The Baseball Crank has done some nice follow-up analysis of his Established Win Shares method by looking at how aging affects Win Shares. Very nice job, and it’s interesting that Win Shares follows a fairly typical aging pattern.

It’s Thanksgiving Day here in the US of A. We would like to wish you and your family a great holiday, and thank you for dropping by throughout the year.

It appears the catcher Damian Miller will play for the Brewers at Miller Park next year. He’ll reportedly be paid $8.75 million over three years. This is a great deal for the Brewers. Miller was the sixth-best catcher in the AL last year, creating 15 Win Shares/four WSAA. Next year, the Bill James Handbook projects […]

I’ve been meaning to comment on this for awhile, and I’m sorry it’s taken me so long. On November 1, the A’s signed minor league free agent Seth Etherton. It was a move that went relatively unnoticed, and where it was noticed, it seems to have been met with confusion. The only two major A’s […]

Sean Lahman and friends have been working hard gathering data and have now updated their excellent database through the 2004 season (version 5.2). It’s available in various forms, including Access (a relational database program). Access allows you to create statistical queries in a snap and imports and exports data with ease.

Roger Angell has just come out with his annual New Yorker piece (as pointed out by BTF). For years, his annual season summary was something I looked forward to, as the best coverage of the season available anywhere. Now, with all the great writing available on the Internet I have to conclude: he’s still just […]

Jon Weisman has a wonderful review of the world of baseball blogging on his Dodger Thoughts site. Be sure to check it out.

Well, we found a few mistakes in the Hardball Times Baseball Annual Stats section. If you bought an electronic version of the book, I will work with the lulu.com site to provide you with a corrected version. If you bought the printed version, take a look at the Houston Astros batting section when you receive […]

Mike Webber pointed this out to me, wondering if the Commish was the model for “Gilbert Huph.” There’s more than a little resemblance, I must say. And if anyone hasn’t seen The Incredibles yet, you should — great way to spend a baseball-less evening.

One of our favorite baseball analysts, whose nom de plume is Tangotiger, is once again collecting your feedback for his annual Fielding Scouting Report. Tango’s goal is to leverage the power of the Internet and collect information from the average baseball fan who knows a lot about his/her team’s fielding strengths and weaknesses. It’s sort […]