Welcome to our six-part series on the upcoming expansion draft, and who the established teams should be protecting. We’ll be looking at every major league team and making our picks on who they should be protecting. Please note this isn’t a prediction on who they *will* be protecting. We’re sure the Angels will be protecting…
PLAYOFFS AND PLAYOFF RACES "There’s nothing better than a pennant race." — Dusty Baker, Giants manager "We wanted to let Cleveland know that once the postseason gets here, it’s time to rock and sock." — Jim Thome "We let it get away from us." — Bill Russell, Dodgers manager "When you get knocked out with…
ABOUT PLAYOFF ROSTERS Don’t be surprised when several teams take advantage of the "Hibbard clause" for setting their postseason rosters. In case you missed what that means, the loophole in the playoff roster rules that allowed the Mariners to put Greg Hibbard on their postseason roster in 1995 (since he had spent the season on…
The Archives Baseball Prospectus home In This Issue: Getting the House in Order Thursday Transaction Analysis The Week In Quotes There’s a certain pall that starts to hang over me about the 15th of September. The pennant races (or lack thereof) are coming to a head, a couple of ballplayers are nearing milestones or chasing…
REALIGNMENT "We were given exclusive NL rights to the Bay Area when we bought the team, so I definitely think we have a legal position. We’re not interested in sharing the world of National League baseball with a competitor." — Peter Magowan, Giants owner, on suing MLB if the A’s move to the same division…
Do spring training records predict regular-season success?
Cactus League teams have historically been unsucccessful.
When Gregg isn’t agonizing over Brian Sabean’s latest move, he’s maintaining EEEEEE!, a Newsletter by and for Annoyed San Francisco Giants Fans. Take a look. "He couldn’t have gotten where he is today if he didn’t know what he was doing." Baseball has given rise to a bushel of silly statements, but this is one…
This week, Frank Catalanotto was kind enough to sit down for an interview with our own Keith Law. Here’s a brief transcript of the interview, and Frank’s entry from Baseball Prospectus ’97. Our thanks to Mr. Catalanotto for his patience and generosity. FRANK CATALANOTTO 2B 1974 Age 23 Year Team Lge AB H DB TP…
Welcome to the presentation of the 5th annual Internet Baseball Awards,
as voted on by the denizens of the Usenet rec.sport.baseball newsgroups
and other cyberspace baseball fans.
Our efforts to more widely publicize the vote this year lead to a
record number of ballots this year, with 120 distinguished respondents
taking the time to vote. The great majority of voters this year took
the time to fill out complete or nearly-complete ballots.
Sunday, February 25, 2001. That was the day the Toronto Blue Jays were eliminated from the 2001 American League race. In my mind, anyway. That day I was online reading the Toronto Sun and came across this tidbit courtesy of new Blue Jays’ skipper Buck Martinez: "We don’t give a damn, we’re a team of…
Sunday, February 25, 2001. That was the day the Toronto Blue Jays were eliminated from the 2001 American League race. In my mind, anyway. That day I was online reading the Toronto Sun and came across this tidbit courtesy of new Blue Jays’ skipper Buck Martinez: "We don’t give a damn, we’re a team of…
Were the stats of 1990s stars inflated by expansion?