John has a look at small ball offenses in 2005. Which teams were playing small ball and which weren’t?

Where have all the triples gone?

Some more thoughts on left-handed catchers, most of them from reader e-mail.

John ranks this year’s crop of left-handed catchers. Then he tries to understand why there aren’t any.

It’s been a while since the Mets made the playoffs. That might be changing.

The best arms of 2005: center and left fielders.

A look at the 2005 season from a (very) different perspective.

John has a look at the best (and worst) outfield arms.

A look at what happens when the count goes to 3-0, with a digression on a couple of very short ballplayers, both real and fictional, and some reflections
on baseball’s Unwritten Code.

John concludes his study on how much that speedster on first base disrupts the pitcher, if at all.