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“That’s pretty much how I pitch, to try to keep my FIP as low as possible,” Kansas City Royals pitcher Zack Greinke said on having the best Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) in the majors after he won the 2009 American League Cy Young Award

“No,” he says. “I thought it’d be much worse.” — An executive’s opinion upon hearing the results of a crude study on the performances of starting pitchers after signing big contracts

“It would alienate our female fan base.” — Mark Shapiro’s 5th reason for not even thinking about trading All-Star center fielder Grady Sizemore (The Sporting News 2 March 2009)

I honestly can say that I can’t wait for the summer when Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is finally released. I probably shared the same mixed reaction to Heath Ledger being cast as Joker. But hand it to both Nolan and Ledger that Christian Bale has quite the adversary.

Leading their respective divisions for much of the season matters little since their rivals played better than they did in September. If you combine the add the days that both the Padres and Mets led their divisions over the course of the season, you’d probably get a full year’s worth.