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All-Star Entertainment: Celebrating Unabashed Offense at Coors Field

As the best offensive ballpark in baseball hosts this week's All-Star festivities, we’re looking back on the greatest single-season performances in its history.

3 years ago Kevin Chroust

Baseball

Machado vs. Bauer Highlights Baseball’s Superlatives of the Week

We’re digging into the advanced data to discover which players had the most remarkable hits, whiffs, home runs and at-bats of the past seven days.

3 years ago Taylor Bechtold

Baseball

Tony Rizzo Wins an Epic Battle and TA7 Plays Cricket in Baseball’s Superlatives of the Week

We’re digging into the advanced data to discover which players had some of the most remarkable hits, whiffs, home runs and at-bats of the previous seven days.

3 years ago Taylor Bechtold

Baseball

Fine Wine: How the Ageless Giants Crashed the NL’s SoCal Party

The surprising San Francisco Giants are the best team in the NL, ahead of even the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. We take a dive into how.

3 years ago Trevor Goldstein

Baseball

Lions and Tigers and Red Wings, Oh My! There’s No Place Like Detroit

The four major teams in the Motor City have struggled mightily. But where does this stretch rank among the all-time worst sports years for a metro area?

3 years ago Donald Kolakowski

Baseball

The Darling Buds of May: How the Rays Returned to the Top of the AL

After a slow start, the defending American League champs are doing it again – small payroll and all. We take a closer look at their remarkable May.

3 years ago Graham Bell

Baseball Podcast

Highest Scoring MLB Games

With hitters swinging for the fences like never before, we have decided to take a look back at the highest scoring MLB games of all time. Many sluggers in recent…

3 years ago Graham Bell

Baseball

Anything but Regular: The Spectacle That Was Cubs-Yankees in 2003

What was initially set up as a rare regular-season matchup between the historic Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees franchises became so much more on June 7, 2003.

3 years ago Evan Boyd

Baseball

Command+: How Innovative Pitchers Are Changing the Way Command Is Evaluated

Command+ can reveal which pitchers truly have the best command, but the metric is undergoing change as hurlers continue to get creative with their repertoires.

3 years ago Taylor Bechtold

Baseball

Comparing Eras: How We Calculate Our Adjusted Team Ratings

We've created a model that weighs advanced metrics and other factors on both sides of the ball to calculate the final adjusted team ratings of the regular season for all…

3 years ago Opta Analyst