Yesterday’s busts are tomorrow’s value picks

Whenever one of these two lefties pitch there is almost always someone on base.

Wherein we learn about Ruth’s difficulties hitting the long ball in Boston and Ott’s easy time at the Polo Grounds, with some bonus material on The Splinter and The Clipper.

The first installment of a series of excerpts from Chris Jaffe’s new book showcases its analytical heart: the Tendencies Database, and also provides some fascinating results it yields.

So, like, I was building this prototype teleportation machine, and just as I was about to test it on Derek Jeter, the Unfrozen Caveman version of Johnny Damon accidentally fell into the transport pod. Total mess.

If you were to tell me that a Major League team bumbled its way into an international incident, I would immediately say “The Mets. It was the Mets, right?” I mean, is there any other possible answer?

Water on the moon? “The Lcross Mission” Noah Cross? Water where it should not naturally be? Forget it Jake . . . Brent Mayne has the most sensible insight I’ve heard regarding signs since I saw the live recording of Five Man Acoustical Jam at the Trocadero. No, I wasn’t there to see Tesla. I […]

Nick explores one of the game’s best pitches.

The terrific new book by Larry Tye has Satchel Paige in the news again. That’s always a good thing.

The oft-derided Jeff Francoeur, the up-and-coming Kyle Blanks, and a still-green Scott Elbert get a long look at this week’s examination of NL players with offseason questions.