I just read a recent issue of Craig Wright’s Diamond Appraised newsletter (it’s a subscription service, but it’s well worth the price) and he proposed a theory for the recent increase (in baseball time) in perfect games that makes a lot of sense to me. In short, it’s due to the fact that there are […]

Astros 6, Rockies 2: Wow. Walkoff grand slam by Carlos Lee in the tenth inning. Someone isn’t happy about being called “untradeable” for the past two months.  Dude has been on fire in June. Indians 11, Red Sox 0: Yesterday I observed that Tuesday night was a pretty epic night for pitchers (turns out it […]

Three times in the final two minutes of last night’s NBA Finals game, play was stopped while officials consulted a monitor to review calls made on the floor. The system, new this year, is similar to one of the more popular proposals for replay in baseball: the officials have the autonomy to check their work. […]

Nationals 5, Pirates 2: A star is born. Giants 3, Reds 0: Not to be a killjoy or anything, but Matt Cain’s game score (76) was one better than Strasburg’s (75). Cain was dancin’ with the Devil, though, recording 16 fly ball outs in a park where you don’t want to be giving up a […]

I think it’s safe to say that there hasn’t been a more hyped prospect since Stephen Strasburg in a long long time. Whether that’s a function of the increased media saturation or Strasburg really being the best pitching prospect ever, it is clear that most every baseball fan across the country was waiting with avid […]

The Fan Graphs website displays a full plate of baseball statistics ranging from traditional counting numbers to sabermetrics to scouting data. Their scouting data comes from the Baseball Info Solutions (BIS) company which serves Major League Baseball teams and publishers of baseball statistics like Fan Graphs. In an article on Fan Graphs by author Joe […]

Tonight, Stephen Strasburg is doing one heckuva job living up to the hype. In his first six innings, he’s fanned 11 with no walks, and only four hits allowed. (Naturally, pitching for Washington, he’s down 2-1). Brings up a question, though: what’s the most Ks a pitcher has ever had in his MLB debut? Using […]

That quote is part of this ESPN.com story. Here’s the whole thing: “It is interesting,” Selig said. “Most baseball people are really against instant replay. There’s no question about that. I could sense that the last three days [in talking to people]. “In the end, good or bad, I will do what I think is […]

Baseball fans everywhere are excited about getting a good look at Mike Stanton now that he’s in the majors. And there is not a doubt among them—he will hit for power. Mad power. Three-alarm chili pepper hot wings from Wild Bill’s Fire Emporium-type power. And even while they salivate over a hitter who has several […]

So the Kansas City Royals are not a good baseball team, mostly because they don’t have good baseball players. This seems a simple enough concept, but I think it’s often overlooked. At the end of the day, it’s not about a winning atmosphere, doing the little things right, and taking it one day at a […]