Jose (Capas) Canseco (The Chemist) (twitter: @JoseCanseco)

Positions: Outfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: July 2, 1964 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
High Schools: Carol City HS (Opalocka, FL), Coral Park HS (Miami, FL)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 15th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1985 (Age 21)   vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox/Rangers/DevilRays/BlueJays/... 1985-2001
Agents: Juan Iglesias, previously: Bo McKinnis,Dennis Gilbert,Jeff Borris [*]
Final Game: October 6, 2001 (Age 37)   vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Relatives: Brother of Ozzie Canseco
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• 1/24 The Golden Sombrero: A More Positive Way to View Steroid Abuse within Baseball: This week Ryan Braun accepted the National League MVP award amidst perhaps more controversy than has ever before been associated...
• 1/12 High Heat Stats: WAAS Experiment #1: Adjusted WAAS: In a long exchange on the original WAAS post, reader Robert proposed adjusting the WAAS method to account for partial seasons.Basic...
• 1/11 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: Introducing the Class of 2012: Every January, I like to pay homage to those players who enjoyed successful major league careers, were rewarded with a spot on...

• 12/25 High Heat Stats: Most career WAR by number of franchises played for: All totals are 1901-present and for batters onlyHere is the most career WAR for players who played for the given number of franchises:1...
• 12/13 B-R Blog: B-R: HoF Candidate – Juan Gonzalez: Juan González Juan Alberto (Vazquez) Gonzalez (Juan Gone or Igor) Position: Outfielder Bats: Right, Throws: Right Height: 6'...

• 11/20 PaulLebowitz.com: Giants/A’s—Same Area, Different Universe: The Athletics problems are not going to be solved by the planned new ballpark in San Jose because the supposed “last hurdle”...
• 11/18 Tyler's Think Tank: Kemp Nets 8 Years, $160 million: 2011 just keeps on getting better for Matt Kemp. After a disappointing 2010 campaign that saw the ultra-talented centerfielder...
• 11/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: A’s Interested in Sizemore?:   The newest rumor with the A’s looking to replenish their depleted outfield comes from Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated who...
• 11/10 NY Baseball Digest: Lenny Dykstra’s Odd Twitter Plea: Just when you think Lenny Dykstra‘s life has hit rock bottom there is another story that takes the cake. You know by now the...
• 11/6 FanSided: Lenny Dykstra vs. Jose Canseco Fight Canceled: In a battle creating the anti**** of Pacquiao vs. Mayweather (not really), Lenny Dykstra was set to take on fellow Major League...
• 11/6 PaulLebowitz.com: Showalter-Duquette Philosophies Mesh Neatly For The Orioles: The histories of Buck Showalter and Dan Duquette (provided the negotiations for Duquette to take over as Orioles GM don’t...
• 11/5 El Maquino: SORRY, BIG MAC: > My revised take on Mark McGwire.  Read the whole thing at I70Baseball.com. I hated the steroid guys.  Barry Bonds, Sammy...
• 11/2 Phillies Nation: If It Doesn’t Work Out For Mike Schwimer…: The 2011 Phillies Nation Player Reviews continue today, with Michael Schwimer… Full disclosure: I am a huge pro wrestling fan....
• 11/1 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Tony LaRussa Retires: Tony LaRussa managed the St. Louis Cardinals to their eleventh World Series championship (second under his watch, and his third...
• 11/1 MetsToday.com: Fences Come In, Reyes Goes Out?: You may already have heard that the Citi Field fences are moving in — significantly. There are many reasons behind this...

• 10/31 SocraticGadfly: #StlCards manager TLR retires: I wondered about this a week ago, as it looked like the St. Louis Cardinals had a shot to win the World Series. I thought...
• 10/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE FAMILY BALLPARK?: I think I've found the best family friendly ballpark out there, but let me back up and start at the beginning. Look, I’m no...
• 10/12 NY Baseball Digest: Doc’s Plan to Fix the Mets, A-Rod and Canseco, Rollins and Mets: Hey, the fans have their say, why not former Mets? Doc Gooden chimed in on what the Mets should do via Twitter last night. He...
• 10/11 The Golden Sombrero: Jay Buhner’s sombreros merit a spot in the record books: After subscribing to Baseball Reference’s Play Index, which is probably the greatest statistical tool ever created, I immediately...
• 10/9 MetsToday.com: How The A’s Won Before Billy Beane: If didn’t see Saturday Night Live this past weekend, no worries, as you didn’t miss anything, it was dreadful —...
• 10/5 Fire Brand of the American League: Pedro Gomez and Steroids: In case you were wondering, the debate over performance enhancing drugs, the Hall of Fame, and the steroid era’s place...

