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May 22, 2013

Overthinking It: Better in Baltimore

by Ben Lindbergh

The Orioles don't have the record they had this time last year, but they're a stronger team.

May 21, 2013

Overthinking It: The Pitches No Zone Can Contain

by Ben Lindbergh

The pitches pitchers don't throw for strikes, to try to get strikes.

May 18, 2013

Overthinking It: This Week in Catcher Framing, 5/18

by Ben Lindbergh

The best and worst framers of the week and the season, plus framing-related links.

May 16, 2013

Overthinking It: The Mystique and Aura of the Other 29 Teams

by Ben Lindbergh

Yankee magic is universal, as it turns out.

May 10, 2013

Overthinking It: The Sub-Replacements

by Ben Lindbergh

Life is hard, and so is fielding qualified players at all eight positions.

Overthinking It: This Week in Catcher Framing, 5/10

by Ben Lindbergh

The best and worst receivers of the week and the 2013 season so far.

Overthinking It: Where the Value of Robot Umpires Ends

by Ben Lindbergh

Robots aren't a realistic solution for all of umpires' ills.

May 7, 2013

Overthinking It: Evaluating Early-Season Experiments

by Ben Lindbergh

On five players attempting to do new things this season, and whether those things have worked.

May 3, 2013

Overthinking It: This Week in Catcher Framing, 5/3

by Ben Lindbergh

Blind framing test results and the best and worst receivers of the week and the season.

May 2, 2013

Overthinking It: Three Months in Marco Scutaro's BABIP

by Ben Lindbergh

A Scutaro hot streak and slump explain why the "good luck" and "bad luck" narratives don't always make sense.

April 26, 2013

Overthinking It: This Week in Catcher Framing, 4/26

by Ben Lindbergh

Take the blind framing test, plus the best and worst framers of the week and season.

April 25, 2013

Overthinking It: Why Jose Valverde is Still Getting Saves for Detroit

by Ben Lindbergh

Dave Dombrowski declared that the Tigers and their deposed closer were never ever getting back together, but they couldn't stay apart.

April 24, 2013

Overthinking It: Yadier Molina's Maybe-Amazing Powers of Defensive Positioning

by Ben Lindbergh

Is the Cardinals' catcher even better than we think?

April 19, 2013

Overthinking It: This Week in Catcher Framing, 4/19

by Ben Lindbergh

The best missed and stolen strikes of the week, and the best and worst backstops so far.

April 18, 2013

Overthinking It: Brett Gardner Gets Aggressive

by Ben Lindbergh

One of baseball's most selective hitters gets into the swing of things.

April 13, 2013

Overthinking It: The Year's New Pitches

by Ben Lindbergh

A look at some of the promising new offerings that pitchers have unveiled this month.

April 12, 2013

Overthinking It: This Week in Catcher Framing, 4/12

by Ben Lindbergh

How does catcher height affect framing? Plus the best missed and stolen strikes of the week.

Overthinking It: When the 2013 Yankees Were Young(er)

by Ben Lindbergh

If the Yankees could send their current roster back in time to a previous season, which one would they choose?

April 9, 2013

Overthinking It: What We Know About the Blown Call

by Ben Lindbergh

Defending Marty Foster, and why arguing balls and strikes is never as simple as it seems.

April 5, 2013

Overthinking It: This Week In Catcher Framing, 4/5

by Ben Lindbergh

The first installment of a season-long study of what makes Jose Molina (and others like him) sexy.