Justin Masterson
8 posts
Player of the Fortnight
With no games until this evening, it's as good a time as any to honor the most locked-in players in Baseball. About 20 years ago, a scout told me the best way to quickly see which players are on top of their game is to…
Strange Findings in WAR
While calculating the average Wins Above Replacement scores as research for our upcoming AL MVP race post, we stumbled across a peculiar comparison between Boston's ace, Josh Beckett , and former Boston pitcher, Justin…
Clearing the Notebook
Here is a quote I read that struck me as a poignant piece of advice to writers, particularly if you're like me and you have an idea, think about it, read about it, maybe write a little bit about it, then leave it. And,…
Monthly Pulse, August
Yesterday's trading deadline has solidified the rosters of most contenders. We can expect more movement than usual in August trades this season because more teams will be wary of claiming a player on waivers, due to…
Mark? This is Theo...
My written response to this rumor is a bit late, as I first heard it on Sunday... from the very end of Nick Cafardo's lengthy Sunday column ... At this time of year, one takes trade information with a grain of salt, but…
Greetings from Mahopac
We are spending the weekend with friends in Mahopac, NY. Quickly, I wanted to make note of a few things that we've noticed the last few days. Rich Hill is Back! Congratulations to the Orioles. Rich Hill came back…
In the Box Scores
I'll admit that I didn't watch any baseball last night, but still here is a quick recap of last night's action, straight from one of our Nation's free gifts to the world, daily box scores... First, what we were looking…
Monthly Predictions, May 1
We thought it could be fun to do a monthly revisit of our season predictions. (Not to mention that gimmicks like these are some of the easier ways to get columns started.) For the record, we will stick with our Opening…
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