April 16, 2011

BP Unfiltered

The Paper Trail 4/16

by John Perrotto

 

Interesting stories from newspapers across the nation:

• John Harper of the New York Daily News writes that the development of a cut fastball may be to blame for Phil Hughes' loss of velocity, and not a dead arm.
• Kevin Kernan of the New York Post writes that Hughes' dead arm gives the Yankees a dead rotation.
• Patrick Reusse of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune says to cut the hysteria because less legwork is the perfect remedy to keep Joe Mauer healthy.
• Bill Livingston of the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes that it's time to fill up the Indians' bandwagon.
• Joel Rubin of the Los Angeles Times writes that changes in Dodgers' security preceded an attack on Giants fan Bryan Stow.
• Seth Livingstone of USA Today writes that with power less prominent, the art of the steal returns to baseball.
• Juliet Macur of the New York Times writes that a tangled verdict gives Barry Bonds' defense team hope.

John Perrotto is an author of Baseball Prospectus. 
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