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May 19, 2012

2012 All Chicago MLB Roster

Posted by Jason Fryer in MLB Baseball Blog

Part one of the Cubs-White Sox series is about to get underway, and after examining each player's statistics, I put together a list of who I feel should be apart of the 2012 All-Chicago Baseball Roster. Below is a list of players that I feel should be apart of the All-Chicago Baseball Roster.

May 16, 2012

Breakdown of 2012 Chicago Cubs and White Sox

Posted by Jason Fryer in MLB Baseball Blog

Both Chicago baseball teams are just over one month into this season and I feel it’s a good time to analyze both the White Sox and Cubs roster’s and see how they’ve been doing so far. I wanted to analyze each team’s infield, outfield, starting pitching, and relief pitching, along with an overall grade so far at the end.

May 09, 2012

Top Five Early Season MLB Teams

Posted by Jason Fryer in MLB Baseball Blog

I know that the season is young and just one month in, but I felt it was a good time to look at who I feel are the 5 best teams in the early parts of the shortened baseball season.

Apr 22, 2012

Who are your Top Ten All-Time Mets?

Posted by Dave Thomas in NY Mets Blog

As a kid growing up on the East Coast, I attended my first New York Mets game in the early 1970s at Shea Stadium versus the Montreal Expos. From that point on, you could say I was hooked on the Blue and Orange.

Apr 12, 2012

Great New Baseball Pitching Metric

Posted by Josh Robbins in Major League Baseball Blog

I thought you might be interested in a new baseball pitching metric that I co-created on 60ft6in.com. The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers.

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