Many of you have seen the work of Jeff Hildebrand here at the Web site and in Baseball Prospectus 2000. Last night, he sent out this missive: OK, so the majors aren’t the only ones who can do some screwy things about playoffs. I just found out something really weird about the International League playoff…
ANAHEIM ANGELS Released 2B-R Trent Durrington. [8/29] Claimed RHP Ben Weber off of waivers from the Giants, and assigned him to Edmonton. [8/30] Trent Durrington should be headed for his home country to help represent Australia in the Olympics, a departure that created a free spot on the Angels’ 40-man roster. I don’t know if…