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Joe Sheehan |
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April 5, 2013 5:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Simmer. Down. Now. |
It's as much a rite of spring as the game itself: overreacting to the events of the first week of play.
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Joe Sheehan offered a reminder about overreacting to small April samples in the piece reprinted below, which was originally published as a "Prospectus Today" column on April 10, 2006.
March 8, 2013 5:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Passion |
A day of games at the inaugural World Baseball Classic was enough to convert one skeptic.
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Shortly before the first World Baseball Classic began, Joe Sheehan explained why he was against it. Ten days later, after watching some WBC action in person, he changed his tune in the piece reprinted below, which was originally published on March 9, 2006.
November 2, 2012 6:12 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Changing the Game? |
Adapting the rules governing free agency might seem like sound policy, but it comes with considerable risk.
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The new CBA includes some changes to the way draft-pick compensation for departed free agents works. Joe Sheehan advised against altering the old system in the piece reprinted below, which was originally published as a "Prospectus Today" column on February 17, 2009.
October 19, 2012 5:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Bronx Mayhem |
Looking back at the winter that brought Joe Girardi and Alex Rodriguez back to the Bronx.
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In the wake of the Yankees' ALCS defeat, revisit the offseason when A-Rod opted out and Joe Girardi was hired in the piece reprinted below, which was originally published as a "Prospectus Today" column on November 9th, 2007.
October 12, 2012 5:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Are You Experienced? |
A staple of postseason commentary proves that some canards die hard.
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Does experience matter in October? Joe explored the subject in the piece reprinted below, which was originally published on October 3rd, 2008.
October 5, 2012 5:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Who Can Say No to Twins? |
A look back at baseball's most recent single-elimination game.
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Almost three years ago, the Twins and Tigers played a memorable 163rd game to decide the AL Central. Joe recapped the events in the piece reprinted below, which was originally published on October 7th, 2009.
August 31, 2012 5:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: The Clemens Signing |
What we wrote the last time Roger Clemens came back.
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Roger Clemens may be considering coming back to the majors. It wouldn't be the first time. Joe Sheehan responded to Clemens' decision to rejoin the Yankees five seasons ago in the piece reprinted below, which was originally published as a "Prospectus Today" column on May 7th, 2007.
July 6, 2012 5:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Ten Days, One Column |
Ten years later, we look back at the tied 2002 All-Star Game.
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On July 9, 2002, the All-Star Game ended in a tie. Joe Sheehan, often a critic of Bug Selig, agreed with the way Selig handled the situation (if not the decisions that allowed it to happen) in the piece reprinted below, which originally ran as a "Daily Prospectus" column on July 16.
June 22, 2012 5:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Darryl Kile |
On the 10-year anniversary of his death, we remember Darryl Kile by reprinting Joe Sheehan's written response to his passing.
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Darryl Kile passed away on June 22, 2002. Two days later, the piece reprinted below was published as a Daily Prospectus column.
May 18, 2012 3:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Interleague Insanity |
The perversion of the schedule to enjoy a few geographic rivalries has an outsized effect on who's playing in October, at least for one more season.
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The Astros' move to the AL may make interleague play (which begins today) more balanced, but for now, some scheduling inequities persist. Joe Sheehan summarized the situation in the piece reproduced below, which originally ran as a "Daily Prospectus" column on June 16, 2008.
April 13, 2012 3:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Curbed Enthusiasm |
We've said it before, and we'll say it again: it's best not to get too worked up over the first week's worth of action.
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Before you read too much into early-season stats, take another look at Joe's warning about small sample size, which originally ran as a "Prospectus Today" column on April 13, 2009.
December 21, 2011 9:00 am
The BP Wayback Machine: Leverage |
Now that Texas came out on top in the Yu Darvish bidding, negotiations can begin, but if the Daisuke Matsuzaka situation is any indication, that doesn't mean the hard part is over.
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Yu Darvish may be the Rangers' for fhe taking, but as Joe Sheehan noted in the following article, which originally ran as a "Prospectus Today" column on November 29, 2006, post-posting contract talks are a high-stakes game.
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