Archive for January 2012

The latest in the business of baseball.

The search leads to a surprise, and a mostly forgotten name.

In Washington DC, marchers are protesting the Vietnam War. In San Francisco, the term “hippie” is being coined. In Los Angeles, Watts erupts into riot. What will our counterfactual trio be doing?

For the second time this offseason, Kevin Slowey has been traded. This time, he’s going from the Rockies to the Indians. The return for Colorado is 24-year-old reliever Zach Putnam, who had a cup of coffee with the Indians in September. You know what that means? It means that we have 114 pitches worth of […]

These are some players I know I like more than the room, and I’m okay with that.

A flood of news, brought to you in part by the deadline to exchange arbitration figures

Out of nearly 1,000 full-length one-hitters, who were the most surprising guys to get a hit?

Harry Donabeian and the phantom base on balls

Ollie Brown, Johnny Grubb and Ernie Banks make cameos as we learn about the journey of Silent George.

Is there a new edge to be gained in fantasy games?