A look at history’s greatest October upsets to determine what characteristics are most pronounced in these surprising clashes. Oh, and it turns out that this info also describes one of this year’s remaining squads.

Ryan predicts a tight series, but counts on the Indians’ two aces to help them prevail.

Jim reflects on what could be the first of many Diamondbacks-Rockies playoff matchups.

David presents his MVP ballot for 2007.

The answer may surprise you.

John uses prediction markets to peer into the likely outcome of the most exciting division races.

Having collected a slewload of offensive splits from every team in the last half-century, Chris dives into it a second time to extract some of the more interesting nuggets.

David looks at whether hitters stick to doing what they’re best at and whether or not some hitters get more value out of their batted balls than others.

A cautionary tale: do not mess with ancient Greek philosophers/baseball fans.

Chris Jaffe spent this summer downloading over 80 categories of Baseball Reference‘s offensive splits for all teams from a half-century. Here are some of the most fun and interesting results.