Joe takes a look at the early returns from Citizen’s Bank Park in Philadelphia.

Robert looks at which starting pitching prospects are doing well in AAA.

We’ve computed Bill James’ uber-statistic, Win Shares, for all players so far in 2004. You can find them in our Stats Section, and you can read a bit more about them in this article.

Larry responds to some of your comments about last week’s column. Sorry, nothing from Buster Olney here.

Vinay tackles the obvious follow-up question from Billy Beane’s infamous lament, and the results may surprise you.

A closer look at those batting ball types we’re collecting.

Robert digs into this year’s game logs to find out what Runs Created can tell us about wins and losses.

Productive Outs, a new statistic publicized by ESPN.com’s Buster Olney last week, has been touted as a significant part of winning ballgames. Is it a meaningful statistic? Larry takes a look at the last two postseasons, and what he found might surprise you.

Dave reviews some of the statistics we’re posting on The Hardball Times, with a closer look at what some of the stats mean and where we’re going with all these numbers.

Laser eye surgery is becoming more and more common among baseball players, but what does it mean for their on-field performance? Matthew looks at the track record of such surgeries.