A very stat-heavy article from Baseball Prospectus that helps determine who were and weren't the best clutch hitters of this past season. It's worth breezing through to see the names that show up on both lists. As you may have guessed, David Ortiz appears on one and Alex Rodriguez appears on the   more...
Original Story: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/articl....

by DMtShooter, Five Tool ToolDespite a three-game sweep at the hands of those Amazin' Rays, the Cubs still have the best record in the National League, and appear to have their best chance since the 1908 team to win a World Series. Why won't it happen for them?15. 90% of their fan base is comprised   more...
Original Story: http://www.epiccarnival.com/2008/06/top-....

Another article from BVTN, this one with a statistical inquiry into how much teams are paying free agents per run they bring to the lineup. Very interesting read...the data table is cool to look at! Interesting stuff though when you look at that they're paying over $300,000 per run added to their   more...
Original Story: http://danjulien.atspace.com/freeagents2....

I'm almost finished with my divisional rankings of the 2008 catchers. This post includes the backstops from the NL Central.
Original Story: http://www.crookedpitch.com/177/2008-nat....

Sean Marshall looked really good for 3 innings and then gave up a couple of hits and seemingly every baserunner scored.  He ended up pitching 4.2 innings allowing 4 runs, but it was a better outing than that.  Mike Wuertz wasn't very good and it was 7-1 O's entering the Cubs half of the   more...
Original Story: http://www.anothercubsblog.net/index.php....

Matt Murton now knows what comedian Rodney Dangerfield was talking about "No Respect". Matt has got to be wondering what did I do wrong as the Cubs announced that the bench will consist of Ward, Blanco, Cedeno, Johnson, and Fontenot. That leaves Matt Murton wasting away in AAA or worse traded for   more...
Original Story: http://www.cubshub.com/?p=790.