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Title |
Author |
Date |
 | In A Pickle: All-Stars Are Not All Stars | Jason Wojciechowski | 2013-02-21 |
| Skewed Left: Murphy, Morris, and Using the Full 15 Ballots | Zachary Levine | 2013-01-10 |
| Wezen-Ball: Breaking Down the White Sox Magazine Crossword | Larry Granillo | 2013-01-02 |
| The BP Wayback Machine: Jon Lester, Meet Mel Parnell | Steven Goldman | 2012-03-23 |
| The BP Wayback Machine: Don Mincher, Part 1 | David Laurila | 2012-03-06 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Barry, Black Jack, and the Big Ballot Surges | Jay Jaffe | 2012-01-10 |
| Baseball ProGUESTus: When 100 Tiles Meets 27 Outs | Diane Firstman | 2011-10-14 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Stuck in the Middle with You | Jay Jaffe | 2011-07-25 |
| The BP Wayback Machine: Un-Stars | James Click | 2011-06-30 |
| Baseball ProGUESTus: Interviews with an Indelible Owner | Tim Marchman | 2011-06-10 |
| Prospectus Q&A: Bill Monbouquette, Part One | David Laurila | 2011-01-31 |
| Prospectus Q&A: Don Mincher, Part I | David Laurila | 2011-01-11 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Class of 2011: No Shortage of Quality Shortstops | Jay Jaffe | 2010-12-29 |
| Prospectus Q&A: Jimmy Wynn | David Laurila | 2010-12-02 |
| Prospectus Perspective: The Young-Huff All-Stars, Part I | Steven Goldman | 2010-10-28 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Hawk, Rock, and a Couple of Shocks | Jay Jaffe | 2010-01-07 |
| You Could Look It Up: A Whiter Shade of Pale Hose | Steven Goldman | 2009-08-04 |
| Statman's Notebook: The Dunn Consistency | Eric Seidman | 2009-07-08 |
| Prospectus Q&A: Toby Harrah, Part 2 | David Laurila | 2009-05-20 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: The Curious Case of Jeff Kent | Jay Jaffe | 2009-01-27 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Protracting the Process | Jay Jaffe | 2009-01-22 |
| You Could Look It Up: Jon Lester, Meet Mel Parnell | Steven Goldman | 2008-05-20 |
| Schrodinger's Bat: Reminiscing with SFR, the Sequel | Dan Fox | 2008-04-03 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Unfinished Business | Jay Jaffe | 2008-01-31 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: PEDs and Discontent | Jay Jaffe | 2008-01-25 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Dissecting the 2008 Hall of Fame Vote | Jay Jaffe | 2008-01-09 |
| JAWS Returns: Cooperstown Musings | Jay Jaffe | 2007-05-21 |
| You Could Look It Up: No Hitters Ain't That Special, Part Two | Steven Goldman | 2006-09-14 |
| AL-Kings May Update: Fast Starts and Early Struggles | Jonah Keri | 2006-05-10 |
| Prospectus Matchups: Frank Thomas' Relocoda | Jim Baker | 2006-02-07 |
| Prospectus Matchups: The All-Cheated-on-Their-Birthday Gifts Team | Jim Baker | 2005-12-23 |
| Transaction Analysis: July 20-25 | Christina Kahrl | 2005-07-27 |
| Crooked Numbers: Un-Stars | James Click | 2005-07-07 |
| Prospectus Matchups: Claiming the Flag | Jim Baker | 2005-06-10 |
| 2005--Setting the Stage: The Secret History of Baseball | Steven Goldman | 2005-03-22 |
| One Man is an Island: Barry Bonds and His Teammates | Jay Jaffe | 2004-10-04 |
| Teams: A Critical Guide: Teams is Not Your Ex-Girlfriend Edition | Steven Goldman | 2004-05-12 |
BP Chats
| Date | Question | Answer |
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| 2010-01-06 13:00:00 | Blyleven's 74.2% and Alomar's 73.7% make me wonder what is the closest vote of a HOF condidate who did not get in that year? I assume that anyone this close got in during subsequent years.
(TGisriel from Baltimore) | Nellie Fox got 74.7 percent in his 15th and final year on the ballot, 1985. He had to wait until the VC elected him in 1997 to get in.
Actually, he was already dead, but you get the point. (Jay Jaffe) |
| 2008-01-08 14:00:00 | Has anyone ever come as close as Rice without eventually getting in?
(WCherniak from Woodbine, Md.) | Yes, if you mean getting in on the BBWAA ballot as opposed to the VC one. Nellie Fox got 74.7 percent in his final year, Jim Bunning 74.2, Orlando Cepeda 73.5 and Red Ruffing 72.6. All were eventually selected, Ruffing via a runoff (which happened when the writers came up empty the first time around) and the rest via the VC. (Jay Jaffe) |
BP Roundtables
| Date | Roundtable Name | Comment |
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| 2010-04-05 09:30:00 | Season Opener Roundtable | GrinnellSteve asks, "Sitting here in my 1959 Nellie Fox jersey. This is my favorite holiday of the year! According to my TV book, we're going to get the Cubs-Braves game later today when they could have shown us the best pitching matchup of the day: Greinke-Verlander. What kind of defective reasoning might have led to that decision?"
I shouldn't have to tell you that the Cubs are more popular nationally than either the Royals or Tigers. (Grinnell is solidly in Cubs territory, isn't it? The Iowa Cubs aren't too far from you...) And the Braves have a pretty large national fanbase as well. Blame the superstations.
Also, this is one of the rare WCIU games for the Cubs (which means Chicago-area only, unlike WGN or CSN Chicago), which means that large parts of the country would be blacked out for the game unless ESPN picked it up. I don't know how much this played into ESPN's decision-making. (Colin Wyers) |
| 2010-04-05 09:30:00 | Season Opener Roundtable | Hi everyone! I'll be here pretty much all day.
GrinnellSteve (Grinnell, Iowa): Sitting here in my 1959 Nellie Fox jersey. This is my favorite holiday of the year! According to my TV book, we're going to get the Cubs-Braves game later today when they could have shown us the best pitching matchup of the day: Greinke-Verlander. What kind of defective reasoning might have led to that decision?
Ratings. We might be more intrigued by the pitching matchup, and with good reason, but Cubs/Braves fans will tune in more than Tigers/Royals. (Kevin Goldstein) |
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