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WAR! Huh-yeah! (Everything You’ll Ever Need To Know About WAR)

So this past week ESPN decided to add WAR (Wins Above Replacement) to their working list of statistics. They’ve legitimized it, displaying the...

Its time for another installment of America’s favorite game! Off The Bench Presents: Who’s Awesome and Who’s Not Awesome. First up: Who’s...

I attended this afternoon’s matinee between the New York Metropolitans and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington DC. The Mets...

The Texas Rangers made out like bandits in the Mark Teixeira trade in no small part because of the devolpment of Elvis...

As part of the new collective bargaining agreement, there were significant changes made to the Rule 4 amateur draft process. For those...

There is one question the Philadelphia Phillies have been trying to answer for the last few months: does it make more sense...

Today I am going to take advantage of the mostly clause in “a mostly baseball blog.” Rather than discuss a baseball issue...

Two days ago the omniscient Buster Olney tweeted that the Atlanta Braves may be a good trading partner for the talented Arizona...

A few weeks ago, I came up with a new stat and it was well received by our readers (I got a few...

Ichiro Suzuki is the consummate Seattle Mariner. He’s a former MVP and Rookie of the Year, he made the All-Star game in the...