<![CDATA[In the Bullpen]]> https://dropwave.io en Thu, 07 May 2026 10:42:48 +0000 Thu, 07 May 2026 10:42:48 +0000 https://assets-cdn2.dropwave.io/48817573-c1d0-44c6-8204-930f4c2d3ce5/cover-art/F5zFLxIYuxVFS8UA4eYqi786SzTCQoNog9ojU6LI.jpg https://dropwave.io <![CDATA[In the Bullpen]]> No fightlaughfeast@gmail.com no <![CDATA[Better Teammates]]> Mon, 04 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000 No 1594 full 7 269 <![CDATA[Better Coaches]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000 No 2055 full 7 268 <![CDATA[Better Begins at Home]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000 No 1155 full 7 267 <![CDATA[Better Begins Now]]> Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000 No 1369 full 7 266 <![CDATA[Be Better]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000 No 1087 full 7 265 <![CDATA[Better Is Costly]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000 No 1424 full 7 264 <![CDATA[Better Isn't Safe]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000 No 1743 full 7 263 <![CDATA[Better Isn't Easy]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000 No 1927 full 7 262 <![CDATA[A Better Way]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000 No 1125 full 7 261 <![CDATA[What About You, Dew?]]> Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000 No 1297 full 7 260 <![CDATA[Are You Serious?]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000 No 1288 full 7 259 <![CDATA[Are You Ready?]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0000 No 1609 full 7 258 <![CDATA[Are You Mad?]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000 No 780 full <![CDATA[Take It or Leave It?]]> Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000 No 2538 full <![CDATA[Reality and Narrative]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 993 full <![CDATA[It's About the Who]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1282 full <![CDATA[Walking the Plank]]> Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1603 full <![CDATA[ITB Mailbag]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1233 full <![CDATA[Family Affair]]> Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 2279 full <![CDATA[MiLB and Me]]> Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1834 full <![CDATA[Developing Contenders]]> Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1811 full <![CDATA[Down on the Farm]]> Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1509 full <![CDATA[Full-Time]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1472 full <![CDATA[Catching Up]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1106 full <![CDATA[Some Old Guy - Jim Rooney]]> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 2348 full <![CDATA[Jim Rooney on Scouting Pitchers]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:09:00 +0000 No 1693 full <![CDATA[Scouting Stories: An Interview with Jim Rooney]]> Mon, 04 Aug 2025 16:14:00 +0000 No 1813 full <![CDATA[My Family at PNC]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1575 full <![CDATA[Master Class]]> Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1320 full <![CDATA[The Next Generation]]> Mon, 14 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1438 full <![CDATA[Accessing and Assessing Information]]> Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1177 full <![CDATA[That's What I'm Talkin' About]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1138 full <![CDATA[Do Your Duty]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1406 full <![CDATA[Unsolicited Advice]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1212 full <![CDATA[Pride Goes Before]]> Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1349 full <![CDATA[Execuspeak]]> Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 2231 full <![CDATA[An Attitude of Gratitude]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1141 full <![CDATA[Objective or Subjective?]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 2604 full <![CDATA[You Got to Move]]> Mon, 12 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1930 full <![CDATA[Integration Not Isolation]]> Mon, 05 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1493 full <![CDATA[Keep Digging: An Interview with Danny Sheaffer]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 2699 full <![CDATA[Pitching and Pitchers]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1848 full <![CDATA[Teach Your Children Well]]> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1581 full <![CDATA[Competitive Advantages]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1549 full <![CDATA[Opening Days]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1447 full <![CDATA[Rejoicing and Weeping]]> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 941 full <![CDATA[In Defense of Trevor Bauer]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1678 full <![CDATA[Joining the Debate]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 No 1505 full <![CDATA[Knowing and Caring]]> Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000 No 1969 full <![CDATA[The Competition of Spring Training]]> Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000 No 1082 full <![CDATA[The Joy of Spring Training]]> Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000 No 2258 full <![CDATA[An Elijah Without a Messiah]]> Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000 No 1800 full <![CDATA[What's Wrong with Baseball? Siri!]]> Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1539 full <![CDATA[Pottersville]]> Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1521 full <![CDATA[Crowns and Clowns]]> Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1452 full <![CDATA[One Day in the Life of MLB]]> Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1355 full <![CDATA[Contenders]]> Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1296 full <![CDATA[The Sounds of September]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1045 full <![CDATA[The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly]]> Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1854 full <![CDATA[Go West (Not So) Young Man]]> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1195 full <![CDATA[Coaching Pitchers]]> Mon, 02 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 2615 full <![CDATA[Books, Beats, and Blogs]]> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1411 full <![CDATA[I Hear Voices]]> Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1388 full <![CDATA[Legacy]]> Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1585 full <![CDATA[Memories and Dreams]]> Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1127 full <![CDATA[Out of Right Field]]> Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1976 full <![CDATA[What Does Jerusalem Have to Do with Cooperstown?]]> Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1226 full <![CDATA[Right and Wrong]]> Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1383 full <![CDATA[Paying Attention]]> Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1116 full <![CDATA[Getting Personal]]> Mon, 01 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1826 full <![CDATA[Reflections]]> Mon, 24 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1409 full <![CDATA[#shegone: An Interview with Jeff Frye]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 2941 full <![CDATA[It's a Gamble]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1644 full <![CDATA[Teammates]]> Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1559 full <![CDATA[Crushin' Balls]]> Mon, 27 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1900 full <![CDATA[Trust]]> Mon, 20 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1603 full <![CDATA[Through the Decades]]> Mon, 13 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1013 full <![CDATA[Ivory Towers]]> Mon, 06 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1689 full <![CDATA[Fan Appreciation]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1443 full <![CDATA[Lawns and Clouds and Such]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1509 full <![CDATA[Neither Safe Nor Reckless]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 2054 full <![CDATA[Far More Than Numbers]]> Mon, 08 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1400 full <![CDATA[Back in the Day]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1189 full <![CDATA[The Big Story and The Big Question]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1530 full <![CDATA[Increasing and Decreasing]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1899 full <![CDATA[Baseball]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000 No 1243 full <![CDATA[The Heart of the Matter: An Interview with Matt Sieger and Bob Knepper (Part II)]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:00:00 +0000 No 2848 full <![CDATA[“The Heart of the Matter: An Interview with Matt Sieger and Bob Knepper]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 No 2113 full <![CDATA[A Lifelong Passion: An Interview with Rocco Constantino]]> Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 No 2261 full <![CDATA[Respect All...Fear None]]> Mon, 12 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 No 1626 full <![CDATA[Confessions and Apologies]]> Mon, 05 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 No 1316 full <![CDATA[A Conversation for Today]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 2059 full <![CDATA[Taking It All In]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1664 full <![CDATA[On the Move]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1557 full <![CDATA[Lacking the Fundamentals]]> Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1552 full <![CDATA[Working with Joy: An Interview with Drew Bailey]]> Mon, 04 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 2009 full <![CDATA[If the Lord Wills]]> Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1380 full <![CDATA[Bringing It Home]]> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1191 full <![CDATA[On Display]]> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1395 full <![CDATA[Talkin' All Kinda Noise]]> Mon, 07 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1557 full <![CDATA[Come to Think About It]]> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1357 full <![CDATA[It's About Time]]> Mon, 24 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1186 full <![CDATA[Nothing Flashy]]> Mon, 17 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 746 full <![CDATA[Take Your Pick]]> Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1432 full <![CDATA[Process and Results]]> Mon, 03 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1776 full <![CDATA[What Are You Watching?]]> Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1812 full <![CDATA[What Is Happening?]]> Mon, 19 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1641 full <![CDATA[We Should Take Note]]> Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:30:00 +0000 No 1958 full <![CDATA[More Important Than Baseball]]> Mon, 05 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 2201 full <![CDATA[A Hill to Die On]]> Mon, 29 May 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 2025 full <![CDATA[Why Not Speak Out?]]> Mon, 22 May 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1715 full <![CDATA[A Fork in the Road]]> Mon, 15 May 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1755 full <![CDATA[In Defense of the Nerds]]> Mon, 08 May 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 2116 full <![CDATA[Once Upon a Time]]> Mon, 01 May 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1480 full <![CDATA[Surprise. Surprise.]]