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June 11, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
I'm sick of the whole Roger Clemens thing. It's a non-story, inflated beyond that by a local media corps with the judgment and control of a four-year-old on his second box of Froot Loops. Yes, Clemens bounced a fastball off of the shoulder pad Bonds wears on his right arm. Bonds crowds the plate, crushes pitches out over it and sticks said well-protected arm into the strike zone. Where exactly would you have Clemens pitch him?
by Joe Sheehan
June 10, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
Despite the odd Jeremy Giambi for John Mabry spot, the A's are on an offensive tear
by Joe Sheehan
June 7, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
With interleague play opening today, Keith Woolner assembled some data on how pitchers and DHs have done over the four seasons of cross-circuit play.
by Joe Sheehan
June 6, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
Joe Sheehan shares his thoughts on a number of topics, including Minute Maid Park, Alex Rodriguez and paranoid umpires.
by Joe Sheehan
June 4, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
June 3, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
So, what's this whole humidor thing about, anyway? What are the effects of storing baseballs in a 40% humidity environment?
The biggest effect you would expect is that heavier balls hit in the air wouldn't carry as far, and that appears to be the case. The most obvious impact is in the home-run rate at the park:
(Note that the numbers for the last five seasons do not include interleague games. I was working with the STATS Major League Handbook's park data, which sensibly excludes those games.)
by Joe Sheehan
May 31, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
The Padres aren't going to win anything without Nevin, so it's time for them to focus on 2003.
by Joe Sheehan
May 29, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
Two weeks ago, newly-retired Jose Canseco claimed that 85% of major-league baseball players were steroid users.
by Joe Sheehan
May 28, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
I've been going to baseball games for 26 years. In that time, the closest I've come to a ball was losing a scrum for one during batting practice at Yankee Stadium.
May 24, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
May 23, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
May 22, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
May 21, 2002
by Joe Sheehan
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