April 2011
Change of Pace Review
This is not new, but it's alarming how more and more discussion topics must be relevant to the moment, and the moment is constantly shortening. Years ago, we could discuss something that happened in the first week of…
2011 Team Attendance Trends
The invaluable baseball-reference.com has a little-known page that compares team attendance from 2011 and 2012 on a game-to-game basis . As the B-R writers explain on the page: "We take the number of home games through…
Astros Future Wallace Bros.
The Lexington Legends of the South Atlantic League are one of the more exciting teams in all of minor league baseball and probably the most prospect rich club in the Houston Astros' organization. Notable prospects on…
Player of the Fortnight
We're sufficiently into the season now to aptly resume our favorite sporadicly recurring Player of the Fortnight series. The background of the Player of the Fortnight Award is recapped in its inception post . To recap…
Ryan Zimmerman's DL Stint w/Charlie Sheen
The Washington Nationals have an 8-7 record in this young season.* They have managed to actually have a better record since Ryan Zimmerman went down with an abdominal injury. They went 3-5 with Zimmerman and 5-2 without…
3-Pitch Stars, NL Edition
We're looking at Fangraphs's remarkable pitch value data today in an effort to find pitchers with the highest cumulative score of their three best pitches. Although we're still in the midsts of small sample size…
Grounders and Pop Ups
It's still a bit early for any 2011 statistic to mean very much in the grand scheme of things, but it can be insightful to get a head start looking at certain statistics that aren't printed in The Sporting News . In…
Change of Pace
Which pitchers have had the largest difference in average velocity between their fastball and change-up? According to fangraphs : National League Travis Wood , Reds 90 - 78 = 12.1 Daniel Hudson , Diamondbacks 94 - 83 =…
Chatty Subway
The fourth car of the #5 express train this morning was abnormally chatty. A few individuals encroached on my commuting solitude with their annoying and incessant pre-8am conversations. I don't really have much baseball…
The Old Expos Roundup
Like many things in life, I never appreciated the Expos as much as I should have while they were around. I'm glad there is baseball in the Nation's capital, but did it have to come at the expense of the beautifully…
Replacing Ryan Zimmerman
Often times, we'll hear fantasy pundits opine as to whom look to as a replacement for a recently injured player. We do it a lot over here, too. This time, it's personal, as Ryan Zimmerman was the 2nd Round pick of our…
Already Missing Manny
It was only three days ago. Manny Ramirez just retired this past Friday, and we already miss him. Manny, you may have been a selfish jerk, a cheater, and a first-class weirdo, but you were always interesting and one of…
Baby Steps with Peripheral Stats
It's too early in the 2011 season to find much meaning in comparing player statistics, especially pitchers, the league leader in Innings Pitched has just 16. Predicting future pitching performance is one of the more…
Recent Seats
I've been fortunate enough to go to the Knicks/Nets game last Wednesday and the Yankee game this past Saturday . I'm just sharing here, but these were the views from my seats. I won't bore you with any more incessant…
And with that, Volstad is Dropped
Public out of respect announcement: this is a relatively boring and self-centered fantasy baseball "my team is so, blah, blah, blah, ish" rant. It beats working at Sears. Patience is, um, a virtue. Patience is a rare…
20 under 20%
Last season, our highly esteemed 20 under 20% post unearthed such luminaries as Gio Gonzalez , Colby Lewis , and the incomparable Jose Bautista . Together, we set sail, in search of rare finds that may help any fantasy…
The Procrastinator's Guide to a Season Preview
The Almost-1-Week-In look at 2011 Some of this is old news to many people, although we've updated a few points here and there recently. We're simply identifying moments or themes to anticipate and appreciate this…
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