Jim’s not ready to let go of regular season play just yet, not by a long shot.
Life is transient, and so is offseason player movement. Jim identifies the best seasons from players who jumped to new teams in 2006.
Jim tries to feign excitement in these not-so-salad days of the wild card while musing on how great it is to be a Twins fan right now.
Chicago’s Juan Pierre is on the verge of making some dubious history.
Jim has notes on the New York Mets, an infielder showdown in Arizona, and more.
The week ends with a New New York vs. Old New York matchup, a look at the AL MVP race that includes pitchers, and a new contest.
Jim takes an early look at the MVP race in both leagues, and examines the collective 2006 of last year’s Rangers’ starters.
Jim looks back on some predictions he made earlier this year to see how accurate his psychic ability is.
Jim has an emotional realization about the wild card, explores a year of rookie pitchers, and sounds off about the AL Cy Young race.
The Marlins have a chance to do something only one team in history has ever done: field an all-rookie lineup.
Jim looks at a group of five-game sweeps in history, wonders about Ozzie Guillen’s latest tirade, and pays tribute to a weakened National League.
Jim looks at the worst-producing positions in the majors.
This week’s matchups have Jim wondering about the “failing 7 out of ten times” cliche, the careers of Jeremy Bonderman and Greg Maddux, and the Loneliness Factor, a stat that measures…well, he’s not sure what it measures.
With David Wright and Jose Reyes locked up for the next few years, Jim wonders about the most productive third-short tandems in history.
Jim uses a Bobby Abreu walk to jumpstart a look at how teams do when they draw more than their share of free passes.
Medich and Rogers. Eck and Montefusco. Fidrych and Zachry. Which duo takes the title? Which rookies didn’t ruin their futures? Jim’s got the answers, and they aren’t pretty.