Archive for October 2014

The designated hitter didn’t materialize out of nowhere.

Do low-strikeout hitters receive special strike zone preference?

How often does a batter make the “correct” decision on the pitches thrown to him?

With the Giants back in the postseason, it’s an appropriate time to examine how a home run comes to land in McCovey Cove.

Going in depth on recovery times, and how pitchers of different ages fare, and which surgeons are doing the work.

You don’t have to read boring old classic novels! You can still watch TV.

If rules shape baseball, the unwritten rules are the attempt by the players to shape the game as their own.

The attention of the baseball world was overwhelmingly on New York the year of the first televised World Series. And with good reason.

The data show that it is high time to give the vertically-challenged their due.