i don't know why he hasn't posted it here yet (out of modesty, maybe?), but our fellow ANer sal wrote a pretty interesting guest article over at beyond the boxscore.  the more stat-oriented folks here at AN should definitely check it out.  we're lucky to have such smart people as a's fans!

i've only read 1/3 of it so far, and there are tons of excellent points that i had never even thought about...

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/story/2005/7/1/17483/60819