New Links List

While I sort through all of the National League transactions since October and also wait for a few pending AL things to be completed, I thought I would quickly throw out a new round of websites that I recommend whether you just have some time to kill, research to do, or random things you want [...]

Transactionary Tales Part 3 - AL West

Wrapping up the AL now with the four-team AL West. In this, the division in baseball with the fewest teams, some of the biggest moves of the off-season have taken place. But, the balance of power seems to have stayed where it was at the end of the 2007 season, with two teams standing out [...]

Two guys taking on clutch

If I hear one more person talk or write about how clutch-hitting ability or the perception of clutch hitting is the most debated and written about statistical anomaly in baseball, I might start going a little crazy. So much has been written and discussed on this topic over the past 20 years that it is [...]

Transactionary Tales Part 2 - AL East

We continue now with part two of six in our looking and evaluating transactions since the end of the World Series in October; helping you, the rabid baseball fan keep track of it all. One major trade in this division in on the verge of being completed, so we will dissect that one when we [...]

Transactionary Tales Part 1 - AL Central

Since a week after the 2007 World Series ended, we have seen a fury of player movements. Drops, deals, signings, and salary negotiations have been rampant the past three months. As a matter of fact, in my quick glance at everything, it looks like the Red Sox and Dodgers are the only teams that have [...]