Two weeks ago, newly-retired Jose Canseco claimed that 85% of major-league baseball players were steroid users.
During a May 14 chat session on ESPN.com, Bill James referred to my research on catcher’s game-calling and pitcher-handling, and his criticism of it. The research he refers to consists primarily of an article from Baseball Prospectus 1999 entitled "Field General or Backstop?" and a followup posted here on the BP Web site called "Catching…
Let the piling on begin. Two weeks ago, newly-retired Jose Canseco claimed that 85% of major-league baseball players were steroid users. Now, newly-retired Ken Caminiti admits that he was using steroids during his 1996 MVP season and estimates that half of the game’s players are juiced. Newly-retired Chad Curtis also chimes in with a guess…