• Nice little profile of Scott Boras by Matt Taibbi (who's a fine writer when he's not trying to be funny on HBO).
• Eric Seidman convenes the first meeting of the Reggie Sanders Club of Boring Stars (and he means that in a good way).
• Jeff Passan's written the definitive piece about Mark Prior's pitching mechanics. And I'll bet you a dollar you're pulling for Prior after you read it.
• Alex Belth presents all sides of the controversy surrounding Matt McCarthy's book.
• In his uniquely Posnanskian ways, Posnanski wonders why there are so many players from the 1920s and '30s in the Hall of Fame. Pinto follows up -- in his Pintonian ways -- and then follows up again.
• I don't know graphs, but I know what I like.
• What would happen if Frank Miller drew the Peanuts playing baseball? Wonder no more, Dear Readers.
(H/T: Baseball Musings)
• A friend passes along this cool video and audio of Ty Cobb. And you know what? He doesn't sound like a lunatic.
• D.T. Max's New Yorker piece about David Foster Wallace is the best thing I've read about the intersection of writing and depression. And when you come to the end -- even though you already know exactly what's going to happen -- it's a #&@$% gut-punch.
Rob Neyer
