Decades before Billy Beane and Ricardo Rincon, there was Steve Boros and “computer baseball.”
Spring training is nearly over, but each team still has some nagging questions to answer.
A 1949 newspaper article tells us a bit about a forgotten player in a forgotten league – and reminds us how dangerous baseball can be.
Tom Tango’s community playing time forecasts for 2012 could use your input.
After a brief hiatus, we return with a star-studded 2012 season preview, as many of our favorite writers help us preview every division in baseball, but we save the best for last, as the official Up and In prediction for the 2012 World Series is reserved for Mom, and she does not disappoint. Then it’s the goofy stuff, as Jason prepares to leave after a month in the desert. Tons of baseball talk, and we’ll do it again next week with our minor league season preview. As always, we hope you enjoy.
Brewers extend their catcher, Blue Jays commit to McGowan, Chris Young on his last (very tall) legs
Why the Royals and Padres will win their divisions, and four questions with Dustin Ackley.
The Frank McCourt era blissfully comes to an end in Los Angeles, as a group led by Magic Johnson agrees to purchase the Dodgers for a whopping $2.15 billion.
In the spirit of predicting in the future, the BP staff takes a gander at what the major headlines of 2012 will be.
Some haikus for each team in honour of Opening Day.
The Brewers’ decision to extend Jonathan Lucroy could have a massive payoff.
No more reservations over Dusty Baker’s reserves.
The inaugural edition of the Research Mailbag explores pitchers starting both games of a doubleheader, players with the same name, and Opening Day starting pitchers.
Kenny Williams and Teddy Ruxpin or: Why the White Sox can’t have nice things.
Few players have made their major-league debuts in the cleanup spot, and the A’s Yoenis Cespedes wasn’t one of them.
Orioles starter Brian Matusz followed his disastrous 2011 season with a successful 2012 spring training, but do we really know anything more about him than we did a month ago?