In case you missed anything, here's what was discussed during the past week at BtB:
- The shape of the strike zone seems to be different for righties and lefties, so finds Graham.
- Sky used Dan Fox's baserunning data from BPro to take a look at the best baserunners and baserunning teams in 2008, ignoring stolen bases.
- The whole BtB crew voted on who the most productive players of 2009 will be. Yes, Albert Pujols makes an appearance.
- RJ shared three facts each about the Rangers, Mariners, Athletics, Royals, Tigers, and Twins.
- Mr. Quick broke down Tom Glavine's new contract and likely value to the Braves.
- The Ball on a Budget fantasy leagues got under way. Check out the FanPosts section in the right sidebar for the draft and trash-talk threads.
- Sky started his Graph of the Day series, highlighting the best shortstop and third base seasons, strange 2002 AL MVP voting, and the worst players since 2002.
- BtB reader VictorW won himself a copy of THT's 2009 Annual with his witty flowchart of Dusty Baker's thought processes. (Is the pitch a strike? Trick question -- who cares, swing away!)
- Chris Perez, a closer candidate for the Cardinals, got the Pitch f/x treatment from Harry as he attempts to make his release point more consistent.
- Subjective power rankings? The Mariners as the worst team in 2009? Houston as league-average? Foolish according to RJ and common sense.