He was the player traded more times than any other. That he knew, because the reporters told him so, over and over. He was the player who had played for more teams than any other. The big man didn’t need the reporters to tell him that. He had lived it; its reality never left his memory.

Steve fills us in on his recent participation in the Sixteenth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, and provides some other vacation suggestions as well.

We’re not talking about Nathan Lane or Matthew Broderick, the former stars of “The Producers.” We’re talking about Scott Rolen, Vlad Guerrero and baseball’s run-producing stars. Dave takes a look at them all, and determines who should REALLY be leading each league in RBIs.

Dave’s last article on managerial strategies sparked a couple of e-mails that sparked some more research that sparked this article.

Dave looks at this year’s managers, and how often they use their favorite strategies.

Craig’s NCAA adjusted statistics for the top 250 hitters, to May 30.

Craig’s NCAA stats are complete and available for download as .pdf files.

We’re almost a third of the way through the season and the Red Sox, as expected, are having a fine year. In fact, there are so many players contributing to the team’s success, it’s hard to pick a team MVP. Dave looks to Win Shares for help.

Craig introduces his park-and-competition-adjusted NCAA hitting and pitching statistics, and identifies the top 100 performers in each for 2004.

JC examines the relationship between the size of a team’s market and its ability to win games.