Proof that players in the 60’s were taking performance enhancing drugs. So take that Tim McCarver!!
I am not really sure how this missed the attention of The Mitchell Commission, hordes of baseball analysts and announcers, writers and those interested in the game, but my in depth perusal of statistics from the 1960’s indicates clear and […]

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We are getting a lot more hits from various search engines. Most of these readers may not be aware that I am also writing a weekly column for The Hardball Times Fantasy Focus Blog, especially since I haven’t mentioned it in a while! The columns are more in depth and detailed versions of […]

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Matt looks at “his guy”, Oliver Perez.
Born in August 1981 in Mexico, Oliver Perez debuted for the San Diego Padres (who signed him in 1999 as an amateur free agent) in 2002. Making 15 starts his rookie year, he struck out 94 batters in 90 innings and walked 48, with a 3.50 era and a […]

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