John combines scouting information with CHONE.

On Feb. 24, 1926, Eddie Plank died in Gettysburg, Pa. Gettysburg Eddie, nicknamed for the town where he was born, educated and died, won 326 games and two World Series during his 17-year career. Richard looks back at the A’s lefty.

TUCK! toons every Thursday

Did the Big Z just drop his best pitch?

On Feb. 4, 1909, John Clarkson died in a Massachusetts psychiatric hospital. It was an unfortunate and inglorious end to the life of a man who is still one of the five winningest right-handed pitchers in National League history. Richard looks back on his life.

Run support is a pitcher’s best friend, especially when that pitcher isn’t doing his job very well.

If not a ground ball, what?

It stinks when you do good work and have little to show for it.

A look at why we need a Pitch f/x based pitching metric and how we might go about doing so

Matthew and Steve are back, this time with a passel of pitcher pairings, from Pennock-Pettitte to Dickson-Darwin.