It’s been a busy couple of weeks here at Futility Central as I try to wrap up a major design project as well as keep up with my usual Baseball Prospectus writing flow before heading out of town. I leave on Tuesday for Seattle, where I’m spending a week centered around the annual SABR convention. …
This week’s Prospectus Hit List went up yesterday, with the Big Apple holding the top two spots. Fresh off a 6-1 week that included a four-game sweep of the Diamondbacks by a combined score of 37-9, the Mets top the list while the Yanks, who lost four straight from Thursday to Sunday, still had enough …
Yesterday an article of mine on the untimely passing of former MLB ump Eric Gregg — who died Monday at the age of 55 following a massive stroke — went up at Baseball Prospectus. I’d written a short paragraph about Gregg in this week’s Hit List, but when my editor, John Erhardt, suggested cutting a …
My trip to Boston to appear on the Boston Globe Sports Plus pregame show on NESN went off without a hitch. I spent about eight hours riding the rails through a rainstorm for what turned out to be about 10 minutes of air time with host Bob Neumeier. The performance — my first in-studio TV …
I missed the heavy damage the depleted Yankees inflicted on Josh Beckett and the Red Sox last night, forced to follow the game via ESPN GameCast and then the radio while I finished this week’s Hit List and endured my wife and her friend watching the series finale of “Everwood.” By the time I made …
The thing about Barry Bonds that I absolutely hate so much I want to chew out his eyeballs… oh, wait, we’re retiring that meme for another 39 home runs. Rats… Instead I’ll turn my attention to a team I haven’t had much time to write about this year, the Dodgers. I did a little thing …
Tuesday afternoon’s BP chat was a big success; despite very little promotion on my part, I received over 70 questions and answered more than 40 of them over the course of three hours. Among the teams I covered were the Yanks (their decimated outfield and beleaguered pitching), Red Sox (their rotation and Manny Ramirez’s place …
Just dropping a quick note to say that I’ve got a chat today at Baseball Prospectus, starting at 1 PM Eastern and probably running for a couple hours (though not the 3+ I’ve done before). Stop by and ask a question — Hit List, JAWS, Yankees, Dodgers, your favorite futility infielder, whatever — or submit …
So much to write about, so little time… • A reminder that I will be making an appearance out on Long Island at 7 PM on Friday evening, though my Baseball Prospectus colleague Steven Goldman, has had to cancel due to health woes: Guest speakers Jay Jaffe and Steve Goldman, contributing authors of Baseball Prospectus …
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The rollercoaster Yankees-Red Sox series ended on a grim note as well as a bum one for the Yanks. With some breathing room to write it all down — I haven’t had much time to comment on the team at length lately — here are my notes from the three games. • • • For …