Doesn't it look like Cabrera starts laughing after ball 4 in that first gif?

really connected to this

i thoroughly enjoyed this

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2010 Actual NL Central should be Reds, right?

James Loney had LASIK a couple spring trainings ago. Would be interesting to do this same examination on him.

Awesome article, Matt.

Great information, Matt. The acronym is so close to "PABST". Can we change the wording around?

Always good to see player profiles, Marc. This is one of my favorite features on BP.

Revenue Exceeding eXpectations - REX?

I like "It was the best of posts, it was the worst of posts." Please start your articles with this as often as possible.

Ron Rizzi found Belisario in the winter leagues..

I think that's an awesome quote from Yu Darvish. Nuts to what everyone else says is important.

I don't think McCourt absolutely negotiated against himself. The offer of around $45 million/2 years was pretty constant, plus or minus. The Dodgers' offer probably was well above any other possible offer, but I'd argue it's worth it to keep Manny feeling good, productive, and "not disrespected."

My first reaction to the ESPN voting results, after figuring out who was who, was \"Pedro Gomez has a hall of fame vote???!\"

These aren\'t complex statistics or anything, but Joe Posnanski recently brought up how many teams have won championships in the other major sports over the last 30 years: \"But just remember that key fact — 20 teams have won World Series the last 30 years. And by comparison: Only 14 teams have won the Super Bowl over the last 30 years. Only 14 different men have won Wimbledon over the least 30 years. Only 13 teams have won the Stanley Cup over the last 30 years. Only NINE teams have won an NBA title over the last 30 years.\" http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/12/25/buying-an-umbrella-in-new-york/#more-1334 Over the past four seasons, 20 different MLB teams have made the playoffs. Over the past ten seasons, 24 teams.

Will, can you direct me to an explanation of the Verducci line? Quick archives and Google searches turn up nothing..

I gotta find a way to work \"everybody was kissing his balls\" into a conversation.