Who Am I? | June 29, 2011 »

Who Am I? | June 29, 2011

I was one of the inaugural winners of the Rolaids Relief Man Award. The year before that, I finished third in Rookie of the Year voting.

Who Am I? | June 22, 2011 »

Who Am I? | June 22, 2011

I played on some pretty bad teams in my time. It wasn’t until my 10th year in the bigs that I was a member of my first team with a winning record.

Who Am I? | June 15, 2011 »

Who Am I? | June 15, 2011

Some would suggest I was a major contributor to what many feel is one of the biggest problems in the game today, but I prefer to think of myself as a Moneyball player long before anybody had any idea what that was.

Greatest Player Not in the Hall of Fame for Each Team »

Greatest Player Not in the Hall of Fame for Each Team

My opinions regarding the one player for each current MLB franchise who is their greatest non-Hall of Famer.

As if We Needed Any More Evidence That Wins and Losses Are Flawed Statistics »

As if We Needed Any More Evidence That Wins and Losses Are Flawed Statistics

We don’t need to look any further than this past Friday’s contest between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox to see one of the worst applications of won-loss credit there could possibly be.

Greatest Living Former {insert team’s name here} »

Greatest Living Former {insert team’s name here}

If I can tear you away from that March Madness thing for just a few minutes–or more–I thought a little baseball discussion piece would be fun.

Buckner’s Bolero »

Buckner’s Bolero

Not to try and create any competition for the Chinchillas as the musical darlings of this site…

Most Productive Offensive Players in Baseball History »

Most Productive Offensive Players in Baseball History

Ranking the 50 most productive offensive players in baseball history, among those with a minimum of 6,000 career plate appearances, based on position-independent oRAR per plate appearance.

The All-Left Field Team »

The All-Left Field Team

By Dan “Chas” McCloskey

This post originally appeared on my personal blog, Left Field…hence, the concept of an All-Left Field Team.

WAR: What is it Good for? »

WAR: What is it Good for?

Please forgive me for the super-obvious pun used for the title of this post.

Insight of the week

Rey: "15 seconds left, tie ball game. If Carolina shoots a three on this last possession, I’m throwing my TV out the window."


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