In case you have missed it, The Hardball Times has had two recent looks at Mets starting pitchers and where and how they are locating their pitches - Johan Santana and Pedro Martinez...

In 2007, the Tampa Bay Rays finished last, 30 games under .500. In 2008, they won the AL pennant. In 2009, they went 84-78 and missed the playoffs. How much variance was there in their offense to explain those? Let's look first at the raw numbers...

If you're wondering where health care dollars go in this country, the invaluable Phil Klein reminds us: Raymond Raad, a resident in psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and co-author of a new Cato study, presented...

I'm posting this one just so I can use a sentence I'm sure I will never use again: I prefer the Raffi version to the Bob Dylan version. The NY Daily News has more.

*Lots of interesting stuff out there on Sarah Palin and her book tour. the Daily Beast looks at how Palin's book and tour are a one-woman economic stimulus package. Obama's organization wants a part of that action too: Organizing for America says...

An interesting look back at the demise of large North American mammals and its impact on the ecosystem. H/T