Pizza Cutter finishes his take on foul balls. Several good findings, such as: when the first strike is a swinging one (as opposed to fouls or called strikes), the batter will generally be less productive in that appearance.

You know, I don’t think Buzz Bissinger has any legitimate insight about blogs. I take it personally when people like Bissinger and Costas excoriate blogs. I honestly have no interest in watching that video segment of Bissinger ranting on Will Leitch. Joe Posnanski’s blog entry about the episode is good enough for me.

Well, heck, if Studes is going to publish his … here’s what I sent to Alex: 1. Any of the Roger Angell anthologies. The Summer Game was the first, but not necessarily the best; among the many phenomenal aspects of Angell’s writing is how he’s managed to remain as fresh and enthusiastic and sharp and […]

Alex Belth asked 55 different baseball nuts, including yours truly, for their list of ten essential baseball books. I didn’t put the number one choice on my list at all. In fact, I think it’s pretty non-essential these days, though it was great for its time. Just in case you’re interested, here are my comments […]

Crawfish Boxes looks at the Astros’ improved defense. Using THT’s Team page, natch.

The Phillies’ Triple-A squad is 3-23. Only one batter of note is hitting over .250. Meanwhile, Beerleaguer tries to be realistic.

Kyle is back with his own observations about Joel Zumaya, including some general tips on throwing mechanics.

Rich Lederer interviews Dan Levitt, author of the new book Ed Barrow: The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees’ First Dynasty.

I’ve argued for a while (like many others) that Chien-Ming Wang’s low strikeout rate shouldn’t be a concern, because he has the stuff to strike out batters but has chosen to rely on his sinker instead. This year, as Dave Cameron points out, it appears that Wang is leaning more on his strikeout stuff. He’s […]

This is a couple of days late, but the Wall Street Journal ran an interesting Sunday piece about life at AT&T Park after Barry. Rubber chicken and kayak sales are way down, among other things.