Jim Furtado - Site Sections

Site Sections

The site features a number of sections with content for different audiences. Some of the more notable ones are:

• Baseball Newsstand – The newsstand is a newsblog where significant baseball-related articles are linked. Entries usually feature a provocative excerpt of the article along with a discussion thread. For many site members, this newsblog is the "main" part of the site.
• Hall of Merit (abbreviated as the HoM) – A sub-site conceived by Joe Dimino as an alternative to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The purpose of the HoM is "to identify the best players in baseball history and thereby identify the omissions and errors that can be found in the other venerable institution." Given the focus of the main site, the discussions often appeal to sabermetric criteria, including in-depth understanding of the various historical eras of major league and negro league baseball as well as advanced statistics. Pages of note: HoM members elected thus far and HoM Constitution
• Transaction Oracle – Dan Szymborski posts analyses of major league transactions (player signings and trades). Szymborski also publishes articles on his ZiPS forecasting system here. ZiPS is designed to forecast player statistics based on past performance and similarities to other major league players.

• Team Sites – The popularity of some teams has led to the creation of sub-sections of the newsblog that link to articles of interest to specific teams. There currently are four such team blogs: Sox Therapy (Boston Red Sox), Gonfalon Cubs (Chicago Cubs), Count the Rings (New York Yankees), and It's Mets...Just Mets (New York Mets)
• Game "Chatters" – Specific threads are devoted to regular season and postseason major league baseball games (as well as for special events such as the Olympics or the World Baseball Championship). Site members contribute to the group liveblog during these events.
• Dialed In and Primate Studies – These sub-sites feature original baseball research and merit a more in-depth discussion below.