Dipping into the BP Mailbag, Jason Karegeannes has more on being a Questec operator; Clay Davenport delves into RFK’s park factors; a D’backs fan suggests another reason for the team’s struggles; and Chris Kahrl’s inbox is stuffed with TA thoughts.
The Tribe is a run-scoring show, Livan Hernandez deserves Cy Young consideration, and the Mariners have fallen from grace. All this and more in Propectus Triple Play.
Ken Griffey Jr.’s season is over following a complete rupture of his right hamstring. Might this be the end of his Hall of Fame career? Will Carroll speculates, and provides updates on Albert Pujols, Mike Piazza and Chris Carpenter, in today’s UTK.
In a year of surprising contenders, perhaps the best story is happening in Cleveland, where the Indians are just three games back with under 50 games to go. How did it happen, and can they stay with the Twins?
Dayn Perry takes a closer look at the NL Wild Card hunt and separates the contenders from the pretenders. Warning: Those who believe in billy goat-related curses, eat your Lucky Charms before reading…
While some injuries are unavoidable, many more can be prevented or have their severity limited by talented medical staffs. Health is about more than getting lucky over the course of the season. Then again, no number of well-intentioned trainers can do anything about a player getting into an accident in a taxi. Will updates Tom Glavine’s situation, and many others, in today’s UTK.
The Angels’ hot streak is brought to you by the letter “Q.” The Cubs’ hot streak is brought to you by Jim Hendry. The Brewers hot streak is brought to you by…some serious hallucinogens.
Noah Lowry, with a 2.43 ERA in four starts, is trying to follow in the footsteps of a number of rookie starters who’ve helped their teams get to the playoffs. Here are the most recent ones.
How did Theo Epstein get to a place where he believed that trading Nomar Garciaparra was the solution? Nate Silver examines some of the non-baseball reasons why general managers do the things they do. Warning: some football content.
WORST MATCH-UP (worst combined record with both teams being under .500): Arizona @ Montreal
Prove Me Wrong! (“Prove Me Wrong” is an uncopyrighted feature of this columnist.)
Today’s Prove Me Wrong proposition is this: No pitcher of Randy Johnson’s quality has ever been on a team as bad or worse than the 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks.
Fresh off his stint as a Questec operator, BP Intern Jason Karegeannes takes you behind the scenes to see how the system works, and what changes can be made to improve it and help umpires do their jobs.
Bazooka Joe, McGyver, Easy-Bake Ovens and “The Perils of Pauline” all make appearances in Chris Kahrl’s latest. There’s some baseball, too.
There’s bad news in Philadelphia, as Pat Burrell and Kevin Millwood deal with the possibility that their seasons are over. Also inside: updates on Brad Penny, Kazuo Matsui and Mike Mussina.
The Cardinals already had a fearsome lineup core. With the addition of Larry Walker, it’s now one of the best the game has ever seen. Eat your heart out, Miller Huggins.
The Mariners today announced the retirement of Edgar Martinez, one of the best hitters of his generation and arguably one of the best right-handed hitters of all-time. To celebrate Martinez’s career, we’re re-running this special edition of Derek Zumsteg’s Breaking Balls from last October, when it first looked like Edgar would hang ’em up.
David Newhan is ready for his close-up, the Rockies are ready to make some choices, and the Mets are ready for 2005. Are you ready for today’s Prospectus Triple Play?