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The title link brings you to a nice profile of new defensive stats from Mariners beat writer Geoff Baker, and this blog entry is a general defense of stats. Both are excellent pieces, and the defense article is a nice background for those who want to learn more about the subject. h/t Lookout Landing

From Jim Caple of ESPN.com. I don't want this to turn into a war over the merits of Haudricourt and Witrado; as a newspaper reporter, I simply found this a thoughtful look at the future of baseball reporting as newspapers struggle/collapse/go up in flames.