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Readers, stay tuned, because tomorrow, I, Jackie Moon,
will wrestle a bear. Actually, starting at noon, Eastern
Standard Time, I am going to be doing the first (to the best of my knowledge) liveblog of a book reading. Completely fed up with all of ...
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What does a year really tell you about
a player? Seriously. If I gave you the seasonal
stats for any player last year (or the year before), how much could you really tell me about him? If I told you he hit .300 last year, are you confident that ...
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MLB
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Who is the best pitcher in baseball right
now? Some might answer that question with Jake Peavy
or Josh Beckett, but I’d guess that at least 7 out of 10 times, the answer you would get is Minnesota Twins left-hander Johan Santana. Santana is a ...
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This weekend, I did something I’ve wanted to
do for a while now. I dusted off my
copy of Baseball Hacks, learned some basic Perl programming, downloaded Retrosheet’s bevent program, emailed or a little help (thanks Joe) and built ...
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MLB
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While recently conducting research for a chapter in
my book I found myself investigating the post-season page
of Baseball-Reference to see whether the home or road team won more often in the playoffs. The research was more in-depth than that sounds, ...
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mikefast
posted 2/24/2008 from
mvn.com
Part 1 of this series on Brian Bannister
is an analysis of his interview comments to MLB
Trade Rumors about how he beats the league batting average on balls in play.
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Who decided that starting pitchers were only allowed
to throw 100 pitches? OK, so we can use
the eyeball test to see that pitchers usually aren’t usually as sharp in the seventh inning as they were in the first. And there surely must be a ...
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Introducing OPA! OPA! is my new (still in
the works) fielding system for use with Retrosheet, one
that I’ve been meaning to create for a while now. Last week, I teased the beginnings of OPA!, at least the ground ball part. This week, a more ...
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The roundtable today welcomes J.C. Bradbury, the man
behind Sabernomics , and author of the book The
Baseball Economist . (Ed. note: that means that J.C.’s got a book, Eric’s got a book, and I’ve got… yeah… -P.C.) ...
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I have made some progress on Total Zone
in the last week. Here’s part 1 in case
youmissed it. For outfielders, I already separated line drives from flyballs. To further improve the ratings for outfielders, I added batter hand, as line ...
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You’re out with some friends watching a game,
either at a bar or at the ballpark. For
a while, you’re talking about old times, wondering when your favorite team is gonna trade for a good third baseman, and making fun of your buddy ...
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In a recent interview with MLB Trade Rumors
, Kansas City Royals pitcher Brian Bannister reveals that
he does statistical studies to help improve his game. Bannister, in talking about DIPS theory, suggests that one piece of information that is ...
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In case it is not yet known I
am currently in the research stage of writing a
book on the storied career of former major leaguer Bucky Walters. It is a dual-story, actually, involving not just Bucky’s career but also the fifteen-year effort of ...
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. Recently I was over at Bucco Blog
discussing the Pirates’ trading away of Jason Bay. An
earlier rumor had Bay headed to Tampa Bay in exchange for Reid Brignac and Jeff Niemann, but instead the Red Sox obtained Bay, with the Pirates ...
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In what was the second least convincing lie
told yesteday (the first being the Indians use of
Josh Beckett’s ex-girlfriend to sing the National Anthem before Game 5 of the ALCS being… ready?… an “incredible ...
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mikefast
posted 12/10/2007 from
mvn.com
This article examines Mariano Rivera's repertoire using detailed
PITCHf/x data, including spin parameters and strike zone charts
showing the results of his cutters and fastballs against lefty and righty hitters.
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What if we knew what type of pitches
every major league pitcher threw? What if we had
detailed pitch-by-pitch data about how he used those pitches in every game situation? What if this information was accurate and freely accessible to baseball ...
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Baltimore Orioles ace Erik Bedard had a breakout
season in 2007 before being sidelined at the end
of August with an injury to his oblique muscle. Prior to his final start, he was receiving strong Cy Young Award consideration with a 13-4 record, a ...
A PITCHf/x primer