Uncle Eddie Meets Frank Robinson

Late last month a yeoman of a journalist, Edward D. Casey, died at the age of 77 while traveling in Ohio. His passing made the AP wires, the Washington Post and the local paper in his town of Annapolis, Maryland. "Uncle Eddie", as he was affectionately known by my wife and her family, would impress you as one of the last [read more...]

Hart Surgery: 30 Before 30

I am very jealous of my roommate. Blessed with the entrepreneurial spirit, he has managed to support himself since college entirely without the need of a 9-5 job through various projects - he created a board game, a set of flash cards for Barron's, and is currently working on a luggage project that I'm sure is bound to be a [read more...]

Blips, Blurbs & Blasts

OK, Tom Brady, let's review. Your team has won three of the last four Super Bowls, and you've been the MVP in two of those games. Most football experts believe that the Patriots are the only team with any chance of knocking the Colts out of the postseason. You are currently dating Bridget Moynahan, one of the most drop-dead gorgeous [read more...]

GONE YARD: Rose-Bud

We've all got that friend who Always Goes Too Far. My buddy Jason tells the story of a college party where a young lady had passed out. Most of the dudes at the party were speculating on how best to punish her-hand in warm water? Magic Marker mustache? But then one guy, giggling his ass off, pipes up, "Hey, guys! [read more...]

A Sabermetric Push for the Hall

Yes, I'm crazy. But not because I think Reuschel deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. What makes me crazy is that I was doing a lot ridiculously time-consuming analysis that opened my eyes. As of now, I don't know how he has done in the voting or if he is still eligible for induction based on the writer's [read more...]

Biggio Got His Record the Hard Way

One of the more curious records in Major League Baseball history was broken on Wednesday when Craig Biggio was hit on the elbow by a pitch from Byung-Hyun Kim. It was the 268th time in his career that Biggio had been plunked, moving him past Don Baylor on the all-time list. Of all the ways to get yourself noticed by the [read more...]

Ron Santo: Hall-Worthy?

With Ron Santo being denied entry into Hall of Fame yet again, let's take a statistical look at Santo's career and see if he's getting screwed or left out for good reason. Stat guru Bill James, in his first Historical Abstract, wrote 20 years ago that he thought Santo's accomplishments would eventually be recognized and rewarded with induction. He certainly has [read more...]

Ask Maddux or Rodriguez: Scott Boras is a Hall of Famer

Has an agent ever been inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame? Most people in baseball see Scott Boras as everything that is wrong with the game. In an era where salaries have skyrocketed to the point that "normal fans" can't really attend games, where the Yankees are giving new definition to the word "unlimited spending", and where America's economy is struggling [read more...]

The Hall of Pedantic Exclusivity and Museum

There are a few actions in life that-no matter how much care you take when you perform them-when you do them, you inherently become a jerk.One of these is correcting someone's grammar. For example, if you receive an email, and someone has committed one of the cardinal sins of writing, you might have an overwhelming urge to correct them. For example: [read more...]