Not literally, of course. David examines the best hitting pitchers of today and yesterday, and many other related questions.

Hopefully, East Coast workers are still alive despite going the entire work morning without the Links.

John applies a little science to the debate.

David explores the current state of umpiring in the major leagues.

After a one week hiatus, the Mailbag is back to tackle whether switch hitters hit for more power from the left side and Scandinavian baseball fraud.

A lot of great links today, from the first fantasy columns filtering in to great blog entries from Mets Geek, Athletics Nation and Baseball Analysts.

Or is it?

Does it sometimes seem to you that batters are getting hit by pitches more often than they did 15 or 20 years ago? Guess what: They are. A lot more often.

What three different projections say about 10 well-known hitters.

Nine average pitchers—1,910 major league wins…one Hall of Famer