Evidently, not everyone finds articles on attendance all that compelling. In fact, one response called my June 26 column "the most boring thing I’ve EVER managed to read in its entirety." Hopefully this week’s question, from Mikael Haxby, won’t put too many of my readers to sleep…or at least put different ones to sleep than…
With half the season down and the good half to go, the Baseball Prospectus staff has assembled its mid-season awards. Take these with a few grains of salt, and enjoy the second half of the season. (Numbers in parentheses indicate number of ballots on which the player appeared, then number of first-place votes received.) AL…
For the most part, we sort records into "breakable" and "unbreakable." Cy Young‘s record for career wins? Unbreakable, because pitchers don’t get that many decisions anymore. Hank Aaron‘s record for career home runs? Very breakable, as players become stronger and the conditions for hitting home runs remain good. Other than the career runs scored record,…