Leading Off: Bop 'Til You Drop Up Top?

Thirty years or so on, sabermetrics has been around long enough to have a few canards of its own to live with or live down. Take for example the old assertion from the '80s, that lineup order doesn't matter.

Baseball Prospectus

The Case For Chris Burke, Etc...

Chuck mentioned Chris Burke in passing yesterday, which is probably the way Chris Burke—like most of the backup second basemen currently available to the Cardinals—deserves to be mentioned. But I like him as a Miles replacement, in the calm, mostly disinterested way one must effect when talking about utility infielders, for a few reasons.

Viva El Birdos

This Date(10-6-08) In History

1928 — Lou Gehrig's two home runs led the New York Yankees to a 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals and a 3-0 lead in the World Series.

2002 — The wild-card San Francisco Giants eliminated the Atlanta Braves 3-1 and moved on to face St. Louis in the NL championship series. For the first time since the current postseason format was adopted in 1995, all four teams with the best record were eliminated in the opening round.

International Herald Times

Jason Grimsley Implicates Players

Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra and Rafael Palmeiro were among nine players accused of doping by former Major League pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit unsealed Thursday.

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