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Graph of the Day: Raul Ibanez, Citizen's Bank Park, and Safeco Field
As has been much discussed in the Sabermetric blogosphere, the Philadelphia Phillies made the questionable decision to sign Raul Ibanez to a 3 year, 31 million dollar deal while simultaneously letting...
Graph of the Day: Frank "Home Run" Baker and Production in the Dead Ball Era
The 1910s were certainly a much different era of baseball than the one we're currently experiencing. Nobody accuses anybody of using steroids. .400 seasons are relatively common. The...
Lucky Home Runs Through The First Two Months
The home run is perhaps the most exciting event in baseball. Frank "Home Run" Baker received his nickname after leading the AL in home runs with 11. Babe Ruth's and Hank Aaron's legacies w...
Tuesday Rockpile: The fate of Corpas, Hurdle's lineup, and statistical musings
Finally hearing the racket from the Row (and apparently the clubhouse), Clint Hurdle has decided to solidify his starting line-up. At least more than it has been. Despite his recent strugg...
How To Play With A 22-Man Roster: Cubs vs. Cardinals, Sunday 4/26, 1:15 CT
The Cardinals have started their home season 10-2 -- their best home start since 1968, when they started 10-1 at home and won the NL pennant. Enough of that. Bruce Miles mentioned possible r...
Interesting Pitches to Take Deep
PITCHf/x doesn't have every pitch thrown, it does include 280 home runs from the 2009 regular season (through April 15). Here are some notable pitches that were returned rather abruptly. Fastes...
No No-No, But Zambrano Aces Houston: Cubs 4, Astros 2
Carlos Zambrano, you done growed up. And as a Cubs fan, I couldn't be prouder to think that maybe, just maybe, Z has, at nearly age 28, matured enough to be that #1 starter that we've been wanting ...
WHEW! - Cubs 14, Reds 9
Sorry, I've run out of Jason Marquis puns! But between Marquis' outstanding performance (seven-plus innings, only one run scoring while he was in the game, two overall) and Alfonso Soriano's second th...
Reds Dig The Long Ball: Cubs 7, Reds 12
Maybe it's my fault. I did, after all, sort of predict this in the pregame thread when I said: Let's be realistic. It's going to be warm and somewhat humid today with the wind blowing out. Lilly a...
A Lost Weekend: Cubs 1, White Sox 5
I woke up Sunday after a hot, sticky, stormy day Saturday and found myself transported into November. That's what it felt like on the South Side of Chicago last night -- cold, windy, with nasty lit...
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