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What’s In a Name? For Some Players, There Is an I in Team

Posted in Baseball, Frivolities, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees on September 4, 2013 | 1 Comment »

For some major leaguers, their name is a unique identity, while others are saddled with a moniker so common or mundane that they are compelled to change it. However, from among both groups is a special breed…one who can answer the question, “What’s in a name?”, with the spelling of their own. Take Xander Bogaerts. […]

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Handicapping A.L. Wild Card Race Based on Remaining Schedules

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Post Season, Red Sox, Yankees on September 3, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Labor Day is the unofficial stretch call for the baseball season, and this year in the American League, the race for the wild card seems likely to go down to the wire. With less than a month to go, seven teams (aside from the Red Sox and Tigers, who have established substantial division leads) are within […]

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Comeback to the Future: Has Time Run Out on the Yankees?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Red Sox, Yankee History, Yankees on August 19, 2013 | 1 Comment »

The Yankees have reached the three-quarter pole, and their position in the pennant race is an unfamiliar one. Instead of leading the field, the Bronx Bombers find themselves stalking a wide field that includes a few thoroughbreds as well as a couple of dark horses. And, among all the contenders, the Yankees may be the […]

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Not So Fast: CC Sabathia Turns Up Heat, but Can He Sustain It?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, PitchFX, Red Sox, Yankees on June 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) The Yankees’ series opener against the Red Sox was supposed to be about the return of Mark Teixeira and Kevin Youkilis to the lineup, but the big story turned out to be CC Sabathia’s re-emergence on the mound. Sabathia’s previous start had been one of his worst […]

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Is Clay Buchholz a Cheater? Yes, But Get a Grip

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Rulebook on May 3, 2013 | 4 Comments »

Is Clay Buchholz a cheater? Jack Morris sure seems to think so. However, the most damning finger pointed at the Red Sox’ six game winner belongs to Buchholz himself. There’s a rosin bag behind the mound and it’s there for everybody to use every inning after our warm-up. Put rosin on my arm throughout the […]

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OPS Leaders and Laggards and Their Impact on Team Offense

Posted in Baseball, Mets, MLB, Red Sox, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on May 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Baseball is a team sport, but one hitter can disproportionately influence a lineup, in both a positive and negative sense. In the charts below are the players who currently have the highest and lowest qualified OPS for each team along with the impact their output has had on the overall performance of their offense. Team […]

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Baseball TV Forensics: Cheers and the Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry

Posted in Baseball, Culture, Red Sox, Video, Yankees on February 28, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Note: If you would like to read more articles like this one, check out my earlier analysis of the baseball scenes in “Speedy”, as well as Larry Granillo’s excellent forensic investigation into Ferris Buehler’s whereabouts on his day off. Cheers is widely regarded as one of the best sitcoms of all time, but for a baseball […]

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