By Casey Boguslaw I had the opportunity to attend three games in 12 days as my summer of baseball has continued. Two parks were familiar to me and one was a brand new experience. Here’s a rundown of the key … Continue reading Casey tours: Milwaukee & Kansas City

By Adam Brown Watching last weekend’s ESPN telecast of the Texas Rangers trip to the Bronx to face the New York Yankees, there was a segment heavily involving Adrian Beltre and a New York City barber. After the brief, yet … Continue reading Hall or Nothing? Adrian Beltre

A packed CTBPod as Ollie & Steven discuss the issue of pitchers and substances, Stephen Strasburg’s struggles, hand out their quarterly awards, give their top-5 teams in baseball and answer listener questions. All Download Links ITunes, Stitcher, Hipcast Continue reading New Podcast! Episode 47: Pine Tar, Strasburg, 1/4 Awards

Our final stop in the mini series of Getting to Know Stats features the calculation of WAR for positional, batting players. For positional players, WAR uses six components within its formula: Batting Runs, Base Running Runs, Fielding Runs, Positional Adjustment … Continue reading Getting to Know Stats: Batting WAR

Ollie & Steven run through the gamut of news across the baseball world. From Dan Jennings hiring, to the A’s start to the season, the trading block, the top five teams in baseball and much more. All Download Links ITunes, Stitcher, Hipcast Continue reading New Podcast! Episode 46: Dan Jennings, The A’s, Trade Block

By Casey Boguslaw Something happened Monday that has only happened twice in 40 games this season – the Oakland Athletics won a one-run ballgame! That win improved them to 2-13 in the tight games that define a team’s season. The … Continue reading What’s wrong with the A’s?

By Edward Overend What is team chemistry? Is it a romantic notion we like to believe in when our team is successful and we’re struggling to explain why it has over performed compared to our expectations? Is it simply a … Continue reading What is team chemistry?

By Adam Brown In what surprises absolutely nobody, we have entered and proceeded into May with the Boston Red Sox with a catalogue of pitching issues to try to sort out. Whilst Pablo Sandoval has slotted in seamlessly at the … Continue reading Red Sox Rotation Woes

By Edward Overend EO: This week’s The Conversation is with Jeff Wiser. Jeff writes for Inside the ‘Zona, the Arizona Diamondbacks site within ESPN’s Sweetspot Network, for SB Nation’s Beyond the Box Score and for Beergraphs. Baseball and beer, this … Continue reading The Conversation: Jeff Wiser

By Casey Boguslaw The baseball season is a month old and while that keeps sample sizes still rather small, it’s always fun to look at what trends are beginning to appear. I discussed the concept of a “Stopper” before the … Continue reading Stopper Stats: May

By Darren Helley Regular statistics in baseball can only tell half the story. As much as home runs, earned run averages and runs batted in can wow us on the stat sheet, they don’t tell us the extent or value … Continue reading Getting to Know Stats: Pitching WAR

By Casey Boguslaw One of the newest debates in the baseball universe is what type of player should hit in the #2 spot in the order. Sabermatricians have strongly suggested that a team’s best hitter should be placed in that spot. … Continue reading Who should hit second in the lineup?