I'm a KU grad and longtime Royals fan who shudders at the names Ricky Bottalico, Kerry Robinson, and others too terrible to recount, while also longing for the days when Johnny Damon would do commercials with George Brett. I'm glad that there's a new crop of potential stars to hang my playoffs hopes on.
After a mortal performance in April, Mike Trout has been returning to the form that made him a popular choice as 2012′s American League MVP (but eventual runner up). He punctuated a hot month of…Read More
The anticipation and excitement of Opening Day stems from the long winter absence of baseball (meaningful, non-spring training baseball, that is). And with the first day of action come the matchups. All…Read More
It was supposed to be “Our Time”. Before the 2011 season, the Royals were anointed kings of the minor leagues with a crop of rookies who finally debuted and a second wave shortly behind them.…Read More
Not too long ago, the internet nearly exploded from pre-teen angst over the upset victory by Esperanza Spalding over Tiger Beat dynamo Justin Bieber for “Best New Artist” at the Grammys. My…Read More
When comparing players, I think the hunch sometimes is to ignore the small differences in things like walkrates or strikeout rates for hitters. How big of a deal is it for a guy to cut one percent off…Read More
Baseball loves milestones. They exist as a way to separate the very good from great. How good of a hitter…Read More
Last Thursday, I had a great opportunity to talk with Dayton Moore, Ned Yost, Jeff Francoeur and Billy…Read More
What would you do if I said you could have one year of phenomenal success in whatever field you wanted,…Read More
I’m not sure when it started, and not sure who came up with it at the time, but somewhere in the…Read More
A couple of years ago when I discovered BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play), I thought I’d…Read More
I can’t believe how many times I get asked what would be a win in the debates. At this point I…Read More
Last week, I looked into isolated power and compared it to batters’ walkrates with the idea that…Read More
Today, let’s take a look at isolated power. You may have seen it referenced here and there, but…Read More
Last week, I started with a question: are strikeouts an inefficient way of retiring batters? I started…Read More
Baseball is a beautiful game. You take a seat and look out over a field of lush, green grass with carefully…Read More
Much to the chagrin of old-timers and Old Hoss Radbourn, starting pitchers in today’s game rarely…Read More
Welcome, have a seat, get comfortable. Every Thursday, I hope to deliver to Call to the Pen readers…Read More
(I’m testing out doing a regular book review of a baseball-themed book every week or so. I’m…Read More
The World Series is always a little bittersweet. On one hand, you have the culmination of a season,…Read More
This season may go down in baseball history as the final one for a trio of Hall of Fame managers. Lou…Read More
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