While watching the Twins beat the White Sox–again–on Saturday, I was mightily impressed with their outfield defense, and not just because Torii Hunter made the play of the weekend. Jacque Jones is a center fielder playing left field and Matt Lawton is an underrated defender in right. All three players had above-average range factors in…
Changing the Game I’m doing a term paper on the subject of competitive balance, and I was hoping you could help me out. What, if anything, should be done to improve competitive balance in baseball? What do you make of Bob Costas’s Fair Ball proposal (a salary cap and floor combined with increased revenue sharing…
ANOTHER WEEK WITH THE BEST PLAYERS OF OUR TIME "When I hit it, I couldn’t believe I hit it. Everything was in slow motion. It looked like it was stopped in midair. Then I saw it went past those people and I thought, ‘Wow! I did it!’ " —Barry Bonds, Giants outfielder, on hitting his…