Archive for Fielding

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Holliday’s error illustrates an argument for the designated hitter in the NL.

On Aug. 23, 2009, Eric Bruntlett turned just the 15th unassisted triple play in major league history. Richard, who was there to see it, looks at the history of of one of baseball’s rarest plays.

Max tests the validity of an old baseball credo.

The defensive stylings of Robbie Shields, Gordon Beckham, and…Tyler Bortnick?

A preview of shape of things to come.

Discover the distant-decade dopplegangers.

Introducing Simple Zone Rating, and looking at infield defense since 1871. Yep, 1871.

Get acquainted with this most unusual breed of catchers, right up to the most current cohort.

Max shows a way to weight batted balls to get closer to an optimal defensive alignment