Q & A With Phillies Blog “That Ball’s Outta Here” 11 Comments
We were contacted by Phillies blog "That Ball's Outta Here" to do a Q&A, and you can read our answers to the Cubs questions over at their site. Ethan was kind enough ...
Ramblings about strikeout rate and the silliness of pitchers batting 102 Comments
A few days ago Rob Neyer pointed out how three true outcomes (TTO) are increasing and wonders if something should be done about it. For those who don't know, the TTO is a walk, ...
What’s the correct call here? 85 Comments
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The ball is clearly fair. The umpire clearly signals the ball dead. The Dodgers played through the dead call and the Padres did not. I'm also ...
Cubs 6th Best Since 2007 In Free Agent Signings 10 Comments
Matt Swartz has published a very interesting article about buidling an organization. I've said for several years now the idea that the Cubs under Hendry just handed out contracts ...
Pre-Season NL Power Rankings 149 Comments
Throughout the season we'll be publishing our NL Power Rankings. We won't do this each week and maybe not even every other week, but we figured there's going to be little ...
Who do the Cubs trade for Theo Epstein? 55 Comments
The Cubs hired Theo Epstein 4 months ago and it was about that time that we were told the two sides were on the 5-yard line regarding compensation. I can only assume that Ken O'Keefe ...
MGL on Clubhouse Confidential 45 Comments
The Book's MGL was on Clubhosue Confidential tonight. I've embedded it here for you to watch.
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So Josh Hamilton Relapsed 60 Comments
In case you pay no attention to anything related to baseball you knew that Josh Hamilton is an alcoholic and a drug addict.
To let you know how far I've come, let me tell you where ...
Tigers sign Prince Fielder to silly contract No Comments
The Tigers signed Prince Fielder to a 9 year, $214 million contract yesterday. Scott Boras did his client well in getting him nearly $24 million per year. My first thought when I heard ...
10 best pitching seasons in my lifetime 65 Comments
The only Cubs news is that the team has brought back Kerry Wood on a 1-year deal. The contract includes a club option for $3 million in 2013. Since there’s not much to talk about ...
Barry Larkin Voted Into Hall of Fame, BBWAA Tells All Others to GTFO 55 Comments
Barry Larkin joined the ghost of Ron Santo as the only inductees in the 2012 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Below are the final vote totals:
Barry Larkin 495 (86.4%)
Jack Morris ...
Lee Smith and the Hall of Fame No Comments
Let me start out by saying that I do not think Lee Smith should be in the Hall of Fame. I had trouble with the idea that Bruce Sutter was a Hall of Famer, but at least one could point ...
How much is Prince Fielder worth? 261 Comments
We’ve talked a lot about Albert Pujols and taken a look at his value, but I don’t believe we’ve done so with Fielder. Apparently many executives think he’ll ...
How does losing Pujols and Fielder affect the Cardinals and Brewers? 166 Comments
The short answer to this question is that it doesn’t affect them that much. If the Cardinals were willing to spend $22.5 million on Pujols (10 year, $225 million offer) they still ...
Albert Pujols Goes to Play For Angels Team That Hardly Ever Plays the Cubs 324 Comments
The news this morning really couldn’t be much better. Albert Pujols will most likely finish his career in the American League West, where his damage to the Cubs will be minimal. ...
Dumb things I've heard today on MLB Network No Comments
These are not exact quotes, but here are just a few of the dumbass things I’ve heard today while MLB Network has been on.
If Josh Johnson is healthy over 162 games, he makes every ...
How much is Pujols worth? 210 Comments
There’s a very big image attached below. I think it mostly explains itself. I apologize for the poor formatting, but I didn’t care too much to make it that neat. The image ...
National League Power Rankings, 4-28-12 62 Comments