Rubbing Mud

Rubbing Mud: Rubbing Not-Really-Mud

Everybody violates the foreign substance rules, and it's harmless, so we should just do away with the rules, right? Wrong.

Painting a table of how the season's expectations have changed.

Why Kansas City is so interesting, and why Kansas City is so good.

We find six interesting storylines for the six all-but-eliminated teams--and none of them is about trading away superstars.

It's just not enough to point to BABIP and say 'wait for it,' not this time.

How Stephen Strasburg has become Phil Hughes, and why it's not working.

The rules say umps should get it right, but not too right.

While the boxers were holding their punches this weekend, the Cardinals and Pirates slugged each other into exhaustion.

How Anthony Rizzo is becoming transcendent.

A survey of the dominant offensive trends, and how they have held up this April.

Taking a look at the teams who should find it easiest to upgrade.

The hard truth in Milwaukee.

Rant or no rant, it hasn't been a great month for the Reds manager.

Is the recent trade of a draft pick from Baltimore to Los Angeles what they've been warning us about?

The first week of the season is overrated, overanalyzed, overdiscussed--and, also, enough to move the odds significantly.

Three weeks after Matthew gave up on the D'backs front office, he finds admiration for a series of moves.