CNBC’s Darren Rovell shares the Christmas e-card he (and presumably others) received from Major League Baseball. See it here. If they really wanted to create some marketing synergy they would have put LogoMan in one of them nifty earflap caps. (thanks to Pete Toms who, from what I understand, is really behind in getting his […]

Or, Pavlov and Sabermetrics

Why fantasy leagues shouldn’t use sabermetric statistics.

On Dec. 15, 1967, Mo Vaughn was born. Vaughn would be a solid hitter, but also would make 139 errors in his career. As a first baseman, Vaughn topped the table in errors a record six times. Richard did not err quite so frequently this year, but he is only human. Read on….

A fellow by the name of Bill Smith was inducted into the Babe Ruth League Hall of Fame: With more than 52 years of service to America’s largest youth baseball organization, Bill Smith of Chickasha has been named to the Babe Ruth League’s National Hall of Fame. The Babe Ruth International Board of Directors unanimously […]

Note to the Wall Street Journal: It’s the “Rule 5 Draft,” not the “Rule V Draft.” The error is one that I’d normally let slide, but the article itself contains evidence that this was not some typo: The Rule V draft fits perfectly in the lexicon of baseball, where words like “non-tendered,” “infield fly,” and […]

It’s easier to prohibit something than to make the alternatives more desirable: In an effort to dissuade top amateurs from skipping out to play professionally abroad–as corporate league righty Junichi Tazawa has done–Nippon Professional Baseball is studying a plan to ban them from playing on their return to Japan. One version under consideration would prevent […]

Rafael Furcal’s head fake to Atlanta and re-signing with the Dodgers has, quite predictably, inspired some ire on the part of Braves’ management: “From our perspective, we reached an agreement Monday night,” Braves General Manager Frank Wren said. “They asked for a term sheet for us to sign on Tuesday morning, and we sent over […]

Sorry for the late start today, but I was up late last night watching a fantastic movie. And it wasn’t just entertaining. I learned something to keep in mind when conducting research: When you go looking for something specific, your chances of finding it are very bad. Because of all the things in the world, […]

While I am a lawyer by trade and a baseball writer by force of passion, if I could choose one job out of any in the world to have, it would be private investigator. No, not a real one like the guy who found out that your uncle was cheating on your aunt or the […]