• 9/25 B-R Blog: Seasons With 40+ HR, Less Than 160 Hits & Less Than 100 BB – Since 1961: Since 1961, how many players have hit 40 homeruns in a season where they also had less than 160 hits and less than 100 walks on...
• 9/23 Baseball Daily Digest: Blog Eat Blog: Agony of Defeat: I was at the Oakland O.co Coliseum last Friday night, and witnessed the Tigers’ 3-1 victory over the A’s that clinched the...
• 9/23 B-R Blog: Finally 40 homers means something again: It appears than only two players--Jose Bautista and Curtis Granderson--will hit 40 home runs this season. Two other players--Albert...
• 9/16 NY Baseball Digest: Jose Canseco Highlights From His Indy Baseball Comeback: Every Friday I take a look at what is going on with independent baseball. This week will be the final installment as most indy...
• 9/16 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Italy, Wilson, Howard: Five years ago today, Alfonso Soriano stole second base in the first inning against the Brewers, becoming the fourth member of...
• 9/13 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: McCutchen, Upton, Cameron: 15 years ago today, the Mariners' acquisition of third baseman Dave Hollins was completed when they sent a 20-year-old first baseman...
• 9/10 PaulLebowitz.com: Nyjer Morgan vs Albert Pujols: Much Ado About Silliness: Most of the time, I take the stuff players say as noise. Who really cares? But when it becomes a recurring issue of behavior and...
• 9/10 Bay City Ball: Cy Youngs, MVPs and moving on: I think  we’ve been trying to prepare you for the inevitable for a while now here at Bay City Ball: The Giants are not...
• 9/9 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Gillies, d'Arnaud, Giants: On this date in 2007, the Brewers became the third team in history to begin a game by hitting back-to-back-to-back home runs....

• 8/29 SoDo Mojo: Series Preview: Angels at Mariners: The Mariners won three of four games in Cleveland, gaining a game in the standings. The Mariners then were swept in a three game...
• 8/28 mlbreports.com : Sunday MLB Insider Report: Our Views on the Latest Baseball News:   Sunday August 28, 2011     MLB reports:  Here is our weekly look at Major League Baseball and the latest news, together...
• 8/27 SoDo Mojo: Building A Ballclub With Bill Bavasi: Part II: Bill Bavasi paces in his office, a cigarette dangling from his mouth.  His fingers lightly graze the wood-stained desk as he...
• 8/23 PaulLebowitz.com: A Scheme From LaRussa’s Nemesis?: Matt Holliday had to leave the field during the Cardinals-Dodgers game last night when a moth flew into his ear. The clip is below....
• 8/23 Baseball Musings: Follow the Bouncing BallDr. Mike Wechsler sent me this unusual triple play: Sort of the opposite of the Jose Canseco off-the-head home run. ...
• 8/18 B-R Blog: Random recap for Wednesday: Stanton a HR champ at 21?: -- Mike Stanton homered for the 4th straight game and is 2nd in the NL with 29 HRs, one behind Albert Pujols. The youngest modern...
• 8/17 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The (Very Simple) Case Against Jai Miller: Backup quarterbacks are most often the favorite players on a football team, simply because they could be better. Baseball has...
• 8/16 B-R Blog: Most Homeruns Playing for 5+ Franchises: One thing that struck me while watching the the Jim Thome celebration is the sheer number of teams that he has been on.  After...
• 8/12 NY Baseball Digest: Watch: Tony Phillips and Mike Marshall Brawl in Chico: Every Friday we talk about Independent Baseball news, features, and history. Today we look at a brawl between two former Major...
• 8/12 B-R Blog: Most Natural Golden Sombreros: Since 1919, who has the most games, of 9-innings of less, where they whiffed 4+ times in the contest? Here is the list - Rk Player...
• 8/11 Brotherly Glove: How Waivers Work: The trade deadline has come and gone but trades can still be made. Perhaps the trade deadline itself should be named differently...
• 8/9 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Blue Jays Game 115: 7:30PM EDT: “Former Athletic” Edwin Encarnacion who came into the at-bat 0-for-8 with six strikeouts against Harden,...
• 8/8 My Pinstripes: FullCountPitch | July Trades Bring August Gambles: Wandy Rodriguez will be among those dangled on waivers With the trade deadline concluded a week ago Sunday, teams must now...
• 8/5 WSJ Daily Fix: The Company Craig Counsell Keeps: The Count: The good news for Counsell, one hitless at bat shy of the record streak, is that other players bounced back from such...
• 8/5 NY Baseball Digest: Indy Smorgasbord: Darryl Strawberry and the St. Paul Saints, Tony Phillips Comeback, and the Ducks 5 Millionth Fan: Every Friday we take a look at Independent Baseball. Today we do a smorgasbord of Independent news, history, and facts.  Darryl...
• 8/2 Fragile Freddy's: This & That: Let’s spend a little time considering some of the issues of the day;Item: Tigers-Angels make faces at each other, don’t have...

