Javier Vasquez Was Unjustifiably Omitted From The Hall Of Fame Ballot

There's one name missing from this year's HOF ballot, and it's one of the best pitchers of the 2000s.

Beyond The Boxscore

World Series History Is Not On Cubs' Side

On one hand, the Chicago Cubs are due not only to make the World Series but to win it. The number of years since they achieved the first is 71. The second number is 108 and counting.

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals Should Re-Sign Jason Heyward

Would you be OK if the Cardinals’ highest-paid hitter doesn’t lead the team in home runs and RBIs? Or possibly doesn’t even come in second in those categories?

Hochman

Carlos Martinez At His Best When He's In A Jam

Notes on my scorecard:

Bird Bytes

Cardinals Pitching Is On Historic Pace

The Cardinals are on pace to have the single greatest earned run prevention season of the last 100 years. There's plenty of qualifiers to that and reasons why it's not likely to keep up over the course of the entire year, but over the first three months, that's a cold hard fact. They're preventing runs in a way no one alive has ever really seen before -- and they're doing it without ace Adam Wainwright, who injured his Achilles tendon in just his fourth start of the season.

St. Louis Official Site

Deep Time Baseball Venues In St. Louis

The collective memory of the Cardinal Nation only goes back so far. If all you know is what you hear and read in the normal course of being a fan, recorded baseball history started at Sportsman’s Park in the 20’s. Everything before that has mostly faded into the mist. But consider that, at the time, St. Louis fans supported two Major League teams, and had for some time. So where did they come from? Let’s have a look at the ooze which gave life to the primordial fans.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

The Hall Of wWAR: Pitchers

It's here! The last installment of Hall of wWAR series. The conversion from the Hall of Fame to the Hall of wWAR involved kicking 66 of the 206 members of the Hall of Fame out and replacing them with new, more deserving players. That means 32.0% of this new Hall is not in the old one. 19 of the 66 newcomers (28.8%) are pitchers.

Beyond The Boxscore

wWAR II: The Pitchers List

Yesterday, I posted rankings of all Hall of Fame position players by Weighted WAR (wWAR), with this year's Hall of Fame ballot mixed in for some perspective. Wait, what's wWAR again?

Beyond The Boxscore

Career Leaders In Wins Above MVP Level (WAM), Pitchers

A little while back, I published the career leaders in Wins Above MVP Level (WAM) among position players. Let's take a look at the career leaders for pitchers.

Beyond The Boxscore

Book Excerpt: Evaluating Baseball's Managers 1876-2008

For the next few weeks, THT will publish excerpts from my new book Evaluating Baseball's Managers, 1876-2008, which is scheduled for release in December, but can be ordered now. Please note, as an added bonus, and for a special limited time only, if you order it now you will get at no additional charge—new book smell!! (I should note I make considerably more money if you order directly from the publisher, but if you want to get it from Amazon or another source that's your call.)

The Hardball Times

Hall Of Famers Who Clinched The World Series

Sully Baseball's obsession with the last pitch of the World Series continues.

Sully Baseball

Sully Baseball: All Time Home Grown Team Vs. All Time Acquired Team

Chicago Cubs
Former St. Louis Cardinals Listed: Bruce Sutter, Lee Smith, Jody Davis, Ivan DeJesus, Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, and Rick Sutcliffe

Former St. Louis Browns Listed: Charley Root.

Philadelphia Phillies
Former St. Louis Cardinals Listed: Dick Allen, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Curt Simmons, Ricky Bottalico, Steve Carlton, John Denny, Jim Konstanty, and Dick Sisler.

Tampa Bay Rays
Former St. Louis Cardinals Listed: Dewon Brazelton, Greg Vaughn, Troy Percival, and Esteban Yan.

Atlanta Braves
Former St. Louis Cardinals Listed: Rabbit Maranville, Ron Gant, Vic Willis, Kid Nichols, Kent Mercker, Bob Horner, Red Schoendienst, Terry Pendleton, Andres Galarraga, Lew Burdette, and Rogers Hornsby.

Former St. Louis Browns Listed: Bob Elliott.

The St. Louis Cardinals are up next to round out the series.

What's In A Name? For Coco Crisp, Everything

The name is one of the best in the game. Maybe it doesn't have the power of Babe Ruth or the descriptiveness of Three Finger Brown or the cool of Cool Papa Bell.

Royals Official Site

Rick Ankiel To Take Part In Celebrity Game At Palm Beach Wiffle Ball World Series

Curtis Pride can’t hear the crack of a bat, or the pop of a pitch in a catcher’s mitt.

TC Palm

Mordecai Brown: The Spectacular Story Of "Three Finger" Brown

Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown is one of the best pitchers of all time. Born on a farm on Oct. 7, 1876, Brown had a lot to overcome to become a major league pitcher—he lost a finger at the age of seven to a corn-shredder.

Bleacher Report