Commercial: The 2010 Hardball Times Baseball Annual is hot off the presses, and it contains an article by me analyzing  the standards of character, integrity and sportsmanship that are or should be applied to candidates for the Hall of Fame.  My article follows one by Bill James, who often has as much interesting to say about ethics as he does about baseball. If you get a chance to read “The Content of Their Character,” please let me know what you think.

The Annual has many fascinating articles and statistics on baseball by some of the smartest and most original analysts in the field, and I recommend it highly, whether you read my piece or not.