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May 26, 2016

BP Unfiltered: Shoo-Shoo, Krinkles and Gus: The Nicknames of 1965

by Patrick Dubuque

How Catfish Hunter got his nickname, and more gold from contemporaneous sources.

May 23, 2016

BP Unfiltered: Art Discovered, Lost, Found

by Rob Mains

On the "lost art" of the two-out RBI.

May 11, 2016

BP Unfiltered: How Many Runs Could the Cubs Spot Their Opponents?

by Sam Miller

The answer might shock you! But probably won't.

May 10, 2016

BP Unfiltered: Meg Rowley Talking Trout

by BP Staff

on podcast

May 9, 2016

BP Unfiltered: Ben and Sam Are Signing Books

by BP Staff

Want to meet Ben and Sam, see them read from their new book, get your copy signed, or simply buy a mocha from a bookstore cafe? You're in luck.

May 4, 2016

BP Unfiltered: April's Vogelsong Awards

by Rob Mains

The best players we didn't mention in this year's book.

April 28, 2016

BP Unfiltered: My Predicted Standings

by Sam Miller

Take it to the bank, assuming your bank isn't underwater due to rising ocean levels.

April 19, 2016

BP Unfiltered: A "Holiday" For Everyone

by Craig Goldstein, Ben Carsley and Bret Sayre

Why should Massachusetts be the only state with a weird holiday no one has heard of?

April 15, 2016

BP Unfiltered: Our Generation's Hall of Famers, Ranked By Subjective Trade Valuation of Mid-Career Baseball Cards In A Semi-Premium Early-1990s Set

by Sam Miller

Introducing a new career-value stat.

BP Unfiltered: The Wonderful Things That Vin Scully Might Lead You To Think About

by Meg Rowley

Vin Scully gets philosophical, and Meg follows him there.

April 1, 2016

BP Unfiltered: Mental Skills on the North Side: Seven Perspectives

by Rian Watt

A roundup of articles on mental skills, produced by the BP Wrigleyville staff.

March 17, 2016

BP Unfiltered: A Short Story About The 2015 Baseball Season

by Sam Miller

Or something like that.

March 10, 2016

BP Unfiltered: The Worst Possible Reshuffling of MLB Cities and MLB Team Names, Probably

by Sam Miller

If team names were different, how different would they be?

February 18, 2016

BP Unfiltered: The Worldwide Takeover of 'We're Not Selling Jeans Here'

by Sam Miller

How a simple baseball quote has taken over every arena of public thought.

February 15, 2016

BP Unfiltered: 2016 Scoresheet Keeper Rankings

by Ben Murphy, Ian Lefkowitz and Jared Weiss

With the deadline approaching, the Three True Outcomes reveal their entire keeper rankings for 2016.

BP Unfiltered: LAST DAY to Vote for the SABR Analytics Research Awards

by BP Staff

Choose from the five finalists in three categories.

February 14, 2016

BP Unfiltered: 2016 Scoresheet Keeper Rankings

by Ian Lefkowitz, Ben Murphy and Jared Weiss

The Outcomes stack up the players worth hanging on to in Scoresheet formats.

February 12, 2016

BP Unfiltered: Glenn Burke, Historically Significant Baserunner

by Sam Miller

On Glenn Burke's third claim to fame.

February 11, 2016

BP Unfiltered: 10 Things People Learned From the BP Annual (Updated)

by Craig Goldstein

What others are learning from the Annual

February 9, 2016

BP Unfiltered: Was Waylon Smithers A Good General Manager?

by Ryan Davis

Assessing the roster decisions that Mr. Burns and his right-hand man made.