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Blog Post Archive
Worrying about MLB's attendance figures
Attendance is actually down a bit this season, and Ken Rosenthal's got all the details:
Take away the crappy weather — and the crappy team almost no one wants to watch, the Miami Marlins — and attendance might be at the same level it was a year ago.
Instead, attendance is down more than 2 percent from the same date last season, according to MLB. Show More Summary
The evolution (or not) of Barry Zito
I was watching the Blue Jays' broadcast of the Jays-Giants game because Michael Milken makes me want to strangle myself, and the guys in the booth got to talking about Barry Zito. Here's Buck Martinez:
We talked to Bruce Bochy, his manager...Show More Summary
Internet Christmas for Baseball Nerds, Part XXXII
Feel like being sad? I do. And when I don't feel like listening to Sea Change or Hospice, I like to rummage through the CBC archives and look up Expos stuff. Maybe you're into that kind of self-flagellation, too. If so, here are a good pair of bookends. Show More Summary
The Doctor is on first
Over at the always great XKCD, today Randall Munroe mixes the Abbot & Costello classic "Who's on First?" routine with Doctor Who. I'm not sure a more perfect pairing can be found.
via imgs.xkcd.com
Now give us a mash-up of "Casey At the Bat" and Firefly, Randall. I know you can do it.
MLB making a statement with Biogenesis
Major League Baseball is making a statement with the way they're handling the Biogenesis scandal. A big statement. Get the boys from the press pool, Daisy, we've got a statement to make. And when they clear their throat, all I hear is...Show More Summary
Mike Carp doesn't appreciate a good high knuckleball?
We've seen outfielders pitching before last night, which isn't to suggest that last night wasn't interesting. Here's the video of three outs David Murphy recorded last night against the Red Sox:
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Here's a lovely scouting report of David Murphy the Pitcher, via Baseball Prospectus and Dan Rozensun. Show More Summary
Wacha and Miller and nicknaming draft picks
Less than a year after signing with the St. Louis Cardinals, Michael Wacha debuted last week with the big club and turned in seven strong innings. Wacha was the 19th pick in the draft last June. As it happens, this June -- this week, actually -- the Cardinals again have the 19th pick in the draft. Show More Summary
Bob Davidson makes one scratch one's head
Everybody's buzzing this morning about... well, about a lot of things! Baseball's been really interesting lately! But this is one of those things! It happened in the bottom of the eighth in Philadelphia. The play began with Ben Revere on first base, Michael Young hitting a grounder to third base. Show More Summary
The postcard PNC Park deserves
This is the third installment (previous entries are Camden Yards and Citi Field) of our series in which we take modern postcards of latter-day retro stadiums and make them look as though they were created back in the era that the stadium is emulating.
Today's entry is a faux-linen PC of PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
The original card:
The modification:
Is Jason Heyward still a franchise player?
One of the great annual traditions in the Internet baseball world is ESPN's Franchise Player Draft, in which 30 writers and television personalities pick the players with which they would start a hypothetical franchise. It's great theater...Show More Summary
Biogenesis: Is MLB going too far?
Look, I'm not going to attempt some overarching Biogenesis analysis right now. Maybe I won't, ever. But for sure, not right now. The details are scant but the scope massive, and that's a dangerous combination. But I do want to throwShow More Summary
Keep calm and stop doing 'keep calm' variations
How do you know when something has been going on too long? When a variation such as this appears -- good advice though it may be.
As the woman who, in 2000, reintroduced the original poster (a product of 1939) has said, "I didn't want it trivialized. But of course now it's been trivialized beyond belief."
Meanwhile, in college baseball
Cup tip to Productive Outs
Anthony Rendon, keystoner
The Nationals are, umm, struggling. After a 98-win season, they were supposed to cruise again this season. Instead they've got a losing record and their phenoms ain't phenominating. Just this morning, Cliff Corcoran pointed out that most of the blame goes to the hitters... Show More Summary
The Worst Baseball Writing of THIS Month
Last Christmas, in the spirit of the season, we chose The Worst Baseball Writing of the Year.
Last month we got a head start on 2013 with our first candidate, Dan Shaughnessy's bizarre David Ortiz takedown. Yes, we could be forgivenShow More Summary
The progression ...
Headline from June 1: Relaxed clubhouse contributes to Cubs' success Headline from July 1: Relaxed clubhouse lashes out at critics after extra-inning loss Headline from August 1: Relaxed clubhouse's job "safe" according to Cubs Headline...Show More Summary
The A's doing what we expected ... kind of
You can't suggest the 2012 A's were lucky. That's the wrong word. They pitched well, and they hit well. They had injury problems and disappointments just like any other team, if not more so. From a simple, we-scored-more-runs-than-the-other-guys perspective, the A's were anything but lucky.
The 2012 A's were … odd. Show More Summary
130 Pitches: A Baseball Mystery!
A few weeks ago, Yu Darvish threw 130 pitches in a single game. You probably remember. It was kind of a big deal, and Grant wrote a lovely essay about it. Grant's point was essentially that it really wasn't so long ago that throwing 130 pitches would not have been a big deal. Show More Summary
Hey, have you got any nails that need hammering?
Peter Gammons has a new column out about the rigors of the 162-game schedule and the importance of depth. "The way it is now, you really need 35 to 37 players before the season's over," says Buck Showalter. Of course, Showalter, Dan Duquette and the Orioles masterfully juggle their roster between Baltimore and Norfolk. Show More Summary
The Legend of Yasmiel Puig gets off to fast start
You could write a book about the greatest catches in baseball history. Actually that book has been written (and yes, I've got it here, somewhere). You could also write a book about the greatest throws in baseball history. I don't believe that book's been written, and I'm not going to write it today. Show More Summary