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A weekly mailbag segment brings together the author and baseball analyst Michael Baumann to trade quick, passionate answers on everything from cumulative player WAR to the quirks of a 30/30 season.
A look at two pitchers separated by a century and a half, whose unusually high BABIP numbers reveal the outsized role of team defense, ballpark characteristics and statistical volatility.
After two months of paternity leave, a baseball writer discovers that the smallest observations — whether a baby's first smile or a late‑inning pitch — can rekindle the passion that once lived only on the field.