Fangraphs takes a look at Lord Dickey's knuckler vs. Tim Wakefield's and why Dickey gets more grounders. Short, yet interesting.
Especially when you consider Dickey is trying to learn a slower knuckleball

As a sports writer, I loved every part of this. Even non-sports writers will get a kick out of it. This was my favorite:

"Dress the way you might dress for a meal with a woman (or a man) at a good but not ridiculously high-end restaurant. Unless you’re covering baseball, in which case you can show up looking like Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski."

"I’m in the fourth best shape of my life," said a sort of noticeably trim Olivo. "Last year I was only in the 11th best shape of my life, so I really put time in the gym this offseason. I wanted to get into the top 5 shapes of my life."

This pretty much made my day, I will now be paying more attention to Olivo...just for his awesome comments.

Who?

Defensive misplays, league leaders

Baseball Info Solutions has found a way to measure defensive mistakes.
Outfielder Age Defensive misplays on throws
Colby Rasmus 23 7
Nate Schierholtz 26 6
Jeff Francoeur 26 6
Andrew McCutchen 23 6
Nyjer Morgan 29 6
Justin Upton 22 6

Reyes SS; Pagan CF; Wright 3B; Davis 1B; Bay LF; Carter DH; Barajas C; Francoeur RF; Tejada 2B

BEST METS LINEUP ALL SEASON!

We knew it was coming. He has never appeared in the majors and turned 31 on Sunday.

So our lineup is getting there
Reyes
Castillo
Wright
Davis
Bay
Pagan?
Frenchy?
Barajas?
pitcher

It's really not so bad.
They came up with something similar to what I would do.

Here's theirs:
1. Reyes
2. Pagan
3. Wright
4. Bay
5. Davis
6. Barajas
7. Frenchy
8. Castillo
9. Pitcher

I'd prefer something like this:
1. Reyes
2. Pagan
3. Davis
4. Wright
5. Barajas
6. Bay
7. Frenchy/Carter
8. pitcher/Castillo
9. Castillo/pitcher

I'd rather see Carter and save Davis. But it's better than Jacobs.

Great piece.

I didn't know where exactly to put this or if this even has a spot here but I have been searching for a solid, consistent group of baseball players on the PS3 to get some games in.
Only downside to posting here is that all of you guys are mets fans like myself.

If you are interested in a good MLB buddy hit me up online: EMSfan9

I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place or stepping on any toes.

Six Mets get a chance to show off their design capabilities, or lack of them, with this new series.

I personally think they could have picked a better bunch.
JJ Putz (Set-up man, really?)
Omir Santos (SHORT SWINGZ)
Gary Sheffield (One and done?)
Bobby Parnell (Middle Reliever why?)
John Maine (No. 3 or 4 starter at best)
and Daniel Murphy (perhaps the only one with lasting selling power)

Omar does have a little sense. The Jays wanted Niese, F!, Parnell and Tejada for the Toronto ace.

EDIT: Minaya also said the Mets aren't interested in Rent-a-players via trade. Halladay out!

From the looks of this...things are going to get worse before they get better.

Should be out "a couple of days".

Switzer no longer in bullpen.

Argenis Reyes has been recalled from Buffalo to take his place: We all knew this time would come.

Sheff gets another day off and Evans starts at first. It seems Gary has had a cortisone shot in his knee today.

Apparently Sheffield's knee problem is an inflamed bursa sac. Hopefully he can avoid the DL

Ray Ramirez can't even get Mets players to the hospital without issue.

Emil Brown, who was involved in two of the Met's five double plays, DFA'd instead so F-Mart can stay.

I really like seeing this from Beltran but we all know that the people who rip him for lacking emotion and heart will find a way to rip him for this too.