Hardball Times

Here are a couple of articles from the Hardball Times that I found interesting.

In the first, John Brattain discusses why Don Fehr should resign. At the bottom is a totally unrelated bit about classic bullpen failures in recent years. One of these games was the June 6, 1998 game between the Sox and the Braves, in which Tom Gordon and Way Back Wasdin blew a 6-1 lead in the 9th. This game came famously in the middle of Gordon's once-record save streak (was it 50 or so?), but, since it was a five-run lead, there was no "save situation", therefore no "blown save". Which should tell you about all you need to know about what a crock that record was. The save rule in general is a crock, but that's a discussion for another day.

The second is the Business of Baseball Report, which doesn't have anything earthshattering in it, but it's a recently-added feature that illustrates how the Hardball Times web site is growing stronger all the time.