Wednesday Wangdoodles

...to first in the majors in 2008. But that wasn't their only massive improvement. As Jay Jaffe details in Baseball Prospectus ($), the Rays' bullpen has also made a historic turnaround. After last year...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2008

Phils still better, but matchups favor Dodgers

...was played 2,000 times and the Dodgers won 62 percent of them. Then I read Jay Jaffe's in-depth (5,408 words!) analysis of the series and learned some things I didn...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2008

Mussina vs. Palmer: The debate continues

At the end of a long and entertaining review ($) of an amazing Sunday, BP's Jay Jaffe takes me to task for arguing that Mike Mussina, as great as he's been, hasn...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 29, 2008

Road trip recap

...free of charm or hospitality. When I was there, I was lucky enough to run into Jay Jaffe (of Futility Infielder fame), and he mentioned that he enjoys seeing the remaining evidence of the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 01, 2008

There's just no avoiding Bagwell

...progress to start tarring players without any evidence. Your readers and your peers expect better. Best, Jay Jaffe Baseball Prospectus So until a player is actually mentioned in an investigation or fails a test...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 20, 2007

Physics professor wins bracelet

Stucke overcomes chip deficit for victory in Event 27.

Numbers say Yankees still alive

...True, they're winning this one, but nine-and-a-half ain't much better. As Jay Jaffe notes today, since 1995 only three teams have trailed the division leader by 10 games or...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 23, 2007

ChiSox will disappoint

...fourth-highest in the league). So what's wrong with the White Sox? Here's what Jay Jaffe says about them in Baseball Prospectus' preseason power rankings, which project a record of (gulp) 72...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 04, 2007

Schilling, Smoltz: In or out?

Are John Smoltz and Curt Schilling worthy of the Hall of Fame? Jonah Keri has the answer.

Monday Mendozas

...Oh, and after retiring they'll never have to work another day in their lives. • Chris Jaffe downloaded the 2008 team statistical splits and found all sorts of odd nuggets. My favorite: Last season...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 03, 2008

Tracking home runs

...other homers. With that information in hand, Chris Jaffe has come up with all sorts of interesting...Last but not least are the Toronto Blue Jays and their comically low total of 18.8...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 25, 2008

ESPN needs more journalism, less sensationalism

ESPN Ombudsman George Solomon says the network should focus more on quality journalism and less on sensationalism.

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The man behind the uniforms

Ever wonder who designs sports uniforms? Well, Todd Radom's done a bunch – including the new Washington Nationals duds.

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