Thome smokes a Farnsworth heater
Last year, Kyle Farnsworth gave up 15 home runs in 60 innings. In his career, Farnsworth has allowed a .441 slugging percentage to left-handed hitters…
Do the Mets really believe in Church?
Ben Shpigel on what's up with Ryan Church: The more I think about it, the less I understand the motivation for tweaking Church the way the Mets have…
After one game, don't get too crazy about Schafer
I've been writing stuff like this for 13 years; now it's Eric Seidman's turn: This will not be a lengthy or detailed post discussing what sample siz…
Fewer and fewer writers on the baseball beat
Russell Adams and Tim Marchman on the suddenly tenuous future of the baseball beat: But throughout the last century, baseball writers have stood abo…
Computer simulations sometimes offer surprises
Alan Schwarz on the utility within baseball of computer simulations: Take the age-old question of how much difference a team's lineup order makes. T…
Minor league performance usually speaks volumes
On Monday, inspired by a reader, I threw out a challenge: Who are some players whose minor league performances gave us no idea of how good they would …
Didn't take long for pitch-count questions
Bruce Jenkins on the most interesting moments in Sunday night's game: It didn't take long for someone to make a ridiculous pitch-count move in the b…
Looking for a little help
From the mailbag: Rob, With all the talk about Matt Wieters and today's note on Daniel Murphy, I was wondering who some of the biggest upside surpr…
Predicting the '09 season
No one has asked for them, but here are my predictions anyway: NL West 1. Dodgers 2. Diamondbacks (WC) 3. Rockies 4. Giants 5. Padres I had the Diam…
New ballparks never about the public good
ShysterBall, touching on an article about the first five years of Petco Park: More subjectively speaking, I have a brother who has lived in San Dieg…