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One museum at a time
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotThere are two baseball museums that every fan should visit. Oddly, one is in upstate New York and the other's...
Blog | November 26, 2009Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...official, friends: With this, Tyler Kepner is officially forgiven for his odd little moment last summer. From baseball-intellect.com, everything you need to know about Aroldis Chapman. In these strange days, it's worth...
Blog | November 20, 2009Are teams really losing money?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotMore from the Commish: Some teams lost money in 2009, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday after the final owners meeting of the year. "There was no question...
Blog | November 19, 2009Digging into Cy balloting
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotLet's dig into the Cy Young balloting, shall we? Two voters, Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus and Keith Law of ESPN.com, did not include Chris Carpenter on their ballots. Carroll had...
Blog | November 19, 2009Will October sked really be tightened?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotHey, it turns out that Mike Scioscia wasn't the only baseball man who thought this year's postseason schedule was screwy. Bud Selig does, too! "We're going...
Blog | November 19, 2009Hot stove myths (or not)
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...ages ... 27, 28, 29, whatever. I just say "late 20s" and figure that's close enough for baseball players and hand grenades. But who exactly is saying that "old players are worthless"? Nobody bothers much...
Blog | November 18, 2009Tracy and Scioscia the easy choices
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...received 29 first-place votes and two seconds for 151 points in balloting released Wednesday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Scioscia got 15 first-place votes. Tracy was an easy choice. He took...
Blog | November 18, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...a televised debate. Or maybe an MMA match ... * FanGraphs' Erik Manning, with a lot of help from Baseball Prospectus, takes a look at non-SB baserunning: first on the team level and then the individuals...
Blog | November 18, 2009Greinke learns from the nerds?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...altogether. And then, Jimbo3772: Another "luck" argument from Neyer ... shocker. He doesn't know a thing about baseball. Just another stats geek. He thinks the difference between a guy getting jammed with a good pitch...
Blog | November 18, 2009K.C. will host 2012 All-Star Game
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...cities full of passionate fans. I've got some sympathy for that opinion. But if Major League Baseball wants to continue having 30 franchises, some of them playing in relatively tiny markets, then allowances must...
Blog | November 17, 2009Stat guys not so monolithic after all
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...still theoretical. But Keith Law had a ballot (more on that tomorrow, from him), and so did Baseball Prospectus writers Christina Kahrl (American League Rookie of the Year) and Will Carroll (A.L. Rookie of...
Blog | November 17, 2009Was Beckham snubbed?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...was a star and played shortstop. It doesn't mean he was a good shortstop. According to Baseball America, "Before the draft, scouts were split on his defensive ability ... His hands aren't the softest...
Blog | November 17, 2009Right team, wrong Rookie
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...unlike the last-place A's. But Bailey received 13 of 28 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America. His 88 points easily outdistanced Andrus (65) and Porcello (64). A's starting...
Blog | November 17, 2009Coghlan vs. McCutchen misses point
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...McCutchen had played well in center field ... but it's not clear that he did. Last winter, Baseball America wrote about McCutchen, "He has outstanding speed that makes him a basestealing threat and a potential...
Blog | November 16, 2009Jack Wilson's defense worth big money
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the guy's got a case. Greg Johns on Wilson: But he is regarded as one of baseball's premier defensive shortstops and Zduriencik chose to iron out a two-year deal that eliminates what...
Blog | November 13, 2009EDITOR'S PICKS
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