• 7/29 The Pesky Pole: The Colby Rasmus Fan Club: If Colby Rasmus was playing for the Red Sox and he didn't get along with Terry Francona, I would have my concerns. If...
• 7/29 B-R Blog: Rare power and speed combo: Jacoby Ellsbury, Jose Reyes, and Matt Kemp: As of last week, three players are poised to join the list of qualified players to post a slugging percentage of at least .500...
• 7/26 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Rays @ A’s Game 103: 8:54PM PDT: Pennington keeps it up, smashing a double off the wall in left scoring Sizemore. It’s come in little pieces...
• 7/19 NY Baseball Digest: Fight for Your Rights, ESPN’s Keys to Beating WFAN, CC’s Streak, Bring Back Heilman: Working in sports is difficult. Long hours, summer holidays are spent at the ballpark, and the pay is extremely poor for about...
• 7/15 NY Baseball Digest: Newark Baseball Appears on the Brink: Every Friday I take a look at what is going on with Independent Baseball. Today, I took at look at the Newark Bears and wonder...
• 7/15 Crashburn Alley: A Roy Halladay/Jose Bautista Parallel: I got into a bit of a Twitter debate last week following my routine praising of Jose Bautista. After the Toronto Blue Jays slugger...
• 7/13 B-R Blog: Playing the Whole All-Star Game: Recently, the sheer number of players, teams represented and managerial juggling have made full-game All-Star appearances a thing...
• 7/12 For Baseball Junkies: All-Time Rangers Team: Taking a look at the Rangers today and this one is sure to draw some ire.  The Rangers originated as the Washington Senators...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: 31 homers in 91 games: Check out the guys with the most homers in his team's first 91 games to see where Jose Bautista ranks: Rk Player Year PA AB HR...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: 9+ TB In 9-Inning Game Age 37+ Since 1919: How many players, since 1919, had a game, where the contest was 9 innings or less, where they were at least 37-years old and had...
• 7/5 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Orioles, Canseco, Dodgers, Gutierrez: The Yankees obtained Jeff Weaver from the Tigers in a three team deal that sent Ted Lilly to Oakland and Carlos Pena to Detroit...
• 7/5 B-R Blog: 22+ HR In Team’s First 81 Games Since 1969: Since 1969, how many players have hit at least 22 HR in his team's first 81 games of the season? Here is the list - Rk Player...

• 6/29 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays Win Behind Price, Longoria: Sometime early in the game, I tweeted that David Price had shutout stuff tonight. He did, as his fastball packed enough heat for...
• 6/22 B-R Blog: Three True Outcomes: Players with the highest fraction of HR + walks + strikeouts: Thanks to reader Doug N., I figured out how to generate this list with the PI. Here are the guys (ranked by most plate appearances)...
• 6/21 MLBTradeRumors: White Sox Rumors: Ozzie, Trade Deadline: Ten years ago today, the White Sox purchased Jose Canseco's contract from the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League....
• 6/19 NY Baseball Digest: Top Five Father/Son Combos in Baseball History: To celebrate Father’s Day lets try something different: looking at the top father/son combos in the history of the game....
• 6/17 NY Baseball Digest: Jose Canseco OBP Machine in Yuma: Every Friday, we look at the world of Independent Baseball. Today, we get an update about how Jose Canseco‘s comeback is...
• 6/16 PaulLebowitz.com: LoMo And The Tweets: Generations are clearly clashing in the case of Marlins outfielder Logan Morrison and his penchant for expressing himself on Twitter....
• 6/13 B-R Blog: 265+ HR Through Age 31 Season: How many players in baseball history have hit at least 265 homeruns through the season in which they were age 31?  Here's the...
• 6/6 B-R Blog: 30/30/100/100 Club: This is not a very fancy sort.  It's the 21 men in baseball history to have 30+ HR, 30+ SB, 100+ R and 100+ RBI in the same season....

