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Someone Wrote The Craziest Thing You'll Ever Read About Tom Verducci

Jack Dickey — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:35:55 EST

Over at Baseball Prospectus, Jason Parks leers literarily at SI's man: "He didn't intend to harass Verducci, although in hindsight the behavior he exhibited did appear suspect to most casual eyes. ... On the walks, he said he would track his (the World) movements, studying his gait and his smile, hoping to see the full-effect of the smile." Yikes! [BP] More »

The Heat Has Driven Michael Kay And Paul O'Neill Mad

Jack Dickey — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:00:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for July 24, the day our tears dried on their own. See anything worthwhile? Tip your editors. Image via @godzillatimmy2. More »

Jenn Sterger's Post-Op Recovery Documented Via Twitter

A.J. Daulerio — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:40:07 EST

Will Carroll, America's most prominent Injury Expert, became her Nightingale last weekend after her surgery. Not a euphemism. [InjuryExpert] More »

Royal Rumble Ends; Blogger Still Standing

Tommy Craggs — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:30:15 EDT

Royals lift "ban" on Rany Jazayerli : "[T]here's a big difference between passively resisting my show and actively trying to sabotage my career. Now that the latter possibility is off the table, we're cool." [Rany on the Royals] More »

Team "Bans" Baseball Prospectus Writer, Pain In The Royal Ass

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:00:22 EDT

Last week, Rany Jazayerli, blogger and baseball propeller-head of note, went after longtime Royals trainer Nick Swartz, stopping just shy of ripping out the man's heart and waving it at the sun. The team didn't take this so well. More »

Moneyball’s Deep: How Baseball Prospectus Is Like The Oakland A’s

Josh Levin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:10:44 EDT

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Under Billy Beane, the Oakland A's won by scraping together undervalued assets. Since the rest of baseball has started valuing assets properly, the A's are having a harder time. The same thing is happening to baseball's leading propeller-heads. More »

Baseball Prospectus Says Your Favorite Team Stinks

Dashiell Bennett — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:15:32 EST

BP releases its team win-loss projections for 2009 and I'm guessing the news is not good for most of you. Please direct your irrational anger toward Nate Silver. [BP, via Wicked Good Sports] More »

We Are More Depressing Than Baseball Prospectus

Leitch — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:45:55 EDT

Casual / non-mathematical fans like to talk about how the guys at Baseball Prospectus are grumpy Guses, always spoiling their fandom with their "facts," "figures" and "logical, reasoned analysis." But the folks at Get Untracked have compared BP's season previews to Deadspin's baseball season previews and discovered that we're the sullen folks around here. One of their many examples: More »

One Of Our Favorite Days Of The Year

Leitch — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:00:24 EST

Forgive us if the site devolves into prattle the rest of this week: Our copy of Baseball Prospectus 2006 just arrived in our mailbox — we have a big mailbox — and if past years are any indicator, we're not gonna get much work done this week. More »

Just A Bunch Of Nerds, Debating Nerdom

Leitch — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:49:18 EDT

We're big fans of Fire Joe Morgan's weekly deconstructions of ESPN analyst Joe Morgan's chats on ESPN.com — even if the chats of late, in the words of Fire Joe Morgan itself, have had "entirely un-Morgan-like reason and coherence" — and, to have some fun themselves, the folks at St. Louis Cardinals blog Cardnilly have broken down the most recent ESPN chat with Three Nights In August author Buzz Bissinger. More »

Choppin' Wood At Baseball Prospectus

Leitch — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:05:30 EDT

The dork fraternity at Baseball Prospectus has long fascinated us. We always assumed they either were four feet tall and were still breast-feeding, or they were the opposite of what most think, all ripped dudes with schlongs that scraped the ground. Turns out, we're completely wrong: They're actually transexuals. More »

Get Ready: Another 'Roid Name Is Coming

Leitch — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:44:44 EDT

Orioles roid head — that's a new name we're trying out; great, ain't it? — Rafael Palmeiro is scheduled to return to the Orioles tomorrow after serving his 10-day suspension for steroids. But many observers aren't sure he'll come back at all; Congress is still investigating him, some of the Orioles brass are considering cutting him outright and, according to Will Carroll at Baseball Prospectus, there are rumors that Palmeiro might be considering giving up some more names of active steroid users. More »