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Trimming it down
I have no idea whether I'll start posting here again... recently it's been Facebook for quick thoughts and Twitter for thoughts too small for Facebook (i.e. nothing). I suppose baby pictures should go here and so should thoughts about baseball. But boy have I not had the time ( Read more... ) -
Mike Schmidt, refusing to stoke the fire
Mike Schmidt on Alex Rodriguez:In fact, when Schmidt was asked directly if he thought he'd have gotten caught up in trying performance-enhancing drugs had they been part of his era, he answered: "Most likely. Why not ( Read more... ) -
BP 2009: Phillies
Baseball Prospectus is projecting the Phillies to win 88 games. That looks like a normal regression to the mean to me. Every team that wins a division usually does slightly worse the next year ( Read more... ) -
BP 2009: Review of VORP
Baseball Prospectus 2009 is almost out, and the projections have gone live on the web site. As always, the projections for the two league champs are free to non-subscribers, and for a change that's two teams we find pretty interesting ( Read more... ) -
Orioles new uniforms
This is old news, but the Orioles have new uniforms this year.
The major change is that they now have Baltimore across the chest on the road jersey! This is nice. Almost every other team in the majors has the city name on the road jersey. Oddly, the other two exceptions were the two closest teams, Philadelphia and Washington, and the Nationals ( Read more... ) -
Orioles fail
The good news on the Orioles is: Nick Markakis and Adam Jones are for real, Brian Roberts is still around, and Baseball Prospectus is projecting their first-round draft pick, Matt Wieters, to be the best-hitting catcher in the major leagues. This season ( Read more... )
