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Sabernomics» Economic Thinking about Baseball
My Book Reviews Appearances Media Inquiries Order Amazon.com Barnes & Noble Books-a-Million Chapter 11 Powell's Amazon.ca Chapters.indigo.ca Events March 28 >1360-AM The Ticket, Fort Madison, IA 8am CDT March 22 >Bellingham, WA KPUG 1170-AM, 3:15pm ...
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Explaining the Rockies’ Roll
Depending on your theology, Colorado Rockies fans can either thank The Magic Humidor for their amazing run of the last month, or God. You make the call.
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Draft Disappointments in Recent History
The Pirates took Bryan Bullington first overall in the ‘Moneyball’ draft of 2002. This might have been the third time I’ve read or heard his name mentioned since his drafting. You know who was taken six picks after him by Milwaukee? Prince Fielder. Two picks after him, Jeff Francis. Hermida, Kazmir, and Swisher, those are just three other names picked after Bullington.
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 A closer look at Jeff Francis’ start against the Phillies
A closer look at Jeff Francis’ start against the Phillies
Anytime you can hold the Phillies' powerhouse lineup to two runs over six innings you have done your job. Here is a closer look at how he did it.
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Jeff Francis - Colorado Rockies - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
Height: 6-5 Weight: 205 Bats: L Throws: L Born: Jan 8, 1981 - Vancouver, Canada College: British Columbia Draft: 2002 - 1st round (9th overall) by the Colorado Rockies
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Greg Reynolds is (almost) Rotation Ready
Coors Field, known as a hitters haven, is about to become pitcher friendly. Jeff Francis continues to develop into a #1 starter followed by Aaron Cook and highly touted youngsters Ubaldo Jimenez, Franklin Morales and Jason Hirsh. Greg Reynolds is almost ready to compete for the chance to make his mark on the NL Champs rotation.
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 Taveras feels robbed by premature calls
Taveras feels robbed by premature calls
Toronto - A simple groundball to shortstop Sunday quickly cast Willy Taveras as the star of "The Fast and the Furious." In Sunday's first at-bat, Taveras bounced a ball toward John McDonald. Taveras raced down the line but was called out. Replays ...
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How the '07 Rockies Created a Blueprint for Winning in Coors
Coors Field is a tough place to play baseball. It's nice for hitters but it also wears them down. It's really no fun for pitchers. So how did GM Dan O'Dowd turn the Rockies into a playoff team?
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In two words: That sucked.
And suddenly, the Rockies winning 21 of 22 is a distant memory. Instead, the memory is of tonight’s Game 1, a painful, painful game to watch, that saw Josh Beckett mow down the Rockies’ hitters on his way to nine strikeouts and just one ...
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 Baseball's best 2B still has something to prove
Baseball's best 2B still has something to prove
For the first time in his career, Chase Utley, an MVP candidate before having his hand broken, heard the faintest grumbles of disapproval during the NLDS. He will be redeemed.
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Tulowitzki Signing Analysis
Offensively and defensively, Tulowitzki has shoen in his first full year in the majors that he belonged and could even be considered the best at his position.
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 Player spotlight: Cliff Lee (Part 2)
Player spotlight: Cliff Lee (Part 2)
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 Player spotlight: Cliff Lee (Part 2) Posted by Derek Carty at 2:42am If you missed part one of this series on Cliff Lee , check it out here . For part two, we'll bring in some Pitch f/x data and see how Lee is doing what he is doing this year. Pitch f/x So, we know that Lee has been good this year. You probably didn't need to read all of part one to realize ...
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MLB Playoffs - 2007 World Series - Boston Red Sox vs. Colorado Rockies
The Rockies took two out of three against the Red Sox during an interleague series from June 12-14 at Fenway Park. Colorado outscored Boston 20-5, dropping the first game 2-1 before winning the next two, 12-2 and 7-1. The final game of the series ...
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DenverPost.com - Francis' purpose pitch shows Rockies can play rough, too
Tucson - The knee-jerk reaction to Jeff Francis' five-game suspension is easy. He shouldn't have thrown at Kevin Kouzmanoff. It made no sense for the Rockies to retaliate Tuesday when it could cost them a late April win because of Francis' absence. On...
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 ESPN - For second straight night, Rockies pitchers stymie Yankees - MLB
ESPN - For second straight night, Rockies pitchers stymie Yankees - MLB
Summary: Jeff Francis struck out a career-best nine in seven solid innings, and Matt Holliday homered and drove in three runs to lead the Colorado Rockies past the New York Yankees 6-1 on Wednesday night. Did you see that? Colorado's Todd Helton ...
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 Rockies Fever: All Aboard The Rockies Freight Train
Rockies Fever: All Aboard The Rockies Freight Train
We don't know about the rest of you, but as the National League makes its mad scramble to the finish, with still no playoff spots secured, the team we're developing an emotional attachment to are the Colorado Rockies. Over the next four days, ...
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 Q : What’s More Amazing Than Stevie Franchise Still Having An NBA Contract?
Q : What’s More Amazing Than Stevie Franchise Still Having An NBA Contract?
A : A Chinese sneaker company making the All-Star their company spokemodel . From the Houston Chronicle’s Jonathan Feigen : Francis held a press conference to announce that he would endorse Anta products and wear Anta shoes, starting as ...
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The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Game Wrapup
BATTING 2B : Youkilis 2 (2, Francis, Morales), Drew (1, Francis), Ortiz 2 (2, Francis, Morales), Ramirez (1, Francis), Varitek (1, Francis), Lowell (1, Morales). HR : Pedroia (1, 1st inning off Francis, 0 on, 0 out). TB : Pedroia 4; Youkilis 4; Ortiz ...
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Weird, Wild Stuff
ESPN's Jayson Stark put together a collection of some of the weirdest things to happen in baseball this year -- and, not surprisingly, the Red Sox made an appearance in a whole handful of those tidbits. • Just for Starters Dept. : We should have known what kind of World Series we were in for when the first inning of Game 1 featured a leadoff homer by a fellow who hadn't hit a leadoff

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