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May 4, 2012

Pebble Hunting: When Age 27 Doesn't Work Out

by Sam Miller

Brandon Wood is in the midst of yet another disappointing season at age 27. What other players have bottomed out when they were supposed to be peaking?

May 2, 2012

Pebble Hunting: The Secret to Getting a Hit

by Sam Miller

The Padres pitching staff pools its knowledge about offense in an attempt to snap a hitless streak.

April 30, 2012

Pebble Hunting: Jordan Walden and Small Samples

by Sam Miller

What numbers do we look at when no number is large enough?

April 27, 2012

Pebble Hunting: The Best Pitches Thrown This Week

by Sam Miller

The best pitches of the past two weeks, narrated by a guy who's trying to impress his date.

April 24, 2012

Pebble Hunting: Albert Pujols Never Walks

by Sam Miller

Did the Angels sign the player they thought they were signing?

April 23, 2012

Pebble Hunting: Cautiously Sizing Up April Stats

by Sam Miller

It's too early to look at statistical leaderboards, but sometimes we have to anyway.

April 20, 2012

Pebble Hunting: Lester's Long Inning

by Sam Miller

What transpired during Jon Lester's 50-pitch inning against the Rangers earlier this week?

April 18, 2012

Pebble Hunting: Doing Lines

by Sam Miller

If you want to know how often we really see something new in baseball, look to the pitching lines.

April 13, 2012

Pebble Hunting: The Best Pitches Thrown This Week

by Sam Miller

Presenting the three filthiest pitches from the first week of the season.

April 11, 2012

Pebble Hunting: Matt Moore Against Miguel Cabrera

by Sam Miller

If you missed yesterday's game between the Rays and Tigers, you missed Matt Moore facing Miguel Cabrera in his second major-league start.

April 9, 2012

Pebble Hunting: Annotated Box Score: Mike Sweeney Eats a Banana

by Sam Miller

Angels vs. Royals, April 6, 2012.

April 6, 2012

Pebble Hunting: The Pacers

by Sam Miller

On Opening Day, the action is new, but the jokes are old.

April 4, 2012

Pebble Hunting: The War on Opening Day

by Sam Miller

Opening Day is now Opening Days, but Bug Selig's efforts to attract more casual fans by spacing out the openers haven't spoiled the return of regular-season baseball.

April 2, 2012

Pebble Hunting: Mike Trout and the 20-Year Contract

by Sam Miller

Are team-friendly contract extensions signed early in players' careers about to become a lot longer?

March 30, 2012

Pebble Hunting: Your Job Sucks, and So Does Bobby Abreu's

by Sam Miller

We don't like to hear baseball players complain about their lots in life, but can we blame them for not counting their blessings?

Pebble Hunting: Moneyball: The Prequel

by Sam Miller

Decades before Billy Beane and Ricardo Rincon, there was Steve Boros and "computer baseball."

March 28, 2012

Pebble Hunting: The Burden of Batting Fourth

by Sam Miller

Few players have made their major-league debuts in the cleanup spot, and the A's Yoenis Cespedes wasn't one of them.

March 26, 2012

Pebble Hunting: Let's Play "Pick an Old or Injury-Prone Pitcher"

by Sam Miller

If you had to bet on Jamie Moyer, Mark Prior or Scott Kazmir to win more games from today until the end of the world, on which pitcher would you bet?

March 23, 2012

Pebble Hunting: The Meaning of Russell Branyan

by Sam Miller

After seventeen stints with major-league organizations, Russell Branyan may have reached the end of the line, bringing an end to an era in more than one way.

February 15, 2012

Pebble Hunting: Watching the Worst Game of 2011

by Sam Miller

Even the least entertaining game of last season contained 15 interesting moments.