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hardballtimes.com - 4 hours ago
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Bill James has a couple of interesting articles
up on his subscription site . The first one
quickly chronicles the history and inexorable rise of the strikeout. To sum up: "Strikeout rates have increased in the majors in every decade since 1920, except for the 1970s." The strikeout has gained ...
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hardballtimes.com - 10 hours ago
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Kind of a weird topic, right? But I
have my reasoning. News broke Friday of a potential
three-way deal that would send Milton Bradley back to Texas from the Cubs. Chicago would receive second baseman Luis Castillo from the Mets as their reward for shedding the malcontent, with Kevin ...
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Kevin Millwood or Luis Castillo: Who is more valuable?
hardballtimes.com - 12 hours ago
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This has nothing to do with baseball at
all, but this story sent to me by MooseinOhio
is so cool that I gotta post it somewhere.* After the Celtics won the 1986 championship, [Bill] Walton sat alone in Bird’s kitchen drinking Wild Turkey until after the sun came up. I told Bird I didn’t ...
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Great Moments in Championship Celebrations
hardballtimes.com - 14 hours ago
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So I get to take the kids for
their H1N1 vaccinations today. That should be a barrel
of laughs. On the bright side, they're spending the night at my folks' house, so I'll only have to hear their complaining about it until I drop them off around dinner time. After that, Mrs. Shyster and I grab ...
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My Morning in Exile
hardballtimes.com - 18 hours ago
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Do batters time a breaking pitch in their
first at-bat, then crush it when they see it
on their second trip to the plate? Click the title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Medium and short-time pitch memory
hardballtimes.com - 19 hours ago
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Errors by the guy who rips others' errors.
And a tribute to Ron Klimkowski. Click the title
to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Cooperstown Confidential: Olbermann is off base
hardballtimes.com - 21 hours ago
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Taking a cue from the NL side, we're
going a bit more in-depth this week on fewer
players: The fleet Rajai Davis, Aaron Hill and Edwin Jackson. Click the title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Waiver Wire Offseason: AL
hardballtimes.com - 23 hours ago
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This week's NL offseason coverage looks at two
top-flight young pitchers and where Jake Fox might appear
in a baseball game—and how he might perform Click the title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Waiver Wire Offseason: NL
hardballtimes.com - 31 hours ago
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Keith Law didn't vote for Chris Carpenter. Will
Carroll didn't either . Of course, according to the
baseball fans on Twitter, both are saber-morons who are ruining the game. Hysteria indeed. A few interesting tweets/comments: Here are some notable tweets: Jon Heyman ( @SI_JonHeyman ): "i ...
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Sportswriters don’t vote for Cy Young based on popular ...
hardballtimes.com - 32 hours ago
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There is some brewing discontent over the NL
Cy Young vote, as two members of the webby
portion of the BBWAA -- our friends Keith Law and Will Carroll -- did not include Chris Carpenter on their three-man Cy Young ballots. Keith voted Javier Vazquez second (Lincecum first and Wainwright third) ...
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Your Thursday afternoon tizzy
hardballtimes.com - 33 hours ago
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In the 2010 Hardball Times Baseball Annual, Bill
James took a look at predicting whether a player
will do better or worse in 2011. To read the article in its entirety, ACTA Sports (the publisher of the Annual) has made it available as a PDF here . The gist of the article is the idea of taking ...
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Bill James’ ‘Strong Season Leading Index’ flawed?
hardballtimes.com - 35 hours ago
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I don't have a link yet, but people
are talking about it already. He's a fine choice.
Great year. I probably undervalued the fact that he had more innings than Carpenter, so no arguments here. Given that he has a court date on a controlled substance thing coming up soon, be prepared for the ...
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Lincecum takes the Cy Young
hardballtimes.com - 37 hours ago
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I know it's basically just been a string
of MMIE's lately, and for that I apologize. Wrapping
up one's legal career and preparing to jump right into a new one really has a way of taking up the afternoon. Still, six new posts a day ain't exactly chopped liver as far as baseball bloggers go. You ...
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My Morning in Exile
hardballtimes.com - 42 hours ago
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Adapting the Power/Speed number to see who's contributed
most to both halves of the game. Outfielders and
catchers get ranked in this installment. Click the title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Offense/Defense number (Part 2)
hardballtimes.com - 42 hours ago
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A pitcher's ace status is irrelevant. Click the
title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff
at The Hardball Times .
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Acey-deucey
hardballtimes.com - 42 hours ago
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On Nov. 18, 1967, Tom Gordon was born.
Gordon is one of only a handful of pitchers
in the "3-100 Club"—those with 100 games started, wins and saves. Richard looks at the entire group. Click the title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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This annotated week in baseball history: Nov. 15-Nov. ...
hardballtimes.com - 43 hours ago
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TUCK! toons every Thursday. (Except next Thursday.) Click
the title to read more. Read more great baseball
stuff at The Hardball Times .
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TUCK! sez: Here come the Halladays
hardballtimes.com - 43 hours ago
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Who are the top 10 prospects for the
Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers? Click the title
to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Top 10 prospects for 2010: Chicago White Sox and Detroit ...
hardballtimes.com - 2 days ago
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Here's something I didn't know, courtesy of Craig
Wright's excellent subscription newsletter, A Page from Baseball's Past
. The Alou brothers weren't really Alou's. Felipe Alou is really Felipe Rojas. A mistake was made on his first contract in which the scout put in the family name of his ...
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You’re not Alou
hardballtimes.com - 2 days ago
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In the wake of my many threats to
grow the greatest Grizzly Adams beard the world has
ever seen once I start blogging full time next month, my wife emails me this post written by famed blogger Heather Armstrong and says "you married the wrong woman!" Which, while I see her point, is totally not ...
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My Morning in Exile
