Archive for August 2014

The reasons for keeping a failing player on one’s team range all over the map, but the core cause is misinterpretation.

The reasons for keeping a failing player on a team range all over the map.

Diving back into the effects of extra-long games — before noticing someone drained the pool.

Does playoff success hinge on your record against good teams? The answer is a shock.

Some things the game can teach us when it goes to the 10th.

In the final installment, we look at Earl Weaver, Lou Piniella, Dale Sveum, contemplate how misery loves company (or does it?) and ponder the future of manager ejections.

Digging in deeper on manager ejections, including Joe Torre and another famous New York Yankees manager.

An initial look at identifying baseball’s most argumentative managers.

The second wave of expansion, with the draftees imagined at peak performance

The second wave of expansion, with the draftees imagined at peak performance.