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<title>Checking the Numbers: Paying the Premium by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/eric_seidman/&quot;&gt;Eric Seidman&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>Exploring the insurance calculus of big-money deals.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Checking the Numbers: Withholding Aplenty by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/eric_seidman/&quot;&gt;Eric Seidman&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>The tax rates in various major-league cities can have a significant impact on player salaries.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:29:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Checking the Numbers: The Questionable Pursuit of Garza by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/eric_seidman/&quot;&gt;Eric Seidman&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>The Cubs didn't necessarily need to empty their farm to acquire another starter.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:27:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Checking the Numbers: The Jock Tax by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/eric_seidman/&quot;&gt;Eric Seidman&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>How are players taxed based upon residency, where their home team plays, and where they play on the road?</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Checking the Numbers: Relievers and the Value of Perfect Information by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/eric_seidman/&quot;&gt;Eric Seidman&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>A look at the return on investments for relievers given multi-year deals versus one-year contracts. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Checking the Numbers: Ranking R2C2 by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/eric_seidman/&quot;&gt;Eric Seidman&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>With Cliff Lee now added to the staff, where does the 2011 Phillies rotation rank all-time?</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Checking the Numbers: A Snake, a Padre, and a Dodger Walk into a Bar... by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/eric_seidman/&quot;&gt;Eric Seidman&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>Trying to determine the value of three NL West pitchers and their potential impact for next  season. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Checking the Numbers: Upton and Away by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/eric_seidman/&quot;&gt;Eric Seidman&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>There is no risk in the Diamondbacks listening to trade offers for Justin Upton or the Yankees having Derek Jeter test the market.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Checking the Numbers: On Investment Value and Outfielders by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/eric_seidman/&quot;&gt;Eric Seidman&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>Past performance only tells part of a player's story if not put into the proper context.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Checking the Numbers: Sneaky Good in the Junior Circuit by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/eric_seidman/&quot;&gt;Eric Seidman&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>Looking for those whose accomplishments in the American League in 2010 flew under the radar. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Checking the Numbers: Sneaky Good in the Senior Circuit by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/eric_seidman/&quot;&gt;Eric Seidman&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>Taking a peek at the players who were stealthily good in the NL in 2010.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Checking the Numbers: Minor-league Contract Candidates: Pitchers by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/eric_seidman/&quot;&gt;Eric Seidman&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>Looking at free-agent pitchers who will potentially be forced sign minor-league contracts.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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