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December 31, 2025

Best of 2025

FanGraphs Q&A and Sunday Notes: The Best Quotes of 2025

A look back at the year in baseball quotes.

12/31 - David Laurila 3

December 2, 2025

Best of 2025Research

Too Much Math About an Old Adage

Did you learn “hard in and soft away” as a young baseball fan? I did, and I never tire of finding ways to prove that saying using major league data.

12/2 - Ben Clemens 21

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