The BP Wayback Machine: Beautiful Theories and Ugly Facts by Dan Fox

While looking toward the future with our comprehensive slate of current content, we'd also like to recognize our rich past by drawing upon our extensive (and mostly free) online archive of work dating back to 1997. In an effort to highlight the best of what's gone before, we'll be bringing you a weekly blast from BP's past, introducing or re-introducing you to some of the most informative and entertaining authors who have passed through our virtual halls. If you have fond recollections of a BP piece that you'd like to nominate for re-exposure to a wider audience, send us your suggestion. As Jered Weaver prepares to serve his six-game suspension, take in some trends in HBP rates over time, which originally ran as a "Schrodinger's Bat" column on May 4, 2006. “The great tragedy of Science--the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.” --British biologist Thomas H. Huxley (1825-1895) On April 22nd, Rockies setup man Jo...