Archive for March 2008

We have some figures from Vegas on their 2008 Over/Under Win Lines. These always make for some fun predictions.

The Phillies won the division and the Mets added Johan Santana, but many people may be overlooking the Atlanta Braves.

Baltimore Rule 5 selection Randor Bierd has a pitch thats confusing the Tigers staff as to its nature.

Eric Simon weighs in on Barry Bonds and the job market for him and makes the case for the Mets rolling the dice with him.

Joe Posnanski points out how absurd some traditional stats are. If you haven’t see this yet, check it out.

JC Bradbury brings us the latest in his outstanding coverage of the new Gwinnett stadium deal. The sketchiness isn’t just at the big league level, apparently.

With Dusty Baker recently decrying looking strikeouts as the root of all evil, it made me wonder about them a little myself. It seems like looking K’s would indicate a more patient approach at the plate, while swinging K’s would come more from over-aggressive hackers… anyway, does THT have the capability to split K’s between […]

Yes, it’s only Spring Training, but guess who has the best record of the spring so far? Tampa Bay, that’s who. Rays Index takes its weekly look at what this might mean for Joe Maddon’s future.

One more suggested link for a Saturday morning. Jay at Let’s Go Tribe has an in-depth look at the #1 question on the minds of Indian fans: Which Travis Hafner will show up in 2008?

THT’s Sal Baxamusa has posted an excellent primer on small sample sizes and regression to the mean at Athletic Nation (hat tip: Tango). You can also read about regression to the mean in an article I posted here a year ago.