Beyond the Box Score: FanShots

Morrow to the minors

R.J. Anderson — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:30:48 -0000

Morrow to the minors

Speaking of young reliever, Brandon Morrow has been sent to Tacoma to stretch his arm out for starting.

RIP Skip

R.J. Anderson — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:55:02 -0000

RIP Skip

If there's heaven in baseball, they just got one of the finer announcers around.

Veteran presence != important

R.J. Anderson — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:29:54 -0000

Veteran presence != important

Studeman does a good job of laying this old myth to rest.

GMs tend to pay a lot of money for things like AVG, HRs, and RBIs, and Barry Zito,

R.J. Anderson — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:53:19 -0000

GMs tend to pay a lot of money for things like AVG, HRs, and RBIs, and Barry Zito,

Sky's top 25 players of right now

The A's 1B and odd injuries

R.J. Anderson — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:12:55 -0000

The A's 1B and odd injuries

Remember when Dan Johnson gave himself double vision thanks to some careless suntan lotion usage? Now Daric Barton and the pool...

Baseball Prospectus for free

Peter Bendix — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:36:55 -0000

Baseball Prospectus for free

Get your fill of Marc Normandin (and others) for free from July 21 - 27.

Blanton dealt

R.J. Anderson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:06:59 -0000

Quality Really is Better than Quanity

R.J. Anderson — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:35:35 -0000

Quality Really is Better than Quanity

Sky looks at whether one stud reliever is better than three good relievers.

The Wall Street Journal on the decline of the National League

Peter Bendix — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:02:56 -0000

The Wall Street Journal on the decline of the National League

One of the best mainstream baseball articles I've seen in awhile.

Harden to the Cubs

R.J. Anderson — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:19 -0000

Harden to the Cubs

He's thrown more pitches this year than the past two combined, this probably won't end well.

Evan Longoria: Top Trade Asset?

R.J. Anderson — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:02:01 -0000

Evan Longoria: Top Trade Asset?

David Cameron opined that sentiment.

Shameless plug

Peter Bendix — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:10:52 -0000

I was recently asked to participate in a roundtable discussion over on Statistically Speaking. Eric Seidman, Pizza Cutter, and I discuss who we would take with the first pick in an expansion draft, the best story of the year, and whether the Yankees will (finally) miss the playoffs.

Thanks to Pizza Cutter for inviting me to participate!

Verducci on Lincecum's Mechanics

R.J. Anderson — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:27:47 -0000

Verducci on Lincecum's Mechanics

Excellent read.

Kalk on Tim Beckham

R.J. Anderson — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:41:53 -0000

Kalk on Tim Beckham

PitchF/x guru Josh Kalk provides a scouting report on top pick Tim Beckham.

Projectable, Projectable, Projectable

R.J. Anderson — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:11:13 -0000

Projectable, Projectable, Projectable

Kiley McDaniel gives his report on Michael Inoa.

The Mariners Acting Smart? Huh?

R.J. Anderson — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:32:04 -0000

The Mariners Acting Smart? Huh?

Derek Zumsteg at USS Mariner has the supposed list of Mariner GM candidates. It seems they can't go wrong this time.

With Infinitely Less Keanu Reeves

R.J. Anderson — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:30:18 -0000

With Infinitely Less Keanu Reeves

Eric Simon looks at how managerial replacements have affected the Mets.

All about tRA

R.J. Anderson — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:01:23 -0000

All about tRA

Over at Lookout Landing Graham MacAree and Matthew Carruth look at a pitching metric that take everything into account.

Gold from Keith Law

R.J. Anderson — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:43:25 -0000

Gold from Keith Law

Aaron B. (Novato, Calif.): Any thoughts on Paul DePodesta’s latest blog entry regarding the Padres’ trade for Cha Seung Baek?
SportsNation Keith Law: I can’t find his blog. TJ Simers told me the URL was spreadsheets.google.com but I don’t see a blog there.

Chat Transcript

J.C. Bradbury looks at the down power numbers and finds an interesting correlation between homers...

R.J. Anderson — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:13:32 -0000

J.C. Bradbury looks at the down power numbers and finds an interesting correlation between homers and temperature.