.239/.294 /.383 It's time folks. I didn't think a time like this would come, when Jeff Francoeur would be playing so bad that the fans would tolerate his departure from the team. He's better than he's been playing, but he looks as bad as he ever has. Let him go down and work on the things [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Do It! Send Francoeur to the Minors Now", url: "http://www.sabernomics.com/sa...

I'll be on on The Rude Awakening this morning to discuss the possibility of Barry Bonds joining the Braves. I will, no doubt, be advocating the addition of the controversial slugger. You can listen to the show here. I am scheduled to be on at 9:10am. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "JC on the Radio", url: "http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/06/jc-on-the-radio/" });...

When I first heard the news that Barry Bonds is willing to play for the league minimum I laughed: there's no way would the Braves do this. Right? But I the more I thought about it, the more I realized that the Braves need to make this move. Here are my reasons for Bonds [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Do It! Why the Braves Should Sign Barry Bonds", url: "http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/ind...

How not to address the maple bat issue. The most prominent manufacturer of maple bats said Tuesday that baseball players and owners should ensure the quality of bats by paying roughly triple the price. Sam Holman, founder of the Canadian company that makes the maple bats popularized by Barry Bonds, said baseball's maple bat crisis — [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Bad Idea for Solving the Map...

A while back I examined the decline of African-Americans playing major-league baseball. James Wagner looks at the racial composition of Division I college baseball and notices a different trend. College players in the three main divisions are 86% white, according to the most-recent NCAA figures. That's a big difference from Major League Baseball, where one [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Latinos...