I can think of only one good thing about Ken Griffey Jr.‘s injury: it’s a legend in the making, right up there with the Curse of the Bambino, and it reinforces why baseball is the greatest game on earth. Before we proceed further, know that I take no joy in watching an All-Century Team player’s…
Take this with a grain of salt, but it certainly appears to me that the changes to the strike zone that we saw last year have disappeared. I watched a ridiculous amount of baseball in the first week of the season, and I routinely saw the pitch between the belt and the letters–a strike by rule–called a ball.
Take this with a grain of salt, but it certainly appears to me that the changes to the strike zone that we saw last year have disappeared. I watched a ridiculous amount of baseball in the first week of the season, and I routinely saw the pitch between the belt and the letters–a strike by…
DISCREPANCY "It’s the same information the Blue Ribbon Committee has worked off of and the players’ association has, everybody has. It’s very disappointing and just plain wrong. It’s one thing to be wrong and it’s another thing to know when you do it that you’re wrong and you just go ahead and do it anyway….
Transaction Analysis, March 31-April 3, 2002
This week, let’s take a look at the divisional races in the National League. For each division, the average rank of each team is listed, along with the standard deviation for each team, which is a measure of how much variability there was for each team. The lower the deviation, the more agreement there is about that team’s place in the standings.
Over the last several weeks, it’s been our collective pleasure to meet with a few hundred readers at Pizza Feeds around the country. I want to express my thanks to everyone who’s taken the time and effort to come out and talk baseball, and to those special guests who gave generously of their time to…
A ludicrous slippery-slope response to baseball’s recent announcement that they will enforce rules limiting the wearing of protective “body armor” at the plate? Of course it is. No one wants to see batters lose their head protection, no matter how much they crowd the plate.
Over the past three seasons, the National League West has been a royal pain to project. The teams with the best individual players have had incomplete lineups and rosters; the teams with the best pitching have had lousy offenses; the teams spending the most money have put on the worst performances.
Over the past three seasons, the National League West has been a royal pain to project. The teams with the best individual players have had incomplete lineups and rosters; the teams with the best pitching have had lousy offenses; the teams spending the most money have put on the worst performances. In that time, the…
NEW YORK, March 15, 2006 — A 50-year baseball tradition has come to an end. Batting helmets, mandatory equipment for all major-league hitters since 1956, will no longer be allowed in MLB games, officials announced today. The move comes after previous league attempts to back hitters off the plate resulted in little change in batter…
Add Forbes to the ever-growing list of those who don’t believe MLB’s cries of poverty.