• 5/28 NY Baseball Digest: Canseco Injured, But Finds Time to Propose to Lady Gaga: In case you didn’t hear the news last month, Jose Canseco has become the first player/coach in baseball since Pete Rose...
• 5/20 NY Baseball Digest: Best Independent Baseball Team Ever?: Every Friday during the season I am going to discuss something regarding independent baseball. When you think of the various leagues...
• 5/17 B-R Blog: Last Season For 400-HR Club Members: Ever wonder what the last season looked like for each member of the 400-career HR club? Here they are: Rk Player OPS+ Year Age...
• 5/13 The Writer's Journey: Gypsy Queen – Jose Canseco: Mario requested a Jose Canseco card via Twitter, and I am happy to oblige. I am squarely against steroids, and do not believe...

• 4/21 Through The Fence Baseball: The People vs. Barry Lamar Bonds: My dad was sitting in his hospital bed as I walked in to see him for the first time after his heart “incident.” He was still...
• 4/15 The Golden Sombrero: The Baseball Show: Off Base Percentage: Last evening on The Baseball Show, co-host Clint Evans from Diamond Hoggers and I welcomed Derwood Morris from...
• 4/13 PaulLebowitz.com: Accentuate The Positives: The Yuma Scorpions must be redesigning their website to reflect their new manager/1st baseman/DH because when I tried to click...
• 4/12 B-R Blog: Slugging In Late 20′s & Not Always Playing: I was looking at Josh Hamilton's career to date, since he got hurt tonight and is expected to be out two months, and wanted to...
• 4/11 NY Baseball Digest: Glad to See Jose Canseco Get Another Chance: .bbpBox54439267077857280 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/89861472/x323699601472000e9925dc762c15f04.jpg)...

• 3/30 B-R Blog: On Base 4+ Times In Game 1 – Three Times Or More: Since 1919, how many batters have reached base 4+ times in his team's first game of the season, three times or more in his career?...
• 3/26 B-R Blog: 140+ HRs Since 1919 In Games Team Lost: Since 1919, how many players have hit 140+ homeruns in games that his team lost? If I did this query correct, here's the list...
• 3/21 The Captain's Blog: Collateral Damage: “Getting Bonds” Has Been the Real Objective of the Steroid Era: (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) Collateral damage...
• 3/18 MLB Fantasy Recon: Overall Contributions - Identifying Key Fantasy Players: Steroids?  Who would have guessed?Only four players in major league history have accomplished 40 home runs and 40 stolen...
• 3/14 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Slow Day at SI.com: A’s Front Paged: I read this article on Friday, so I am not sure why it made the front page of SI.com’s MLB coverage today but it did. Basically...
• 3/12 The Writer's Journey: 2011 Reds (’92 Style): Ellis Burks: Ellis Burks played for five different teams in his 18-year career: the Red Sox, Rockies, Giants, Indians, and White Sox. In the...

