You Could Look It Up: Take to Your Beds!
3/15The Pirates are one of baseball's most inept franchises. Does the small market excuse carry any weight?
You Could Look It Up: The Definition of Insanity
9/29Steven takes a good long look at the Veterans Committee.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightYou Could Look It Up: No Hitters Ain’t That Special, Part Two
9/14Steven continues his historical look at no-hitters by journeying from the 1940s through the 1960s, which includes the Age of the Pitcher.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightYou Could Look It Up: No Hits For You
9/08Anibal Sanchez's no-hitter prompts Steven to look through baseball's archives to find the others. Today: 1900-1940.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightYou Could Look It Up: Getting Your Head Examined in Toronto
8/31Steven notes that the wages of confrontation in the clubhouse don't always pay.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightYou Could Look It Up: Unplanned Exits
6/01Frank Robinson's tearful apology for lifting Matt LeCroy mid-inning prompts Steven to look at two New York incidents from the past.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightYou Could Look It Up: Barrett and Pierzynski: American Primitives
5/24Will the recent Michael Barrett-A.J. Pierzynski fight inspire their teams to pull together and perform better? Yes! Actually, no. But Steven has a theoretical look at why they may have done it.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightYou Could Look It Up: Bonds is Ruthless
5/22Steven takes us back to 1919, when Babe Ruth blazed a path through new media that ensured his star would shine more brightly in history than any other, including a certain contemporary slugger.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightYou Could Look It Up: Specialization Is My Specialty
5/15Steven looks to the A's of the 1960s and 70s to answer a reader question about roster hyper-specialization.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightYou Could Look It Up: The Delmon Young Mailbag
5/03Steven follows up his Delmon Young column with some responses to reader mail.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightYou Could Look It Up: Why Baseball Is Obligated to Throw the Book at Delmon Young
5/01Steven chimes in on the Delmon Young fiasco, looking to history for a bit of guidance.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightYou Could Look It Up: The Gift of Kuhn
4/24Steven uses Sean Casey's recent injury as a reason to look at the Pirate's history of trouble at first base.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightYou Could Look It Up: Tales from PECOTA
4/17Steven takes a trip through Braves' history after looking at PECOTA's top comparables for Luis Terrero.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightYou Could Look It Up: Judge Landis on Steroids Edition
3/17The steroid scandal bears an eerie resemblance to an earlier scandal. Steven explains.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightYou Could Look It Up: Upton Further Review
3/13Steven returns to Tampa prospect B.J. Upton for some additional thoughts on defensively-challenged shortstop prospects.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightYou Could Look It Up: When You Wish Upton a Star
3/01Steven follows up his most recent column on B.J. Upton with some responses to reader mail.
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