The trade deadline looms, the dog days of August approach, and the divisional races simmer.  What are the odds that your team will win the division?  Josh Deitch has the answers.

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The last entry in this little series on statistical topics

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This week’s top performers are headlined by older names, mixed with some future talent, while those who played poorly are quite surprising.

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A buy and sell you might not expect…

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

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Trades, Trades, Trades plus more in this weeks Climbing the Ladder with the American League.

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Goose Gossage is being inducted into the Hall of Fame tomorrow. Here are some highlights from his 22 year career.

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From the trivial to the serious, accountability is not always the top priority. From performance-enhancing drugs to trade rumors to enforcement of the rules on the field, sometimes accountability is a priority and sometimes it is not.

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Heading into Friday night’s game at Kansas City, the Tampa Bay Rays had lost seven straight road games, while scoring all of nine runs and batting .181, including .128 with runners in scoring position. The team has one of the league’s best records at home (40-16) but are just 19-26 on the road. For a team that has thoughts of playing into October, that has to change.

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The New York Giants were in Brooklyn to make up a game that was canceled due to rain on August 27^th, 1900. Despite a 9-2 loss to the host Superbas, the eventual National League champions, the Giants had an unusual starting pitcher on the mound. His name was Luther Taylor and while the human eye could not see his disability from the bleacher seats at Washington Park, Taylor was a deaf-mute.

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Oakland Athletics vs. Tampa Bay Rays

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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With six days of baseball after the All-Star Break, the author had a lot of ideas, but none deep enough to fill an entire column.  Here are some more random musings… 

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Some of these names may not be household names, but they could give you some extra boost to your team.

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

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Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria sure has done a lot since being recalled from Triple-A Durham on April 12.

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Just call Justin Morneau Mr. July….

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AL proves superiority over NL once again

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Next Sunday, Rich “Goose” Gossage will become the fifth relief pitcher inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. 

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 Oakland out of running, Texas needs some Pitching plus more in this weeks Climbing the Ladder with the American League.

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Baseball Digest Daily’s Eric SanInocencio and I had a 15-minute discussion about my book Harry Frazee, Ban Johnson and the Feud That Nearly Destroyed the American League yesterday on BDD’s blogtalkradio show. Eric also spoke with Matt LaPorta, a top minor league prospect who was recently traded by the Milwaukee Brewers organization to the Cleveland Indians in the deal that sent CC Sabathia to Milwaukee. Click here to listen.

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In case you missed it this week, Hideo Nomo decided to hang it up at 39 years old. After a two year absence from the Majors, Nomo attempted a comeback with the Kansas City Royals and after three relief appearances was released. In honor of his retirement, Seamheads presents 10* things you might not have known about Hideo Nomo:

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