in the Providence Journal that the Red Sox have discussed using Craig Hansen as a starter if David Wells doesn't come back from his knee problems because Jon Lester i...
Peter Gammons | May 5, 2006

Gammons: No greater living pitcher than Clemens
No one knows where, when or if he'll play again. But there is one undeniable truth -- Roger Clemens is the greatest living pitcher.
Peter Gammons, Special to ESPN.com | May 1, 2006

Early-season team developments
We are three weeks into the season and have a minute sample of what this season is about. But some teams have had some indications and answers that things can go right in 2006, beyond Chris Shelton , ...
Peter Gammons | April 21, 2006

Marlins building a contender
Jeffrey Loria is not selling the Florida Marlins and has no intention of putting them up for contraction. He won a World Series in 2003 and three years in a row put a team on the field that legitimate...
Peter Gammons | April 15, 2006

No honor left
What Barry Bonds has become is a 21st century Shakespearean tragic figure, who -- if one is to accept one-fifth of what has been written and leaked about him as truth -- could not accept being merely ...
ESPN.com | April 14, 2006

No honor left for Bonds
What Barry Bonds has become is a 21st century Shakespearean tragic figure, who -- if one is to accept one-fifth of what has been written and leaked about him as truth -- could not accept being merely ...
Peter Gammons | April 14, 2006

Loveable winners?
CHICAGO -- In many ways, the Cubs have moved on. Manager Dusty Baker and pitching coach Larry Rothschild won't even discuss when Mark Prior and Kerry Wood might be back. GM Jim Hendry never utters an ...
Peter Gammons | April 10, 2006

A record diminished
So, if the George Mitchell commission truly does its due diligence, putting the entire steroids era -- from the late 1980s in Oakland to the Rangers and Phillies of the early '90s to the blotch that i...
ESPN.com | April 6, 2006

Think that's bad?
I was there in San Diego. I have been in Fenway and watched adults stand behind kids and scream obscenities at Derek Jeter , of all people. I was in Three Rivers Stadium when they threw batteries at D...
ESPN.com | April 6, 2006

Syringe is least of Bonds' worries
I was there in San Diego. I have been in Fenway and watched adults stand behind kids and scream obscenities at Derek Jeter , of all people. I was in Three Rivers Stadium when they threw batteries at D...
Peter Gammons | April 5, 2006

Predicting a Yanks-Cards Series
CHICAGO -- Run back the tape to July 31, 2002. The Angels? What was Francisco Rodriguez 's record in Double-A at the time? OK, now roll back to July 31, 2003. Yuh, right. The Florida Marlins. Then rol...
Peter Gammons | April 2, 2006

Players to watch in '06 and beyond
After six weeks of spring training, here are a few observations, some of which push forward into the season under the heading "predictions." AL MVP: Bobby Crosby (Athletics) Runners-up: David Ortiz ...
Peter Gammons | April 1, 2006

Best of the era? Try Rivera
So, if the George Mitchell commission truly does its due diligence, putting the entire steroids era -- from the late 1980s in Oakland to the Rangers and Phillies of the early '90s to the blotch that i...
Peter Gammons | March 31, 2006

How the AL West will be won
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- As each division in baseball has morphed into a unique entity, we have seen rivalries develop. Some, of course, are rooted in regional cultures -- Cardinals-Cubs, Red Sox-Yankees and...
Peter Gammons | March 28, 2006

A top-20 iPod countdown
As I leave spring training, I thank the good folks at Gold's Gyms in Jupiter and Tampa, the 24 Hour Fitness Center in Phoenix, et al. What is odd is the hundred-something times I was asked, "what's in...
Peter Gammons | March 28, 2006

New day for Cubs
MESA, Ariz. -- It is very different with the Cubs this spring. Oh, Mark Prior threw on the side yesterday -- and threw well -- but it was not really news. Kerry Wood is working hard to get back. That'...
Peter Gammons | March 27, 2006

Starters keep White Sox strong
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- They are the world champions, and they have added Javier Vazquez and Jim Thome . In a game in which many teams are scrambling for three decent starters, the White Sox have Mark Bu...
Peter Gammons | March 26, 2006

If Japanese team played in U.S.
I have great respect for Ozzie Guillen and appreciate he knows more than I do ... but he says "if that (Japanese) team played in the American or National League, they might not win 20 games." Even if ...
Peter Gammons | March 26, 2006

Three vets out for redemption
Frank Thomas and Tim Salmon were playing against one another in the Cape Cod League in 1988. Steve Finley already had made it to Triple-A with Rochester. Ronald Reagan was the president. Now, 18 years...
Peter Gammons | March 25, 2006

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