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March 20, 2014

Skewed Left: Where Are All the Australian Position Players?

by Zachary Levine

Australia has produced plenty of baseball talent. But why has most of it been on the mound?

March 13, 2014

Skewed Left: The Good and the Bad News About Instant Replay's Spring Trial

by Zachary Levine

What do expanded replay's early returns tell us about how well the expanded replay system will work this season?

March 6, 2014

Skewed Left: The Art of Explaining Baseball

by Zachary Levine

How quickly can you describe baseball to someone who's never seen the sport?

February 27, 2014

Skewed Left: What it Means to Move Off Catcher

by Zachary Levine

How have players who've changed positions from catcher (like Joe Mauer and Carlos Santana) historically tended to do?

February 13, 2014

Skewed Left: Fun with 2014 PECOTA Comparables

by Zachary Levine

A look at the players who are just meant to be together.

February 6, 2014

Skewed Left: The Truth About One-Day Contracts

by Zachary Levine

Do one-day contracts actually exist? And should they?

January 30, 2014

Skewed Left: Saying Goodbye to Lance Berkman

by Zachary Levine

Zachary closes the book on the career of the most interesting player he ever covered.

January 23, 2014

Skewed Left: Bobby Abreu, the Phillies, and Other Reunions That Might Make Sense

by Zachary Levine

Bobby Abreu improbably returned to his longtime team. Why can't these guys do the same?

January 16, 2014

Skewed Left: The Historical Precedent for an A-Rod Comeback

by Zachary Levine

Could Alex Rodriguez return and produce in 2015?

January 7, 2014

Skewed Left: What the 1936 Hall of Fame Ballot Tells Us About Today's

by Zachary Levine

Player limits, backlogs, character clause controversies...none of it is new.

January 2, 2014

Skewed Left: Better Versions of Bad Hall of Fame Arguments

by Zachary Levine

How to go against the saberballot and without making the internet mad.

December 26, 2013

Skewed Left: The Quiet Offseason in Odds

by Zachary Levine

The more rosters change, the less their odds of winning the World Series seem to.

December 19, 2013

Skewed Left: The Company They Tweet, The Sequel

by Zachary Levine

What we can learn about people in baseball by studying their Twitter follows.

December 12, 2013

Skewed Left: A Cooperstown Party Like it's 1999

by Zachary Levine

Despite the big backlog of qualified candidates, 2014 could bring the best crop of Cooperstown inductees in well over a decade.

November 21, 2013

Skewed Left: My Column: The Jokes the Internet Killed in 2013

by Zachary Levine

The year in baseball memes that were funny, before we destroyed them.

November 14, 2013

Skewed Left: Why Deserving MVPs Don't Win

by Zachary Levine

An analysis of several factors that have historically led to snubs.

October 25, 2013

Skewed Left: Shane Victorino and the Hunt for the Elusive 9-3 Putout

by Zachary Levine

What has to happen for a right fielder to throw out a runner at first?

September 26, 2013

Skewed Left: The Canadian World Series Drought

by Zachary Levine

Canadian players have had a hard time finding their way to the Fall classic.

September 19, 2013

Skewed Left: Danny Valencia and the Orioles' DH Merry-Go-Round

by Zachary Levine

Round and round the O's DH slot goes, and where it stops, we now know: Danny Valencia.

September 12, 2013

Skewed Left: Three Narratives About the NL Central's Crowded Playoff Picture

by Zachary Levine

How can we explain the fact that the NL Central is almost certain to send three teams to October?