I said on my site that I was going to do less daily stuff and more in-depth things, and here I come to prove it despite all good sense by blugeoning you over the head with in-depth things.

Now that everyone has pleasantly forgotton the torment of July ...

• ... a whole analysis of what exactly happened in July.

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Spoilers:

• It wasn't singles, or doubles, or triples, or walks, or strikeouts.

• 90% of the hitters that produced 4.2 runs-per-game in June were there for the 2.9 runs-per-game July.

• The new 10% was supposed to make things better.  Hint: they didn't.

• The was also bad luck, and a collective aversion to hitting the ball hard in the air.

Part 1 (of 5!) here.

Home page here.