Jim explains the meaning of The Rumsfeld Number as he spotlights the best of this week’s interleague play.
Jim proposes reworking an egregious bit of baseball slang, examines a pair of 19th century foes, and advances an offensive equivalent to the quality start.
Jim flashes back to last month, when an unlikely source gave one young reporter the story of a lifetime.
Jim attempts to work within the boundaries of the legal system to set a certain matter straight.
The Brewers call up a potential Rookie of the Year candidate, and the Indians try to fight the Tigers’ doubles power with improved starting pitching.
Pitchers who walk the ballpark and survive, teams who defend historically well, and unassisted triple plays in football.
Can you win despite being inefficient defensively? Can you lose despite being efficient?
Two original titans of the American League square off in the Hub, while down in Tampa, a more ignominious battle is shaping up.
A battle brews in Flushing, Ryan Langerhans wanders across the major league landscape, and the D’backs fly below the (replacement level) radar in this week’s batch of matchups.
Jim highlights a mismatch in Milwaukee, an unlikely combo of dominant relievers, and the fade of a star center fielder.
A different way of approaching team pitching, and what exactly Roger Clemens’ suitors are waiting for.
Jim’s wondering about Royal plunkings, A-Rod in history, and an improbable popular hero.
Some surprising teams have been able to reach .500 or struggle to get there in the early going. Plus, the increasing rarity of double completion.
Jim takes aim at the myth of baseball’s halcyon past by revealing that today’s game is better in nearly every way.
Jim addresses existential questions of quality, stealing (those who do and those who don’t), and Smoltzian ambiguity.
It’s early, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have some fun tabbing the All-Stars on the basis of what’s happened in the early going.