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May 20, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
May 17, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
There's a big weekend in the NL Central, where the top four teams will square off in a two battles of surprises vs. favorites. The Reds travel to St. Louis, while the Astros and Pirates continue a four-game series at Enron Memorial Field (the Astros won the opener, 3-1, behind Roy Oswalt).
by Joe Sheehan
May 16, 2002
by Derek Zumsteg
It's difficult enough to move any sports franchise. Fighting greedy owners trying to steal a local treasure is an easy political cause. It's not so hard to find sympathetic judges to grant restraining orders, to fight a long delaying battle to force a sale, and it's expensive for a team to buy its way out.
by Derek Zumsteg
May 15, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
If you look at the standings, the Montreal Expos and the Florida Marlins are having pretty good years. The Marlins lead the NL East, and the Expos are tied for second place, just two games behind. Both teams have a raft of young talent on the roster, and should be good for years to come.
Then you look at the attendance figures. The two rank last and next-to-last in average attendance. The Expos are actually averaging a few more people than they did last year (although that may just be the greater impact Opening Night has on a quarter-season of numbers), while attendance at Marlins' games is down over 25%, more than 4,000 people per game.
by Joe Sheehan
May 14, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
Apparently unwilling to continue being away from his family for the greater glory of the Charlotte Knights, Jose Canseco has announced his retirement from baseball. It certainly didn't help that he was hitting .172/.280/.422 for the White Sox' Triple-A affiliate, and Canseco may have realized that he had no chance to be called up to a team already filled to the rafters with right-handed power hitters.
by Joe Sheehan
May 13, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
After a rough start to the season, the Anaheim Angels have taken to beating up the teams outside their division. Granted, they've gotten a healthy dose of the Blue Jays, but with a sweep of the White Sox over the weekend, the Angels are now 20-16, a mark that breaks down as 6-12 within their division, and 14-4 against everyone else. They've jumped into second place, 5 1/2 games behind the Mariners.
by Joe Sheehan
May 10, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
It took most of the first month, but BP's team in the League of Alternative Baseball Reality edged out of the cellar and all the way up to 11th place. And we didn't have to fire anybody to do it.
by Joe Sheehan
May 8, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
Bonds, over his last 100 games or so, is perhaps the biggest statistical outlier in the game's history. He breaks the formulae, in that the many walks Bonds takes are, collectively, less valuable than our usual tools for evaluating such things would perceive. He's being given so many walks in RISP/first-base-empty situations that they are, if not a negative, certainly not the positive that, say, linear weights might indicate. They're not a bad thing--and they certainly don't warrant the kind of "Bonds should swing more" analysis that has been proffered--but the context of the walks is something to consider when evaluating his performance.
by Joe Sheehan
May 7, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
The type of analysis that we perform is an outgrowth of a passion for the game that we all had long before we ever knew about strikeout-to-walk ratio or context-neutral performance or career paths.
But, geez....628.
That�s Barry Bonds's on-base percentage, a figure that is so far off the charts as to be mind-boggling.
by Joe Sheehan
May 6, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
Lance Berkman was nice enough to stop at two home runs yesterday, so we'll complete our look around the majors with some notes on National League performances to date.
by Joe Sheehan
May 3, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
Those of you expecting a trip around the National League's performances to date will have to wait another day. There's a long-standing rule in this space that says when a player hits four home runs, we write about it.
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