One of the arguments for the case that the quality of baseball is better now than ever before is that pitchers are hitting worse, relative to the league, than they ever have. Because pitchers reach the major leagues for reasons independent of their hitting ability, the assumption is that the quality of their hitting should…
Big Mouth For most of the past decade, the Atlanta Braves have been about two things: winning, and winning quietly. The Braves made a postseason appearance an event as unremarkable as a Pedro Martinez shutout, a Felix Martinez rabbit punch or a security violation at Los Alamos; it’s almost more interesting when it doesn’t happen….