The holidays dipped me in scotch, shook me around in a bowl of Chex mix, sprinkled me liberally over a bunch of college football games, and have now spit me out into 2009 with no direction, no mooring, and no frame of reference. It’s Monday, I guess, but because of the vicissitudes of this godforsaken […]

New adjustments for pitchers based on the quality of batters faced, using Johan Santana, Dan Haren, and Javier Vazquez as examples.

Some under-the-radar players who can help you with home runs.

Lost in Transactions is pleased with the work general managers did this week…

Last year, Chris had the most successful prediction for the BBWAA’s Cooperstown vote around. What does his crystal ball foresee in next Monday’s announcement?

I sometimes write reviews of sports books for the New York Post. Today is one of those times. It’s for a book about the Super Bowl called The Billion Dollar Game. Though the word limit and the editorial requirement that I include a lot of quotes keeps me from, you know, really talking about the […]

I sometimes pick up comments from threads that are a couple of days old and give them their own post so more people can see them. I don’t have a name for this little featurette, however. “Comment of the Day” is kind of bland and often not accurate given that the comment may have happened […]

We continue our slow holiday schedule (sorry, the kids ain’t lettin’ me sit at the computer all day) with a note from the hot stove league. Seems that Manny and the Giants may be up to something. Via BTF: The San Francisco Giants are pursuing free-agent slugger Manny Ramirez and have offered him a four-year […]