The best reliever in the major leagues last year wasn’t high on the list of Save or Hold leaders. Can you guess who he was?

In the second of a series on relief pitching, Studes takes a unique look at team bullpens — including THT’s official team bullpen rankings.

Looking at the LOOGY’s and ROOGY’s of 2004.

Steve conducts the “careful scoring-environment context assessment” look at the achievements of the best players of the 1930s that he challenged himself to do last April. You might want to print this one out: it’s mighty hefty!

What it is, and why we like it.

Robert looks at what high and moderate pitching workloads might tell us about future performance.

In the lid-lifter of a twin bill, Steve estimates the impact that the 1963-68 top-of-the-shoulder-to-the-bottom-of-the-knee rule book strike zone had on every player’s and every team’s numbers. Maybe it “really” wasn’t as much of a pitcher’s era as we might think.

A quick look at not only who hit what, but who hit what when.

Come along with Steve, as he explores a wonderful new database that catalogues how well (or badly) various pitchers have been able to dominate that imaginary three-dimensional rectangle. We gain a new appreciation of just why they were so Dazzled.

Brian Sabean just signed a 37-year-old shortstop to a three-year contract. What was he thinking? A look at age, salaries and a couple of Francos.