While You Were Out: Amazin' Avenue Week In Review (8/2-8/8)

Here's a recap of this week's posts, which you might have missed while watching the way-too-long "Funny People":

• Mike Pelfrey May Have Found His Out-Pitch - Sam shows us why Big Pelf's improved slider is encouraging. 
  
• Jon Niese's Strike Rates - Eric breaks down Niese's swinging and called strikes by pitch.  It's a shame Wednesday had to happen.
  
• Omar Minaya Did The Right Thing - Eric explains why standing pat at the trade deadline was a smart move by Omar and the Brainstorm.
  
• The Diamondbacks' Aerial Assault - With the aid of Hit Tracker, I look at the D-Backs Citi Field home run binge led by Mark Reynolds.
  
• Players To Avoid This Offseason - An early glance at the upcoming offseason. 
  
• My Video Game Is Smarter Than The Mets' Front Office - Imagine a world where Angel Berroa and Cory Sullivan are in A ball, Jeff Francoeur plays for the Omaha Royals (AAA), and Nick Evans is on a big league roster. 
  
• Mets Movie Of The Week - The worse the Mets play, the more likely we'll see posts like this.
  
• You Always Fear What You Don't Understand - Gotham's own Carmine Falcone provides the title for my plea to end ignorant baseball discussion.