The Texas Rangers’ bullpen has a new take on an old saying this year: You scratch my back…and I’ll stab you in the back. In last Thursday’s game against the Orioles, the Rangers’ Jeff Zimmerman relieved Francisco Cordero in the seventh inning with the bases loaded, one out and the dangerous Albert Belle at the…
The Strike Zone Not that I care about increased offense (I love baseball all the same), but no one in baseball looks at the strike zone, or how it is called. It’s obvious some umpires have a more liberal strike zone than others, and I was wondering if any of you know of any empirical…