Bobby Valentine went on the record yesterday with some shocking statements about the Yankees hero Derek Jeter.  Valentine isn’t stupid.  If you heard him doing a Yankee game when he was with ESPN, then you know that Valentine has a huge amount of respect for Derek Jeter.  So why did he say the things he [...]

With three-time Gold Glove shortstop Barry Larkin to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this upcoming summer and ten-time Gold Glove second baseman Roberto Alomar inducted this past summer, I’ll look at the fielding statistic Range Factor this week.  Range Factor is part of an area of sabermetrics that looks at the [...]

This week’s Trivia contest is from Junkball, and they bring you Ballpark in a Box! This is one cool prize, because inside this box you get bases, a strike zone, and their patented “junk ball” which is like a wiffle ball, but with the holes placed to teach the grips for throwing different pitches- [...]

Number Five in the Scouts Honor Series by Lee Lowenfish
The official record book will say that Gene Bennett retired before the start of the 2011 season after 58 seasons in the service of the Cincinnati Reds, the first few as a minor league outfielder and the vast portion as a highly respected scout. But don’t [...]

Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times writes a well reasoned piece about why Ichiro in Seattle is not the same as Derek Jeter in New York.  (The 5 rings are only a small part of the argument.) This is about a franchise player in decline.  See, even though Ichiro’s numbers are way down this year, [...]