MLB Bullets Says It's Not Over Until It's Over

So many people click on the MLB Bullets links that no one reads them anymore.

• Late last night it was announced that Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra has passed away at 90. I'm sure there will be tons of tributes to Yogi over the next few days, but baseball has lost one of the true greats of the game. I hope he will be remembered for what a terrific player he was as well as his famous quotes.
• Since we're talking about former greats, I might as well mention that it's the 50th anniversary of Sandy Koufax's decision to not pitch game 1 of the 1965 World Series on Yom Kippur. Jim Caple re-tells the tale and what it meant in the Jewish-American community, both at the time and today.
• Ron Kaplan collects the memories of many people in and out of the baseball community on Koufax's decision.
• Back to the present. Joe Lemire looks at studies that debunk the idea that the faster the pitch comes in, the harder and farther the ball goes out.
• Ben Lindbergh uses Statcast data to examine baserunners taking leads at first base and notices that at least in one category, Ichiro Suzuki is still pretty exceptional.
• Matt Trueblood breaks down the question of whether a pitcher can have too much rest in the postseason.
• With the three best records in baseball in one division, Matt Snyder asks if the 2015 NL Central is the best division ever. I'd say most likely in the three-division era. In the two-division era, those late-70s AL East divisions have a strong argument as well.
• Grant Brisbee goes over the "Yadier Molina for MVP" argument, despite comparing the debate to the sound of frogs screaming.
• Rob Neyer thinks the Cardinals will survive without Molina. Of course, he's in the "Molina's not the MVP" camp.
• Patrick Saunders thinks the Rockies could learn from the Pirates success. So I guess the Rockies only have 15 more losing seasons to go.
• Mike Bates wonders if Billy Hamilton will ever learn to hit.
• Grant Brisbee thinks that the Brewers and new GM David Stearns are in a better shape to succeed than you might think.
• Ryan Braun will have back surgery in the off-season.
• Stearns also announced that manager Craig Counsell will return in 2016.
• Phillies interim manager Pete Mackanin got the same good news: Mackanin will manage the Phils in 2016.
• The Marlins have interviewed former Indians and Nationals manager Manny Acta, presumably to be their new manager.
• Rob Arthur explains why you shouldn't look to WAR to decide whether Josh Donaldson or Mike Trout is the AL MVP.
• David Schoenfield thinks that David Price could be this year's Madison Bumgarner and carry the Blue Jays all the way to a World Series title.
• Rob Neyer writes that even if the Royals don't need to worry about Johnny Cueto, Kansas City still has some big questions about their starting rotation.
• Royals manager Ned Yost has replaced Greg Holland with Wade Davis at the team's closer.
• Tom Verducci lists the issues that the Astros have had to deal with as they remain contenders.
• Mike Oz writes about the great friendship that has developed between Carlos Correa and Jose Altuve.
• The Astros still don't know when Carlos Gomez will play again.
• It's happening: On Saturday, Barry Zito will face off against Tim Hudson in a game in Oakland. The two of them, along with Mark Mulder, will all throw out the first pitch of the game.
• Rob Neyer thinks it will be hard for the Angels to fix their hitting problems.
• Lookout Landing's Nathan Bishop tells his tale of the Mariners, baseball, home runs and the near-death experience of his recent car accident.
• Mets manager Terry Collins is upset about having to limit Matt Harvey's innings.
• I'm pretty sick of the whole Matt Harvey thing, but I'm never sick of Roger Angell's writing, so here's his take on Harvey. Complete with a reference to Weimar-era German literature.
• Speaking of Germany, the Twins promoted German-born and raised Max Kepler to the major leagues. Mike Bernardino has the story of his callup.
• The Tigers sent reliever Bruce Rondon home for the rest of the season because of his "effort level."
• Pablo Sandoval has a "significant" upper-respiratory infection. That's common with pandas who are released back into the wild.
• Michael Baumann looks at the impact that injuries could have on some teams in the playoffs.
• I've long said that the first real test of a minor leaguer comes when he's promoted to Double-A. Alex Skillin explains why that is so.
• And finally, Mariners reliever Joe Beimel came in from the bullpen to pitch on Sunday. That wouldn't be newsworthy as that's happened over 600 times in his career. The problem was that no one called on him to enter the game. Eventually Beimel figured it out and sheepishly returned to the pen.

And tomorrow will be a better day than today, Buster.