No Toronto Game This Year

Buffalo will not host a game in Toronto this year.  The point of an annual game was to turn Buffalo into a regional team, pulling in millions of potential fans in and around Toronto.  Unfortunately, it turns out that hosting one crappy game a year hasn't done much for the team, so they're postponing this…

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David Eckstein: Charlatan or simply master of hoodwinkery?

Beyond the Box Score invented a stat today, called SCRAP (for Self Contained Replacement Average Player). It includes the ability to score runs (albeit, in a very insignificant way), being hit by pitches, getting caught stealing, bunting, and grounding into double plays. The objective is to get as close to zero as possible. David Eckstein scores...…