Checking the Numbers: Gauging True Talent
10/11Why regular-season numbers don't always carry into October.
Checking the Numbers: The Turnaround Kids
10/07Taking a look at the most improved players of 2010.
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9/24Was Bobby Cox's decision to not line up his rotation for a key series against the Phillies suicidal to the Braves' playoff hopes?
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9/23Contextualizing when a record occurred does not cheapen the feat, but instead magnifies it.
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9/22Were the Cardinals playing contender pretender before their collapse?
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9/17Carlos Gonzalez has huge home-road splits, but he doesn't have the most dramatic splits of all time.
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9/16Is Chipper Jones a greater switch-hitter than Eddie Murray and Pete Rose?
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9/15The chances of someone leading the league in batting avearge, homers, and RBI have grown long in just a week.
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9/08Someone has replaced Prince Albert as the most likely to make history.
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9/07PITCHf/x shows that Tim Lincecum is in the midst of making a transition.
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9/03Players who shine from both sides of the plate are becoming rarer.
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9/01Albert Pujols and Joey Votto both have a chance at the first Triple Crown since 1967, if Omar Infante doesn't get in the way.
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8/25A rundown of the starting pitchers from both leagues who have been just a tick below the level of greatness this season.
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8/10Examining those pitchers who have been in the upper echelon over the past decade.
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7/30Injuries to trade-bait players wreck even the best-laid plans.
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7/28Are the Marlins buyers or sellers?
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