• You down wit' OPP? Maybe I'm giving the Mets too much credit, but I'm thinking they played that song after the Cards hit into a double-play to indicate Oliver Perez's Pitching (OPP). • Preston Wilson and Jim Edmonds lightly bump into each other in the outfield and Cardinals Nation holds its   more...
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First off, I already made a short post about this on our blog, Nyjer Please. But this post is going to be longer due to the larger audience that Epic Carnival has.Exactly a month ago to this day, our very own Epic Carnival writer and creator of Nyjer Please, Luke Halpert made an "outlandish post"   more...
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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...
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For the Sabermetric crowd, a cost-benefit ratio to measure run producers since 1946. "The idea behind this that I recall reading online some place (where, I don't know), is that if a batter has alot of RBIs, it's partly because he has lots of opportunities. Of course, he then has more chances to   more...
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This week, Going Nine will be penned by Gotham Baseball Magazine's newest addition, the esteemed Al Cohn. We're so pleased to have the veteran newspaperman and former sports and features editor from Newsday join us, and look forward to his work in the coming months.
Original Story: http://www.gothambaseball.com/news/11620....

After last nights performance don't you think the aging veteran deserves some love? Valentin was en fuego against the Reds (and has been the entire series) going 3-3 w/ a walk and his 5th dinger of the year. The crazy thing is that Valentin, a switch-hitter decided to bat lefty off of left handed   more...

According to Rotoworld the Mets have declined to offer salary arbitration to C Paul Lo Duca, C Sandy Alomar Jr., 1B Jeff Conine, C Mike DiFelice, INF Damion Easley, OF Shawn Green, RHP Aaron Sele and 2B Jose Valentin.
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In an attempt to add some depth and leadership to their rotation (and possibly bullpen), the Marlins signed starter/reliever Mark Hendrickson to a one year contract. It looks as though the Marlins will use Hendrickson in their rotation, since their bullpen was a strong point last season, and their   more...
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The oldest 33 year old in the history of baseball is back in the big show. After brief stints with the Angels, Blue Jays and an independent league club this year, Edgardo Alfonzo signed with the Mets organization yesterday and will report to Triple-A Norfolk. He fell hard and he fell fast. He   more...

Adam Eaton. Adam F'n Eaton. Piece of no good donkey dung Adam Eaton. Piss poor excuse for a Major League pitcher salary whore Adam Eaton. Yep, I still hate him. This news shouldn't be new to any reader of this blog, hell Eaton knows firsthand the level of my hatred I have for him. I had this to say   more...
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