Cyril Morong of 'Beyond the Boxscore' created two 15 player lists, one of pitchers who improved from the 2005 to 2006, the other of players who declined. He used a statistic called RSAA which means "the amount of runs that a pitcher saved vs. what an average pitcher would have allowed. It is   more...
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Jeff Weaver is my hero. After an 8-14 season with the Angels and Cards with a 5.76 ERA, he signed a 1-year, $8.325M with the Mariners. His contract is littered with performance-based incentives for making the all-star game, winning the cy young (chuckle), or being the MVP. Once again, this is   more...
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Some possible solutions to the question plaguing America.
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My last post covered the All Underrated Team now let's take a look at my all overrated team. Most of these guys come from big markets.C Jason Kendall A's: With a .217 Avg. (.186 at home) and 1 HR and 20 RBIs to his credit, he's either great on defense or he's dating the manager's daughter.1B   more...

- Tim McCarver has to be unhappy with the Fox Trax, the computerized strike zone graphic the network uses to recreate the previous pitch. When he says things like, "that would have been a called strike if Eckstein wasn't running" and then Fox Trax clearly shows that it wasn't near the strike zone   more...
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The trio in the booth can't seem to agree on how to pronounce Craig Monroe's last name. Is it MON-roe or mon-ROE? At least Steve Lyons is consistent. He goes with MON-roe, and also refers to the Tigers hometown as DEE-troit. Know what? They should ask the cops who arrested him for stealing that   more...
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- Carlos Beltran has the lowest home batting average of any regular in baseball at .224. McCarver is completely befuddled and asks: Why is that? Well, you might not expect Beltran to be the absolute lowest. But it's not that surprising considering that Beltran's batting average is .269 over the   more...
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St. Louis continues to defy expectations and can wrap up their first championship since 1982 with a win tonight. Weather pending, of course.
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- The Fox animated cartoon "Scooter" is back to explain to kids what a change-up is. Of course, most of the kids who are interested in a talking baseball cartoon are already in bed by 9:15 pm. But what the hell. This time Scooter is accompanied by an animated Jeff "Soup" Suppan, who says "Hey kids,   more...
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- The Tao of Tim: "Keys for the Detroit Tigers - Will Attempt three 1-game winning streaks." Among the many nonsensical statements he has made to try to sound intelligent during this series, this may take the cake.- Let the second-guessing begin re: Jim Leyland's decision to start Justin Verlander.   more...
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I hope you like expensive buffets with shitty food. It's almost humorous to read through this list of terrible free agent signings.
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It's a weird feeling to be 2000 miles away from the team you really care about, and be in a land where the local team is not generating a lot of excitement...just sort of minimizes the whole opening day mystique. Let's put it this way, when I woke up this morning and realized it's the Mariners   more...
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The Cards beat the mets in game 5...sounds about right. Then why the hell are the sportspages filled with awe?
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Step aside Morgan Ensberg, we have a new underachiever in town. Typically, I would be excited to hear that the Indians signed a former first-round draft choice. However, with the recent news, I can't help but be less than thrilled…The Cleveland Indians today signed RHP JEFF WEAVER to a free agent   more...
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Word is begining to trickle out of Anaheim that Jeff Weaver will be designated for assignment. The Angels will then have ten days to trade him, waive him, or give him his out right release. I believe Weaver could also willingly accept an assignment to the minors but don't believe that likely.   more...
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