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Derek Zumsteg |
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April 25, 2013 5:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: There is No Divide |
Real-world examples show us that we use scouting and performance analysis in tandem all the time.
While looking toward the future with our comprehensive slate of current content, we'd also like to recognize our rich past by drawing upon our extensive (and mostly free) online archive of work dating back to 1997. In an effort to highlight the best of what's gone before, we'll be bringing you a weekly blast from BP's past, introducing or re-introducing you to some of the most informative and entertaining authors who have passed through our virtual halls. If you have fond recollections of a BP piece that you'd like to nominate for re-exposure to a wider audience, send us your suggestion.
Derek drew a parallel between job interviews and baseball teams' talent evaluations in the piece reprinted below, which was originally published as a "Breaking Balls" column on January 20, 2005.
April 20, 2012 3:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Ode to Jamie Moyer |
Celebrating Jamie Moyer at the end of a week in which he became the oldest pitcher ever to win a major-league game.
While looking toward the future with our comprehensive slate of current content, we'd also like to recognize our rich past by drawing upon our extensive (and mostly free) online archive of work dating back to 1997. In an effort to highlight the best of what's gone before, we'll be bringing you a weekly blast from BP's past, introducing or re-introducing you to some of the most informative and entertaining authors who have passed through our virtual halls. If you have fond recollections of a BP piece that you'd like to nominate for re-exposure to a wider audience, send us your suggestion.
The 49-year-old Jamie Moyer won his first game since 2010 this week, becoming the oldest major-league pitcher ever to do so. We've been paying tribute to the ancient southpaw for years in articles like the one reproduced below, which originally ran as a "Breaking Balls" column on July 8, 2003, when Moyer was a mere 40 years old.
February 17, 2012 3:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Trading Places |
Do players like A.J. Burnett owe it to their teams to waive their no-trade clauses when a suitable swap presents itself?
While looking toward the future with our comprehensive slate of current content, we'd also like to recognize our rich past by drawing upon our extensive (and mostly free) online archive of work dating back to 1997. In an effort to highlight the best of what's gone before, we'll be bringing you a weekly blast from BP's past, introducing or re-introducing you to some of the most informative and entertaining authors who have passed through our virtual halls. If you have fond recollections of a BP piece that you'd like to nominate for re-exposure to a wider audience, send us your suggestion.
As the Yankees try to find a taker for disappointing starter A.J. Burnett while persuading him to waive his no-trade clause, revisit Derek's examination of the ethical issues facing a player whose team is trying to trade him, which originally ran as a "Breaking Balls" column on July 8, 2004.
January 11, 2012 3:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: The Best Commissioner of All-Time |
Is the news that we won't have a new commissioner at the end of the year unwelcome, or are we better off with Bud?
While looking toward the future with our comprehensive slate of current content, we'd also like to recognize our rich past by drawing upon our extensive (and mostly free) online archive of work dating back to 1997. In an effort to highlight the best of what's gone before, we'll be bringing you a weekly blast from BP's past, introducing or re-introducing you to some of the most informative and entertaining authors who have passed through our virtual halls. If you have fond recollections of a BP piece that you'd like to nominate for re-exposure to a wider audience, send us your suggestion.
November 22, 2011 9:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: We Need More Awards |
In the midst of awards week, we remind you what awards we're missing.
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Think awards week is already long enough? Think again as you consider Derek's suggestions for even more awards, which originally ran as a "Breaking Balls" column on September 19, 2002.
April 21, 2011 9:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Marooning Montreal |
As MLB takes over the operations of another franchise, hop in the Wayback Machine to recall what this meant for the Expos.
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As Bud Selig seizes control of the Dodgers, revisit Derek's reaction to the news of an earlier MLB takeover, which originally ran as a "Daily Prospectus" column on December 27, 2001.
March 24, 2011 9:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Derek's Guide to Becoming a Fan Favorite |
Our latest look back at the archives reveals that baseball's popularity contest is still conducted by the same rules.
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Derek's advice to players hoping for a little more love from the fan base is as applicable today as it was when it first ran as a "Breaking Balls" column on August 24, 2004.
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March 19, 2007 12:00 am
Hope and Faith: How the Seattle Mariners Can Win the World Series |
The Mariners need a whole lot of luck--PECOTA 90th-percentile luck--and a reformation of managerial style to win it all in 2007.
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April 29, 2005 12:00 am
Handling the Steroids Issue |
What can MLB learn from the NFL and NBA's history of handling drug offenses? Derek Zumsteg takes a look.
There are no easy answers to these questions. But we can learn a good deal from the precedents set by other sports, specifically the NFL and NBA.
The NFL's steroid policy as we recognize it was instituted in 1989 after a series of legal fights, as the league attempted to impose a policy. It had, in a much weaker form, started in 1982, allowing the league to test all players once, as part of their pre-season physical. The league tried and failed to impose testing again in 1986 after the cocaine-related death of Browns safety Don Rogers. An arbitrator ruled they could not impose random drug testing for all league players. This led to a strange limbo for several years.
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January 20, 2005 12:00 am
Breaking Balls: There Is No Divide |
Real-world examples show us that we use scouting and performance analysis together all the time.
This is all so silly. We all use both schools even if we don't know or acknowledge it. All that remains is to realize it and learn the other side. Even if we don't speak the language, we know the meaning.
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October 12, 2004 12:00 am
Playoff Prospectus: Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees |
It's the marquee match-up fans and Fox have been waiting for, Red Sox-Yankees. Derek Zumsteg breaks down the two teams and predicts--what else?--a down-to-the-wire battle.
For history and rivalry, this will be the best match-up of this year's playoffs. This is going to be loud, good, and I hope it goes the distance.
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September 30, 2004 12:00 am
Breaking Balls: Have Faith |
Peter Angelos might have swung the greatest business deal in the world's history. Derek Zumsteg explains it all.
There are two conditions reportedly guaranteed to Peter Angelos and the Baltimore Orioles as part of the suddenly-hasty move of the Expos to Washington, D.C. Boy, for all the years of foot-dragging, it's amazing to see how fast they could have moved if they had really wanted to. But that's not as interesting as the unprecedented promises made to Peter Angelos.
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