> Mon, 24 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1348 full <![CDATA[My Game, Right or Wrong]]> Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 2040 full <![CDATA[Taking a Gamble]]> Mon, 10 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1515 full <![CDATA[A Unique Opening Day]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1391 full <![CDATA[Providing Great Stories: An Interview with Kirk McKnight]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 2659 full <![CDATA[Safetyism]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 1532 full <![CDATA[ITB’s Wide World of Baseball]]> Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000 No 983 full <![CDATA[Special WBC Edition: An Interview with David Nilsson, Manager of Team Australia]]> Wed, 08 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 No 1659 full <![CDATA[Experience Wins]]> Mon, 06 Mar 2023 17:00:00 +0000 No 1581 full <![CDATA[Core Matters: An Interview with Lantz Wheeler]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0000 No 2400 full <![CDATA[Re-Thinking Things]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0000 No 1251 full <![CDATA[More Action Needed]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0000 No 1215 full <![CDATA[Sixty Feet, Six Inches]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0000 No 1576 full <![CDATA[Why?]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:00:00 +0000 No 1500 full <![CDATA[Dropping the Gloves]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:00:00 +0000 No 1206 full <![CDATA[The Heart of the Matter]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2023 17:00:00 +0000 No 1760 full <![CDATA[Bigger than Baseball]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:00:00 +0000 No 1789 full <![CDATA[From and Through and To]]> Mon, 02 Jan 2023 17:00:00 +0000 No 1282 full <![CDATA[An Announcement about In the Bullpen with Mark Dewey]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:00:00 +0000 No 149 full <![CDATA[Semper Reformanda]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1442 full <![CDATA[Coram Deo]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1353 full <![CDATA[The Spotlight is Bright]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1914 full <![CDATA[Here Comes The Judge]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1531 full <![CDATA[The Final Countdown]]> Mon, 03 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1429 full <![CDATA[Greatness]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1164 full <![CDATA[The Game is Difficult]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1467 full <![CDATA[Tradition: A Balanced Approach]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 2309 full <![CDATA[Laboring Together]]> Mon, 05 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1810 full <![CDATA[Life Lessons]]> Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1470 full <![CDATA[Stop Squinting]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1261 full <![CDATA[Listen to the Music]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1461 full <![CDATA[Slow to Speak]]> Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1878 full <![CDATA[On the Move]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 841 full <![CDATA[Sources Say]]> Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1419 full <![CDATA[Join the Festivities]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1495 full <![CDATA[Star Power]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1726 full <![CDATA[Let Freedom Ring]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1586 full <![CDATA[Cheers, Tears, and Fears]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1578 full <![CDATA[The Future]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1080 full <![CDATA[Leaders]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1241 full <![CDATA[Parade Route]]> Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:05:00 +0000 No 1291 full <![CDATA[Remembering]]> Mon, 30 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1879 full <![CDATA[His Story]]> Mon, 23 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1344 full <![CDATA[Developing]]> Mon, 16 May 2022 16:15:00 +0000 No 1701 full <![CDATA[Winning]]> Mon, 09 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1106 full <![CDATA[A Totally Blessed Guy: An Interview with Don Cooper]]> Mon, 02 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 2296 full <![CDATA[For the Love of the Game]]> Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1765 full <![CDATA[Prepared for the Battle]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1738 full <![CDATA[Did You See That?]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1203 full <![CDATA[Are You Ready?]]> Mon, 04 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1084 full <![CDATA[Perception and Reality]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1252 full <![CDATA[There Is Crying in Baseball]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1621 full <![CDATA[It’s Over, So It Begins]]> Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000 No 1284 full <![CDATA[Billionaires vs. Millionaires]]> Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:00:00 +0000 No 1195 full <![CDATA[The Next MLB Commissioner? An Interview with Joshua Jenkins]]> Mon, 28 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000 No 1720 full <![CDATA[Not All Fun and Games]]> Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000 No 1467 full <![CDATA[Away with JDA]]> Mon, 14 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000 No 1476 full <![CDATA[From Down Under: An Interview with David Nilsson]]> Mon, 07 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000 No 2210 full <![CDATA[The Character Clause]]> Hall of Fame Voting

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]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2020 19:16:20 +0000 Have sabermetricians gone to far? Are front offices making players feel like a number? Is there more to baseball, and life, than math and science?

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]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2020 18:57:36 +0000 Baseball has been shut down indefinitely and only the Lord knows when it will return. We gather “In the Bullpen” to share our memories, dreams, and questions about the future of the great game of baseball.

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