Major Changes Could Come For Cuban Talent | BaseballAmerica.com

I have a feeling this is only going to be step one and things will get more interesting if this becomes a reality.

Let's go Mets, or not | Capital New York

Let's go Mets, or not | Capital New York

Meet the man who built Pirates' analytics department | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

With the recent popularity of "Moneyball" (the book and the movie) and this year's success of the Pittsburgh Pirates, a lot has been written about the analytical department of baseball teams.

In general, sports analytics is becoming a big business that many science and engineering grads are flocking to.

R.I.P. Buttfumble

ESPN has decided to retire Mark Sanchez's infamous buttfumble from its "Not Top Ten" list.

Ted Berg of USA Today's For The Win blog has his usual funny take on why the buttfumble can never be retired.

Castro fighting for sport he loves | ESPN.com

Fascinating article about Antonio Castro, the son of Fidel Castro. In the unlikeliest of partnerships, he's working with American baseball officials to try to get baseball back into the Olympics.

Great post about the best broadcast team in baseball

Anthony DiComo of Mets.com has a fantastic post about the Mets' SNY broadcast team, including this nugget about one of their pre-game prep sessions:

"Eventually, their conversation drifted back to that night's broadcast, which was to feature a heavy dose of Harvey analysis. Picker asked Darling to address Bob Ojeda's comments, made earlier in the day, regarding the stress that Harvey's low-90s slider may have contributed to his season-ending elbow tear. That led to a discussion of pitching mechanics in general, which somehow funneled to a commentary on foreign exchange rates, which melted into talk of Hillary Clinton's potential presidential candidacy, then a dissection of Juan Lagares' batting stance."

I'm curious to know how they got from pitching mechanics to foreign exchange rates but sadly that wasn't covered in the post.

Diana Nyad becomes the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage

Amazing feat, although I have a strange feeling someone has secretly completed this swim.