Archive for General

Breaking down the draft: Picks 18-26
6/27/2008 -
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Part 2, from Ike Davis (Mets) to Daniel Schlereth (Diamondbacks).

The wacky, wacky west
6/26/2008 -
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That’s the American League West, where every team tells a story.

I was born a ramblin’ man
6/25/2008 -
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Ignorance is bliss

TUCK! sez: The other 3AM call
6/25/2008 -
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Now every Wednesday and Saturday!

The Ballad of Bud
6/19/2008 -
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The cynical jam for this baseball season.

Base Runs and Carl Hubbell
6/19/2008 -
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On run estimators and screwballs.

TUCK! sez: Rockin’ a Hard Place
6/18/2008 -
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Now every Wednesday AND Saturday!

This annotated week in baseball history: June 8-June 15, 1989
6/13/2008 -
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On June 8, 1989, the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 10 runs in the first inning against the Phillies, sending 16 men to the plate in one inning. It was only the first inning, though, and the game proved Yogi Berra’s maxim that it ain’t over ’til it’s over.

Verlander and Bonderman: If it ain’t broke don’t fix it, Part 2
6/13/2008 -
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And even if it is broke, chances are you ain’t going to fix it.

It tastes bad and I’m still hungry
6/12/2008 -
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Do we truly know what we know?