It’s Round Two of the biggest October talent swaps, in which we encounter Tony C., Frantic Frankie, Willie Mac, Mr. Bonds the Elder, and Jack the Ripper.

With the postseason in full swing, the Hot Stove League hasn’t yet begun. But that stove is warming up. It’s not too early to start talking about trades.

Let’s see how you do on Steve’s four-question test on the greatest underrated player in history …

As Steve’s survey of farm system production nears the present day, he finds a couple of expansion franchises making rapid progress, and some long-established organizations enduring deep frustration.

It’s time again to visit our sometimes hittin’, sometimes sittin’ friends. They’re all here: Bull, The Hit Man, Rance & Garth, Lenny & Mookie, and Spanky & Junior. And, of course, Death to Flying Things.

Steve finds a whole lot to like in a new baseball novel you probably haven’t heard about yet.

In this turbulent period, the two biggest-winning teams in modern history get there with very different levels of farm production, while a third franchise struggles mightily despite tremendous talent development.

Come hang with Bubba, Duke and Boots. And Boomer, and Downtown. And—of course—Superjew!

Follow the trifecta trail with Steve, winding through a lush meadow of homeruncentricity, leading to parched desert of homeruncentricity famine.

Ominously towering over the city of New York, swatting away airplanes as though they were toys … yes, that was the mighty Kong.