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 | Skewed Left: Murphy, Morris, and Using the Full 15 Ballots | Zachary Levine | 2013-01-10 |
| In A Pickle: Free to Be We | Jason Wojciechowski | 2012-09-27 |
| The Platoon Advantage: Shaving an Icon | Michael Bates | 2012-09-05 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Fat Elvis' Swan Song | Jay Jaffe | 2012-08-31 |
| In A Pickle: Carlos Santana, and the Choice of a Generation | Jason Wojciechowski | 2012-08-30 |
| The BP Wayback Machine: Darryl Kile | Joe Sheehan | 2012-06-22 |
| Future Shock Blog: Draft Day Dream Crushing | Kevin Goldstein | 2012-06-04 |
| Inside The Park Blog: Big 3s: The Complete List | Bradford Doolittle | 2012-05-24 |
| Inside The Park: About Big Threes in Baseball | Bradford Doolittle | 2012-05-24 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Pudge Retires | Jay Jaffe | 2012-04-20 |
| Baseball ProGUESTus: Between Death and Glory | Ian Miller | 2012-04-10 |
| The BP Broadside: Zimmerman, Rendon, and the Nagging Itch to Scratch a McQuinn | Steven Goldman | 2012-02-27 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: The Greatness of Gary Carter | Jay Jaffe | 2012-02-17 |
| The BP Broadside: Jorge Posada and the Third-String Yankees | Steven Goldman | 2012-01-30 |
| Overthinking It: Jorge Posada, the Hall of Fame, and the Fog of WARP | Ben Lindbergh | 2012-01-17 |
| The BP First Take: Curtains for Posada | Daniel Rathman | 2012-01-09 |
| The Lineup Card: 11 Ballplayers Who Suffered Unusual Demises | Baseball Prospectus | 2011-11-17 |
| The Lineup Card: 12 Favorite Basebrawls and Individual Performances in Basebrawls | Baseball Prospectus | 2011-08-10 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: The Yankees' Virgin Spring | Jay Jaffe | 2011-06-27 |
| The Asian Equation: The Idiosyncrasy of Ichiro | Michael Street | 2011-05-11 |
| Divide and Conquer, NL West: Catch as Catch Can | Geoff Young | 2011-04-12 |
| The BP Broadside: More Questions, Worries, and Insomniac Mutterings from Opening Day, Week, Infinity, and Beyond, American League | Steven Goldman | 2011-04-05 |
| Another Look: Kirk Gibson's Homer | Bob Hertzel | 2010-10-19 |
| You Can Blog It Up: The Surly, Hung-Over Billy Martin All-Stars | Steven Goldman | 2010-08-08 |
| Contractual Matters: Protest Songs | Jeff Euston | 2010-07-19 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Jacktastic! | Jay Jaffe | 2010-06-30 |
| You Can Blog It Up: DPOTD Thurman Munson: An Alternative History of the 1986 World Series | Steven Goldman | 2010-05-15 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Mauer and JAWS | Jay Jaffe | 2010-03-26 |
| You Could Look It Up: Royal Pains | Steven Goldman | 2009-07-14 |
| Prospectus Q&A: Gene Tenace | David Laurila | 2008-10-26 |
| Prospectus Today: A Swan Song on Sacred Ground. | Joe Sheehan | 2008-07-15 |
| The Week In Quotes: May 19-26 | Alex Carnevale | 2008-05-27 |
| Future Shock: The Rays' Conundrum at 1:1 | Kevin Goldstein | 2008-05-20 |
| Prospectus Q&A: Andy Etchebarren | David Laurila | 2007-11-18 |
| Prospectus Matchups: Rookie Spoilers | Jim Baker | 2007-11-16 |
| You Could Look It Up: Sweepers, Part 3 | Steven Goldman | 2007-11-12 |
| Prospectus Matchups: A First for the Ages | Jim Baker | 2007-11-09 |
| Schrodinger's Bat: My First Full Season | Dan Fox | 2007-11-01 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Milestoners and the New New Veterans Committee | Jay Jaffe | 2007-08-14 |
| The Week In Quotes: July 1-8 | Alex Carnevale | 2007-07-09 |
| Grumpy Old Men: JAWS Tackles the Veterans Committee Ballot | Jay Jaffe | 2007-02-26 |
| You Could Look It Up: The Definition of Insanity | Steven Goldman | 2006-09-29 |
