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Prospectus Feature: The 1987 Free Agent Market

Flash back to January 1987. Walk Like an Egyptian is at the top of the pop charts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has coasted past 2,000. John Elway has broken Cleveland's heart for the very first time. And in baseball, the free agents are getting utterly and completely shafted.

Prospectus Feature: A Brief History of the Veterans Committee

by Neal Traven 1/14

Almost from the day it opened, the Baseball Hall of Fame has had some form of a Veterans Committee to supplement the player selections voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America. In fact, Cy Young, who finished sixth behind the first five inductees, also received the fourth-highest 1936 vote total from the Old-Timers Committee.

Prospectus Feature: Freely Available Talent

by Dayn Perry 12/12

The notion of "freely available talent" is something of a Sabermetric piety. Savvy waiver claims and judicious use of the Rule 5 draft are two sources, but it's mostly by trawling through the minor-league free agents each year that many organizations fill their holes at the highest level.

Prospectus Feature: 2002 STATLG-L Internet Hall of Fame

by Neal Traven 12/09

Cast your vote for this year's Hall of Fame class.

Prospectus Feature: The Forty Million Dollar Question: Building the 2003 Expos (Part Two)

by Scot Hughes 12/04

Scot Hughes analyzes the rest of Montreal's roster, which will probably be filled with players who are not yet arbitration-eligible.

Prospectus Feature: 2002 HACKING MASS Results: All Players, By Position

by Baseball Prospectus 11/26

Thanks to everyone who suggested that we post the HACKING MASS results for 2002 and let people figure out how they did themselves--something we completely failed to consider--here are the complete 2002 results.

Prospectus Feature: 2002 HACKING MASS Results: All Players, By Name

by Baseball Prospectus 11/26

The 2002 HACKING MASS Results: All Players, By Name

Prospectus Feature: 2002 HACKING MASS Results: All Players, By ESPN

by Baseball Prospectus 11/26

We list the 2002 HACKING MASS Results: All Players, By ESPN

Prospectus Feature: The Forty Million Dollar Question: Building the 2003 Expos (Part One)

by Scot Hughes 11/22

One of the biggest questions this off-season has been what Major League Baseball will do with the Montreal Expos.

Prospectus Feature: The Arizona Fall League

by Jonah Keri 11/07

As mentioned in yesterday's Daily Prospectus, one of the best perks of an Arizona Fall League trip is seeing the players up close. Watching a Josh Karp curve fall off the table or seeing Chip Ambres staying back long enough to drive the ball enhances a fan's enjoyment of the game immensely. With that in mind, here are a few player observations from my recent trip to Arizona.

Prospectus Feature: Evaluating the Dowd Report

by Derek Zumsteg 10/31

When I've written about Peter Rose in the past, I get tons of email from readers, and many of them point to Bill James as a prominent, intelligent Rose defender who presents "a compelling argument." In the past, I've referred readers to the Dowd Report, which is available online at www.dowdreport.com. This has proved to be an inadequate response.

Prospectus Feature: Player Cards

by Clay Davenport 10/28

The Player Cards are back! First, let me emphasize that these player cards are an ongoing project. I fully expect to be able to make future revisions to the cards themselves and the glossary without having to take everything down again. Some of these changes--like a full set of translated statistics for every player, to go with their actual statistics -are already in the works. Others -like extensions to the glossary- will follow the questions from readers.

Prospectus Feature: The Curse of The Budbino

by Jeff Angus 10/11

The exploding gas tank that is interleague play just toasted one team's playoff hopes, launching a less successful team into the post-season.

Prospectus Feature: Breaking Balls: A Stroll Through the Mailbag

by Derek Zumsteg 10/10

We missed all four division series predictions here at Baseball Prospectus. I predicted that the A's would beat the Twins in "Three. Four max." The email immediately started to flow in.

Prospectus Feature: Touring the Minors: Organizational Overview: Los Angeles Dodgers

by Keith Scherer 8/23

Even as they take the lead in the wild card race, the Los Angeles Dodgers are dying. Only Jim Tracy's magic keeps the Dodgers from seeing how chronic their situation is. In Tracy's short time as a major league manager, he has demonstrated a gift for turning others' garbage into gold. Just as Chavez Ravine (park factor 91) makes Dodger pitchers look better than they are, it conceals just how well Tracy has done with the hitters he has been given.