• 2/28 B-R Blog: Batter Games With RE24 = 6+ Since 1973: Since 1973, here are the games where a batter's RE24 for the contest was 6 or better. The list - Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt PA...
• 2/27 B-R Blog: Duke Snider, Passes At 84: Click here for the details. If I did this right, he's on the list of players since 1920 to hit 220+ homeruns at home. See: Rk...
• 2/18 The World's Worst Sports Blog: A Utility Pitcher Sidebar: The joys of the position player pitching were well represented this year. A whopping eight players came in from the infield or...
• 2/16 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Vindicated and Canseco’s Role as a Hero: Recently we mentioned how Jose Canseco is looking to try out for a shot in Nippon Professional Baseball and Korea Baseball Organization....
• 2/13 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Kon’nichiwa Canseco: The Japan Times reports that former Oakland Athletic Jose Canseco‘s agent is trying to land “the Chemist” a...
• 2/12 PaulLebowitz.com: Duck And Cover: Or cover and duck. One of those. Yesterday, in all my roto-innocence, I listed a few names that might help you in your fantasy...
• 2/10 PAAPFLY: Baseball, my fiancé and I: What you are about to read was inspired by a post from The Common Man of The Platoon Advantage. After reading the post and watching...
• 2/9 YankeeAnalysts.com: Ten Years of Spending | 1990s edition: Much to my delight, I recently stumbled onto an excellent article by THT’s Matt Binder contemplating league spending from 2001-2010....
• 2/8 NY Baseball Digest: Canseco Challenges A-Rod to HR Hitting Contest: .bbpBox34925056995889150 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/89861472/x323699601472000e9925dc762c15f04.jpg)...
• 2/1 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: It Has Been No Holliday: As promised here sometime recently, I said I would analyze the trades and associated trades involved with Matt Holliday and his...
• 2/1 PaulLebowitz.com: Stories: The Mets-Madoff mess continues with no end in sight. As the muck is sifted through, the stories go on and on as to the future...

• 1/22 The Process Report: The Hit Show 2.0: Ostensibly, the day will come when the Rays can sign a future Hall of Famer without inciting Hit Show references. The statute...
• 1/20 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: All Tolleson All The Time: The big news of the day has been Steve Tolleson and the impending doom. Susan Slusser in The Drumbeat allays some fears –...
• 1/11 B-R Blog: Mailbag: Biggest Differences Between HR Leader and Runner-Up: Here's a question from Ehud: "Jose Bautista was the AL home run king in 2010, while the second-place HR leader (Paul Konerko)...
• 1/10 PAAPFLY: Barry Bonds, Cooperstown, steroids, amphetamines, and common sense: Barry Bonds is well within the conversation of the greatest players ever, with Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Ty Cobb....
• 1/10 B-R Blog: 39+ Games As DH With WPA >= .15: So, who are the leaders in terms of most games as a Designated Hitter where their WPA in that contest was .15 or better? Here's...
• 1/5 NY Baseball Digest: HOF Prediction: Alomar In, Blyleven Short, Palmeiro Goodbye: Later today the BBWAA will announce the latest member(s) to join the Baseball Hall of Fame. A year ago everyone assumed Roberto...

• 12/30 The World's Worst Sports Blog: A Utility Pitcher Sidebar: The joys of the position player pitching were well represented this year. A whopping eight players came in from the infield or...
• 12/28 NY Baseball Digest: Mets Fans Want To See Canseco in Spring Training: A couple of weeks ago Jose Canseco was lobbying for a spring training invite on Twitter, and even called out Mets GM Sandy Alderson,...
• 12/28 The Process Report: How Many Wins Can a DH Add?: The December Win Curve post is a prerequisite for understanding the information in this post. Also, the newest CAIRO projections...
• 12/17 The Golden Sombrero: Around The League: Ozzie’s commercial, Jay Bruce, Buster Posey, 1960 World Series, and more…: There’s no better holiday present than the Chicago White Sox new ticket package, “The Ozzie Plan.” Better...
• 12/17 The Golden Sombrero: Another Jose Canseco Twitter Confessional: After taking a short break from Twitter this week, I for some reason felt compelled to check it last night before...
• 12/14 NY Baseball Digest: Vote: Bring Canseco to Port St. Lucie?: .bbpBox14454204047294464 {background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/89861472/x323699601472000e9925dc762c15f04.jpg)...
• 12/7 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : A bad contract waiting to happen: Comparing Jayson Werth's contract to Alfonso Soriano's: It was bound to happen at some point.  Once every so often, some GM signs a player to a contract that has people scratching...

• 11/4 B-R Blog: Should the Red Sox pick up their option on David Ortiz?: The Red Sox have until midnight tonight to decide whether to pick up their 1-year, $12 million 2011 option on DH David Ortiz....

