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hardballtimes.com - 10 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 - 39 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?
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Bill James' Strong Season Leading Index
7 hours ago at Seattle Sports Insider
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blogs.sun-sentinel.com - 2 days ago
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Finally got around to ordering my Bill James
Handbook . During my initial perusal something jumped out
at me -- a positive stat on Emilio Bonifacio! Bonifacio took a lot of criticism last season for his low on-base percentage and inconsistent defense ...
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Florida Marlins: Hope for Emilio Bonifacio?
pinstripealley.com - 2 days ago
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More photos » by Jae C. Hong -
AP Browse more photos » I know we discussed
it ad nauseum during the playoffs, but I have to mention one last thing about video review (probably the last time before next ...
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One last thing on instant replay
gaslampball.com - 4 days ago
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More photos » by Lenny Ignelzi - AP
You want to know how Heath Bell lost so
much body mass? It be called Wii Fit Plus. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) Browse more photos » I've been ...
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Bill James 2010 Projections: Padres Pitchers
thesportsbank.net - 7 days ago
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You're entering a world of pain. By Jake
McCormick I’ve recently found out that I really, really
like The Big Lebowski. This sentence has never been spoken before, but John Goodman looks better and better every time I watch it. How else could you describe a character that pulls a gun over ...
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MLB awards Part II: The Big Lebowski of sabermetrics
detroittigersweblog.com - 11 days ago
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O ne of the few positives of the
end of the baseball season is the Annual Bill
James Handbook (aff link) arriving on my doorstep. At one time it was the only place to easily find a number of uncommon stats. Sites like Fangraphs and Baseball ...
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Culling the Bill James Handbook
fackyouk.blogspot.com - 11 days ago
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One thing we didn't focus enough on this
year at Fack Youk was the Yankees' minor league
system. Thankfully, there are several great resources in the Yankee blogosphere to fill in those blanks. Part of the plan for the off-season is to take a look at some of better prospects the Yankees have ...
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The Jackson Report: Looking To 2010
thecubreporter.com - 10 days ago
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Fangraphs is once again going to list the
projections on their player pages from a variety of
sources, Bill James , CHONE, Marcel....maybe more. Bill James projections are up first and here's how the Cubs ranked by wOBA and their 2009 wOBA ( explanation of wOBA here ). I'll try and expand when ...
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Bill James 2010 Projections for Cubs
nybaseballdigest.com - 12 days ago
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Joel Sherman has a great piece this morning
about how “mystique and aura” played a huge part
in the success of the 2009 Yankees. This certainly will not sit well with the “anti intangibles” crowd that seems to believe everything comes together at the altar of Bill ...
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Intangibles Big Key in Yankees Success
halosheaven.com - 11 days ago
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More photos » by Julie Jacobson - AP
Browse more photos » A couple of days ago
I received "The Bill James Handbook" in the mail (from ACTA Sports ). ...
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Nuggets From The Bill James Handbook
baseballanalysts.com - 11 days ago
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What a pleasant surprise it was to receive
a review copy of The Bill James Handbook 2010
on Halloween Day before the third game of the 2009 World Series. The Handbook is not only the first baseball stats annual to hit the market each year but the most comprehensive as well. The book, ...
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The Bill James Handbook 2010
fangraphs.com - 12 days ago
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Season Team BB% K% BB/K OBP SLG OPS
ISO Spd BABIP wRC wRAA wOBA Total - -
- 10.9 % 26.1 % 0.47 .344 .482 .826 .225 4.0 .300 384.4 54.1 .354 2006 Marlins 7.3 % 20.1 % 0.39 .339 .480 .818 .198 5.0 .315 94.5 8.8 .347 2006 Average 8.7 % 18.9 % 0.50 .337 ...
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Dan Uggla » Statistics » Batting | FanGraphs ...
redlegnation.com - 8 days ago
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Yes, we were all a bit disappointed in
Jay Bruce’s first full season with the Reds. It
wasn’t bad, by any stretch of the imagination, and I’m still excited about his future…but I think we all hoped for a bit more. Want a ...
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On Jay Bruce
amazon.com - 12 days ago
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So assuming you haven't been hiding under a
rock for the past 30 years or so, and
you have even the slightest interest in statistical analysis and/or fantasy baseball, you know who Bill James is. Hopefully you've picked prior versions of this book so ...
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The Bill James Handbook 2010 (9780879464073): Bill ...
gaslampball.com - 7 days ago
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I've always liked big baseball books, or at
least, I've liked the idea of big baseball books.
Tomes of base-ball knowledge! Take this scene from a little know film about baseball: Now, while you may have been paying attention to the moving monologue performed by Sir James Earl Jones, ...
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Gaslamp Book Club: The Bill James Handbook 2010
gaslampball.com - 30 days ago
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More photos » by Denis Poroy - AP
"I was looking at the Mayan calendar, and 2010
is our year. 2012, not so much." (AP Photo/Denis Poroy) Browse more photos » I've got a sneak ...
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San Diego Padres Predictions from the Bill James ...
drivelinemechanics.com - 29 days ago
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This compares not only the "hot stove" free
agent value (in wins and dollars) of Jason Bay
and Matt Holliday, but also uses both the authors own very basic offensive projections as well as the Bill James Handbook's 2010 projections. Who's better? Holliday or Bay? James or fingers?
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Jason Bay vs. Matt Holliday, Bill James vs. ...
actasports.com - 29 days ago
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The prize of our winter hibernation. Peter Gammons
The most essential annual published for the baseball fan.
Rob Neyer James has become part of baseball legend. The New Yorker Available November 1, 2009! Order Today! Click here for the spiral-bound ...
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ACTA Sports
advancedfantasybaseball.com - 28 days ago
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While I don't like to rely on them,
I enjoy looking at the numbers various projection systems
from Dan Szymborski's ZIPs , Bill James' The Bill James Handbook 2010 , and Chone Projections tend to release before most fantasy books come out. I'll keep updating this post as I find more. 2010 ...
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Dan Szymborski's 2010 ZiPS Projections
