Archive for General

Rick’s take on slow starts by Mark Teixeira and Carlos Delgado, and more!

Sal tries not to get too excited (or depressed) about the first month of baseball.

There is another sport that uses a small white ball and some lumber. It’s cricket.

It’s a jungle out there, but Jeff and Kent boil it all down to one number worth watching.

The Hall of Famers tomorrow … today!

John looks at the history of hitting to the opposite field. Are hitters using the opposite field more now than in the past?

Steve examines another dozen careers that had unusual valleys amid the peaks.

A look at prediction markets, Dice-K, the King, and other cool stuff.

Picking up where he left off on Wednesday, Jeff looks at the future Hall of Famers taking the mound in the junior circuit.

On April 10, 1897, Ross Youngs was born. By the time he was 21, he was a major league regular. Just more than 10 years later, Youngs was dead. In that short time, however, he managed to construct a career deemed worthy of the Hall of Fame.