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Sat, May 17, 2008

An Early Look at Alexei Ramirez

by Justin Murphy

General | Comments (2)

The Decline Of 20-Game Winners: A Lack Of Quality Not Quantity

by Brian Joseph

Last week, Padres’ Greg Maddux registered his 350^th win. There’s a good chance we won’t see that again in our lifetime. While I still hold to my earlier posts that 300-game winners are not dead yet, there is serious cause for concern with the disappearance of consistent, high quality starting pitching.

What's on Second: Statistical Analysis | Comments (3)

Fri, May 16, 2008

An International Game: First Foreign Players From Each Country

by Brendan Macgranachan

General | Comments (1)

Thu, May 15, 2008

The Twins (and every other team) Near Top of A.L. Central

by Richard Stroud

General | Comments (5)

Wed, May 14, 2008

Slugging Second Basemen: Rogers Hornsby and a Bunch of Guys Named Joe

by Justin Murphy

A Chase Utley-inspired look at heavy hitting 2Bs.

General | Comments (1)

No-no Fever!

by Matt Mitchell

And the only solution is to predict a no-hitter

Sabermetric Soapbox | Comments (2)

When It Comes To Howard’s Slump, Everyone Has An Opinion (Including Me)

by Brian Joseph

On the heels of a night where he went 2-for-4 maybe there’s hope that Phillies slugger Ryan Howard is finally snapping out of his ’08 slump. Then again, he did add to his strikeout total twice to boost it to a major league-high 56 times.

General | Comments (6)

Tue, May 13, 2008

Seamheads Radio is Back!

Matt Sisson talks with Carlo DeVito about his new book Yogi: The Life and Times of an American Original.

General | Comments (1)

Baseball History — As Seen From The Shadows of Cooperstown: Part X

This was supposed to be an issue covering the 1990s, but it turns out that it just covers the first five years of that span. I predicted a somewhat different take on this decade, and I was right about that. But I had not expected my excerpting and reflecting on my old scorebooks, to take up so much space. Rather than post a 30-page issue, I’ll return to the Nineties in #447.

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown | Comments (1)

Mon, May 12, 2008

Roto Chronicles: National League–May 12

Plenty of pitchers made this week’s edition of Ruts and Royalty.

Roto Chronicles | Comments (0)

Roto Chronicles: American League – May 12

by Michael Taylor

The “Greek God of Walks” powers his way up fantasy charts.

Roto Chronicles, Fantasy | Comments (3)

Diamond Rundown – Edition Six

by Brian Joseph

Facts, figures and other tidbits from the sixth week of the ’08 major league baseball season.

General | Comments (1)

Sun, May 11, 2008

Climbing the Ladder with the National League 5/11/2008

by Scott Powers

Astros climb Central standings

Climbing the Ladder | Comments (0)

Sat, May 10, 2008

Talkin’ Baseball, Steroids and “The Code” With Author Ross Bernstein

by Brian Joseph

“The Code” in baseball is an interesting but seldom discussed aspect of the game. Just this past week, both Richie Sexson and Joba Chamberlain have caused ripples in the game because of it.

General | Comments (4)

Fri, May 09, 2008

Marv Foley’s Triple Crown

by Brendan Macgranachan

Marv Foley’s line of .217-6-19 in his final major league season in 1984 with Texas came nowhere close to winning the American League Triple Crown that season. However, Foley’s line of 1989-1993-1997 won him a much rarer triple crown, one that was never duplicated and probably never will.

General | Comments (1)

The Hall of Doubt?

by Michael Hoban

General | Comments (0)

Thu, May 08, 2008

The 2008 Florida Marlins: Good Seats Are Still Available

by Richard Stroud

General | Comments (4)

Wed, May 07, 2008

How Low Can You Go?

Pirates hurler John Van Benschoten may be the worst pitcher in team history.

General | Comments (7)

The Sabermetric Soapbox: A Day With Some Legends

by Matt Mitchell

Former ballplayers telling tales is a fantastic break from the usual musings from atop the Soapbox.

Sabermetric Soapbox | Comments (0)

Tue, May 06, 2008

This Week in Baseball: 1972

This week’s article chronicles the goings on during the week of April 29-May 5, 1972.

General | Comments (0)

Baseball History — As Seen From The Shadows of Cooperstown: Part IX

In the ninth of a 10-part series, the author takes an in-depth look at Major League Baseball history from 1981 to 1989.

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown | Comments (0)

Mon, May 05, 2008

Dustin’ the Competition

Just call him cancer…you won’t know he got you until it’s too late.

General | Comments (0)

Roto Chronicles: National League–May 5

This week an unprecedented first will make its debut in my Ruts section.

Roto Chronicles | Comments (0)