Things to read while wondering whether Aragorn ever regretted releasing the Army of the Dead before that final attack on Mordor: John Beamer straightens out all of you knuckleheads who routinely mess up your correlation and your R squared. Me? I never touch the stuff. Chris Jaffe reviews a book by Robert Fitts on Wally […]

Which players will likely be overrated for fantasy in 2009?

A look at pitchers who experienced two bouts of bad luck in 2008.

Three lessons to follow when using correlation and regression in baseball.

The Atlanta Braves finally got a hitter to come to Turner Field while the Washington Nationals started step one of moving past the Esmailyn Gonzalez scandal with the resignation of general manager Jim Bowden. Unfortunately, whoever takes over will find logjams at first base and center field. Read on for this past week’s transactions…

A recount of Robert Fitts’ work on the first notable American-born star in Japanese baseball.

Remember last year when the Astros and their fans complained for a week about having to play a bunch of road games due to Hurricane Ike? Well, I didn’t have any sympathy for them then, and I definitely don’t have any sympathy for them now, because compared to the University of Maine at Presque Isle, […]