Big Props to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe for this post.  Though his entire notes column has some interesting tid-bits this week, I am borrowing his list of the team that could be made out of the still unsigned players based on how they performed last year. Some are unsigned because there is a [...]

Willie Mays has begun telling his story, and thought the book isn’t out yet, there probably are going to be a ton told to reporters to get each of us to buy the book.  Nonetheless, here is a good one about how he kept both himself and Willie McCovey in a game in Phillie.  By [...]

Two weeks ago, the Arizona Diamondbacks released Eric Byrnes, agreeing to pay his $11 million salary for 2010 while he played for another team.  The Seattle Mariners are that team.  They signed Byrnes to a league minimum contract, roughly $450,000 yesterday.  The remaining balance on his salary will come from the D’backs.  Byrnes will become [...]

Contributed by Ryan Campbell
Events
1958 – Commissioner Ford Frick announces that fans will no longer for All-Stars, a privilege that was lost until 1969.
1994 – Deion Sanders plays in the Super Bowl, becoming the first professional athlete to play in the Super Bowl and the World Series
Deaths
1948 – Herb Pennock, a Hall of Fame pitcher whose [...]

Here is a link to a David Brown story about Baseball Prospectus and their predictions for this season.  Using PECOTA, their unique way to determine wins for a team, they have determined that the Yankees will be third in their division with, get this, 93 wins.  Generally, Baseball Prospectus puts this stuff behind a pay [...]