Skewed Left: Fisking a Preseason Pirates Article
8/08On second thought, maybe the Pirates WILL win with Andrew McCutchen.
Skewed Left: The Last Time the Phillies Considered Selling
8/01Why weren't the Phillies sellers this season? We can find one explanation at the 2006 trade deadline.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSkewed Left: The Dodger Batter Who’s Been Better Than Puig
7/25The Dodgers' recent run owes a lot to Hanley Ramirez, who's healthy and making more contact than ever.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSkewed Left: Jason Grilli, Mark Melancon, and the Pirates Approach to Building a Bullen
7/18How the Pirates have become a contender with the help of other teams' cast-off parts.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSkewed Left: Planning the Best Baseball Road Trip
7/11Where you should go if you want to see the most, best baseball in the shortest amount of time?
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSkewed Left: Searching for Baseball’s Brandon Jennings
6/27Is there a way for high school draftees to gain greater leverage?
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSkewed Left: Preparing for Baseball’s Most Extreme Circumstances
6/20Does it make sense for managers to plan for extremely long games?
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSkewed Left: Bayes and the Hit By Pitch
6/13Ian Kennedy, Zack Greinke, and the probabilistic approach to determining intention.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSkewed Left: Bring Back the Hidden Ball Trick
5/30A trick play worth trying.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSkewed Left: The Real Future Yankees
5/28Why the players who are destined to be Yankees aren't the ones they once were.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSkewed Left: A Somewhat Happy 40th for the Immortal Ramon Ortiz
5/22Ramon Ortiz wasn't the starter the Blue Jays wanted, but he was the one they needed.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSkewed Left: The Shift’s PR Problem
5/21The shift is here to stay, but to be embraced, it has to be rebranded.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSkewed Left: Replacement Rangers
5/14A team that has often struggled with poor pitching in the past has done an excellent job of supplying arms from within.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSkewed Left: Diamond Mining
5/09What scouts saw in Rick Ankiel and others.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSkewed Left: Juan Pierre’s Age-Inappropriate Basestealing
5/07Juan Pierre is too old and bad at getting on base to steal this many bases. But he's doing it anyway.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSkewed Left: Explaining Chase Utley’s Stolen Base Success
4/30How did Chase Utley become the best percentage basestealer in baseball?
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