Talkin baseball & math

Morneau then dropped his 35-inch, 33-ounce bat and picked up Mauer's 34-inch, 31-ounce model, hoping it would help him get around on Rivera's famed cut fastball. He stroked a lazy single to right, and Mauer raced around third to beat Sheffield's throw, whipping the more than 42,000 in attendance into a frenzy. (AP)

Advanced Placement Baseball Math Test: Explain the physical difference the change in bat causes and calculate the time savings. Plot the vector trajectory for the ball off each bat and discuss whether the game outcome might have changed.

The guy who did this video spent as much time at RBI baseball as i spent at stratomatic in my childhood. As a Mets fan ever since i could say Choo Choo Coleman, i was there with Tug and Ya Gotta believe, down with Darrell and Doc and back up when this account allowed me to understand the charmed life a Mets fan leads. 2001 was a good Met year, but the start of this season, well, all systems appear to be going, going, gone.

My fantasy teams will end their second week tomorrow. The Carl/Chone tandem is eighth in stolen bases and tenth in league standings - the heads to heads split last week, and should split the other way this week. The Shelton/Oswalt team has good potential, the keeper league is really too early to tell if any trends are real.

Is it my imagination or are ERA's significantly up this year? Juiced baseball, juiced players or just juiced life? Please leave Barry be!