| JAWS 2006: From the Mailbag | Jay Jaffe | 2006-01-30 |
| Prospectus Matchups: Random Passages | Jim Baker | 2005-12-13 |
| Transaction Analysis: May 4-9, 2005 | Christina Kahrl | 2005-05-12 |
| You Could Look It Up: The Infinity Edition | Steven Goldman | 2005-04-27 |
| You Could Look It Up: Everything Happens in 1912 and 2004 | Steven Goldman | 2004-06-21 |
| Prospectus Triple Play: Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres | Baseball Prospectus | 2004-02-17 |
| Prospectus Today: Shedding the Tools of Ignorance | Joe Sheehan | 2003-05-15 |
| Prospectus Feature: 2003 IHOF Veterans Committee Results | Neal Traven | 2003-02-26 |
| Prospectus Feature: 2002 STATLG-L Internet Hall of Fame | Neal Traven | 2002-12-09 |
| The Daily Prospectus: The Daily Prospectus: Darryl Kile | Joe Sheehan | 2002-06-24 |
BP Chats
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| 2009-07-07 13:00:00 | What are your thoughts on the Hall of Fame?
(Mitch from Austin) | What are my thoughts? I've probably put 100,000 words into the BP archives on that topic since I first started writing here in 2003.
The Hall of Fame is an often frustrating institution whose guardians have done a very mixed job of identifying the all-time greats thanks to a complete lack of perspective when it comes to identifying the varying levels of offense over the course of the game's history. The writers are too exclusive and stuck in the past when it comes to identifying worthy candidates, and that's without even touching the current and upcoming steroid debates. The Veterans Committee used to be far too liberal at admitting just about anyone from the 1930s, but as it's currently constructed it's snubbing the best candidates, while preventing some other very good ones from even getting on the ballot, all for another round of referenda on whether the likes of Roger Maris and Thurman Munson deserve enshrinement. (Jay Jaffe) |
| 2009-05-12 13:00:00 | Because his untimely demise tends to obliterate any objectivity on the part of most Yankee fans, what is your assessment of Thurman Munson's career. Over-rated? Under-rated? To what present-day player would you compare the former captain/catcher?
(rich from nj) | He was obviously a very good player, and his numbers are clipped a bit--not because of his untimely demise, but because of the era in which he played. His home run numbers were also held down by Yankee Stadium, which hadn't had its left field liposuction done yet. He homered once every 60.5 ABs at home, once every 39.5 on the road. As long as he hit .300 he wasn't overrated. His defense was also very good... up to a point, and that point was roughly when he died. Munson played a lot because the Yankees could never conjure up a decent backup, and he was wearing down physically. When the .300 averages went away and the defense slipped, you were left with a singles hitter who didn't walk. Barring an unlikely rejuvenation, had Munson lived he probably would have finished with a .282 average, 2000 hits, and a slugging percentage under .400, and his HOF case would have faded with time. There wouldn't have been anymore pennants coming to help his case, either. (Steven Goldman) |
| 2008-11-14 13:00:00 | Couldn't agree more about Wolfman Jack. Can't stand Chickenman either. At least we now have the Underground Garage if we want to hear '60s-style music without all the non-music interludes.... Matty Alou -- brings back memories of the 1973 Yankees.
(clete6 from work) | Do you WANT to have memories of the 1973 Yankees? It sounds like a John Updike novel. Crazy good year for Lindy McDaniel and Thurman Munson, I guess. (Steven Goldman) |
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