• 10/30 PaulLebowitz.com: Life Under A New Ruler: I hardly think that's any of your business: First email I opened this morning was from the Mets and said the following: ...
• 10/18 B-R Blog: Cody Ross and most homers in first 6 career post-season games: Cody Ross homered again yesterday, giving him 3 games with a homer in his first 6 career playoff games. He joins a fairly small...

• 9/29 TetreaultVision: Media Mishaps: Boswell Illustrates Media Culpability in Steroid Mess: I have yet to watch the Top Half of the Tenth Inning that I DVR'd last night.  It'll be this weekend by the time I get around...
• 9/9 PaulLebowitz.com: The Torre Story: Joe Torre will not go out this way: Deftly deflecting the speculation as to his future by cryptically stating that his decision...
• 9/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Pick A Side: Clean it up or don't----and know the consequences either way: Reading the Wall Street Journal this morning, I came across...

• 8/26 NY Baseball Digest: Manny Ramirez Waiver Plot: Anytime Manny Ramirez has been available the plot is always complicated. Everyone remembers the Sox putting him on waivers after...
• 8/26 B-R Blog: Worst 100 RBI seasons: We all know that not every 100-RBI season is a great one. You'd think, though, that any 100-RBI season is worth at least something...
• 8/24 My Pinstripes: Bautista Belts Bombers Again: Jose Bautista channeled his inner Reggie Jackson last night. Mr. October was famous for getting brushed back, dusting himself...
• 8/20 Bus League Baseball: The Professional 500 Homerun Club: The other night, I found myself wondering what would happen if we took the career totals of the top homerun hitters in major league...
• 8/14 B-R Blog: Post 1919 Batters With Most 3+ HR Games: Alex Rodriguez hit three home runs in the Yankees game this evening. Since 1920, heading into today, which players had the most...
• 8/14 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Taillon, Figgins, Murphy, Yankees: Some links to check out before the Padres send Mat Latos to the mound against the Giants in an effort to extend their lead in...
• 8/12 NY Baseball Digest: Remembering the 95′ Replacement Players: It was 16 years ago today the Players Union would elect to go out on strike and end the 1994 baseball season. Yankees fans remember...
• 8/4 Chicken Fried Baseball: A-Rod Hits Career HR #82 Since Being Outed for Steroids: Oh, how great things could have been for A-Rod had he not done steroids. His 600th homer wouldn’t be tainted, and New York...
• 8/4 B-R Blog: Most HRs In 1st 2,267 Career Games: Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th career HR today in his 2,267th career game. Coming into today, who has hit the most HRs in their...

• 7/30 Sabernomics: Was There a Canseco Effect?: In today’s Slate, Ray Fishman says yes. I disagree. What follows is repeat of a post that I wrote two years ago on the study...
• 7/30 NY Baseball Digest: Is it Time to Change the Trade Deadline?: Imagine of the trade deadline was the original June 15th? Amazing that Tom Seaver was dealt “at the deadline,” where...
• 7/27 B-R Blog: Joe Mauer’s feat that is rarer than no-hitters and cycles: Last night, Joe Mauer had 5 hits and 7 RBI while the Twins obliterated the Royals. Turns out this is quite a rare feat. Click...
• 7/7 B-R Blog: The 400 Career HR & [RBI > 3*HR] Club: Just goofing around with Play Index this morning, I asked it show me all batters with HR>=400 and RBI>3*HR in their career....
• 7/7 NY Baseball Digest: Atlantic League: How Do the Stars Fare in Pro Ball?: Last year NYBD was at the Atlantic League All Star Game and asked some of the parti**** the difference between independent ball,...

• 6/30 El Maquino: Far Cry From 462: Jose Canseco was “credited” for starting the steroid craze, and now it looks like he’s hit rock bottom. On July...
• 6/25 B-R Blog: Dustin Pedroia’s winning hand: Three Jacks: Last night, Dustin Pedroia jacked 3 home runs to help the Red Sox beat the Rockies despite a second consecutive blown save by...
• 6/19 MLBTradeRumors: Remembering the 1992 Trade Deadline: Ah, who can forget 1992? The Boutros Boutros-Ghali Era begins at the United Nations. Lisa Simpson captivates a nation with her...

• 5/22 B-R Blog: Card of the Week: 1933 Goudey #9 Dave Harris: Images courtesy of Condition: Poor The 1933 Goudey set is one of the grand-daddies of baseball card collecting. Goudey had been...