The American League is becoming the premier league in MLB. Not only for its hitters, but it turns out AL pitchers are superior as well.

Sometimes a guy just needs a chance.

Steve has patched the holes in the Redbirds’ wings. It’s time to see how they fly!

John checks out speed guns and tries to work out how hard Zumaya throws.

David delves deep into DIPS theory, and makes some stunning conclusions about what pitchers can and cannot control.

Studes talks about a mathematical thingie, and what it means for 2007.

How might the late-1940s Redbirds have maintained their early-decade dynastic ways? Cue the Jackson 5: it’s easy as one-two-three …

OK, no hips, but David does share a wealth of DIPS 3.0 statistics for 2006, and introduces a new stat to help further weed out luck from a pitcher’s statistics.

Pitch sequence matters. Or does it? (Yes, it does.)

Hint: Probably not as good as you think.