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January 26, 2010

You Could Look It Up: The Statheads vs. Blondy Ryan

by Steven Goldman

Lighting up reaction reliant on straw men with a handy historical example.

January 18, 2010

You Could Look It Up: Enhanced?

by Steven Goldman

One man's medicine is another man's enhancement.

January 8, 2010

You Could Look It Up: First-Base Horrors

by Steven Goldman

Which pennant-winner did so handicapped by the worst regular at first base?

November 10, 2009

You Could Look It Up: You Can't Spell 'Genius' with IBB

by Steven Goldman

Reflecting on a new book-length treatment of the life and times of Paul Richards.

November 4, 2009

You Could Look It Up: Throwing The Series Away

by Steven Goldman

Throwing a World Series game for any reason may seem outlandish now, but that has not always been the case.

November 1, 2009

You Could Look It Up: He Should Have Picked Lee

by Steven Goldman

The managerial decision tree for picking Game Four starters has had a number of offshoots, but how often did they lead to victory?

October 1, 2009

You Could Look It Up: Walkless in Wrigleyville

by Steven Goldman

Or, why Stan Hack died for Shawon Dunston's sins.

September 29, 2009

You Could Look It Up: Fifth-Corner Recycling

by Steven Goldman

Give us your poor, your huddled Quad-A sluggers, yearning to be big leaguers.

September 18, 2009

You Could Look It Up: Mauer's Tower of Accomplishment

by Steven Goldman

Which statistical pinnacle will the Twins' backstop erect next?

September 11, 2009

You Could Look It Up: A Triple Play of Pondering

by Steven Goldman

Three less-than-urgent questions for a rainy September day.

September 4, 2009

You Could Look It Up: No Juice at Bailout Field

by Steven Goldman

Should the Mets try to go from being slapped around to getting slappy?

August 26, 2009

You Could Look It Up: Don't Fence Me In

by Steven Goldman

Griping over New Yankee Stadium inspires a trip to review the virtues of a Coliseum of yore.

August 18, 2009

You Could Look It Up: You're Demoted

by Steven Goldman

Shipping out faltering prospects isn't something that just happens to J.J. Hardy or Chris Young.

August 11, 2009

You Could Look It Up: On Droughts and Drafts

by Steven Goldman

That brief moment when shortstops put first basemen in their shadows.

August 4, 2009

You Could Look It Up: A Whiter Shade of Pale Hose

by Steven Goldman

A grab bag of Sox-related reminiscences from the pages of South Side history.

July 28, 2009

You Could Look It Up: Exhuming McCarthy, Burying Omar

by Steven Goldman

The controversy over who's been saying what to whom in New York doesn't obscure a problem with accepting responsibility.

July 21, 2009

You Could Look It Up: A Nationals Disgrace?

by Steven Goldman

With a review of the Phillies of old, judging the skippers of maladministered franchises has its problems.

July 14, 2009

You Could Look It Up: Royal Pains

by Steven Goldman

The worst-ever deals in KC history involve a couple of cringe-worthy classics.

July 10, 2009

You Could Look It Up: All-Star Obscurities

by Steven Goldman

The few, the briefly proud, the truly ephemeral All-Stars of the pre-war era.

July 9, 2009

Midseason Review: Relievers

by Steven Goldman

The most unpredictable set of players predictably deliver performances that range from the expected to less so.