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RALederer

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The Best Baseball Analysts in the Country
baseballanalysts.com - 31 hours ago
The Best Baseball Analysts in the Country
— baseballanalysts.com — The Baseball Analysts, which Bryan Smith and I co-founded in early 2005, is fast approaching its five-year... anniversary. The new site was the result of a merger between Bryan's Wait 'Til Next Year and my Baseball Beat, whose origins go back to the spring of 2003. Over the ensuing years, ... (more) The Best Baseball Analysts in the Country

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Bob Ryan & the Burgeoning Boston Chapter of the Alex Gonzalez Fan Club
baseballanalysts.com - 47 hours ago
Bob Ryan & the Burgeoning Boston Chapter of the Alex Gonzalez Fan Club
— baseballanalysts.com — Bob Ryan took to the pages of the Boston Globe yesterday to list Alex Gonzalez's departure for... Toronto as the latest in a series of shortstop mishandlings by Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein. The logic seems to go something like this: Gonzalez suits my eye when I watch him field a ... (more) Bob Ryan & the Burgeoning Boston Chapter of the Alex ...

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The Cubs and the Virtues of Inaction
baseballanalysts.com - 3 days ago
The Cubs and the Virtues of Inaction
— baseballanalysts.com — Coming off consecutive NL Central crowns, 97 wins in 2008, and with bigtime acquisitions like Rich Harden... and Milton Bradley set to be in the fold for a full season, Chicago Cubs fans had every reason to believe that the 2009 edition of their club could finally end their century-old title ... (more) The Cubs and the Virtues of Inaction

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MVP Award Probabilities: Accounting for Sampling Variation
baseballanalysts.com - 7 days ago
MVP Award Probabilities: Accounting for Sampling Variation
— baseballanalysts.com — This week wraps up the MLB awards . In the AL, Joe Mauer took home the MVP... and Zack Greinke took home the Cy Young. In the NL, the hardware will likely go to Albert Pujols for MVP. Meanwhile, in one of the tightest three-way races in recent memory, Tim Lincecum squeaked out a victory for the Cy ... (more) MVP Award Probabilities: Accounting for Sampling Variation

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Common Run-Production Formulae Evaluated
baseballanalysts.com - 8 days ago
Common Run-Production Formulae Evaluated
— baseballanalysts.com — A Review of Basics There are two sets of equations that together constitute the backbone of the... art of modern statistical analysis: those that project team games won from runs scored and runs yielded, and those that project team runs scored (or yielded) from some combination of reasonably ... (more) Common Run-Production Formulae Evaluated

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A Pitchf/x Look at Passed Balls and Wild Pitches
baseballanalysts.com - 10 days ago
A Pitchf/x Look at Passed Balls and Wild Pitches
— baseballanalysts.com — Catcher defense is one of the more enigmatic areas of baseball study. It has developed relatively independently... of other position player defensive analysis. This is probably because, although catchers field some ground balls and pop ups, their main defensive contribution is very different from ... (more) A Pitchf/x Look at Passed Balls and Wild Pitches

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Holliday-Bay: Visual Scouting Reports 1.0
baseballanalysts.com - 12 days ago
Holliday-Bay: Visual Scouting Reports 1.0
— baseballanalysts.com — Jason Bay and Matt Holliday are the two best hitters on the market. Holliday is a year... younger than Bay, and will likely command a more lucrative contract. If you'd like to know how they stack up in left field, check out ESPN's recent articles analyzing the matter. But I’d like to ... (more) Holliday-Bay: Visual Scouting Reports 1.0

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On Greinke and Things Related
baseballanalysts.com - 13 days ago
On Greinke and Things Related
— baseballanalysts.com — Zack Greinke won the 2009 American League Cy Young Award yesterday, capturing 25 of 28 first place... votes. I am going to dive into Baseball Reference's Play Index to try and gain some perspective on Greinke's 2009 season, but first let's have a look at a couple of mainstream baseball pieces ... (more) On Greinke and Things Related

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MVP Award Balloting: Is It Fair?
baseballanalysts.com - 14 days ago
MVP Award Balloting: Is It Fair?
— baseballanalysts.com — The MVP and Cy Young Awards are closely upon us, and soon we'll know this year's choices.... As you know, the balloting for these awards is done by two baseball writers from each city. I'll spare the indignation about why award choices are limited to just two BBWAA members when there are a host of ... (more) MVP Award Balloting: Is It Fair?

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Holiday Shopping Ideas
baseballanalysts.com - 14 days ago
Holiday Shopping Ideas
— baseballanalysts.com — "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I... do. I stare out the window and wait for spring". — Rogers Hornsby With the holiday season fast approaching, it's time to begin putting together your wish or gift list. You can do your part to stimulate ... (more) Holiday Shopping Ideas

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With the Jumping and the Diving and the Whole Thing
baseballanalysts.com - 18 days ago
With the Jumping and the Diving and the Whole Thing
— baseballanalysts.com — First there was the error. A century later, we finally have the natural antithesis to the error:... the Web Gem. The good people over at ESPN track all the best defensive plays in baseball on a daily basis, and come up with that short minute segment which is often a highlight of my night. This ... (more) With the Jumping and the Diving and the Whole Thing

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Exploring the Intangibles of Catching
baseballanalysts.com - 19 days ago
Exploring the Intangibles of Catching
— baseballanalysts.com — Baseball and statistics go together like peanut butter and jelly. The fact is, just about every position... on the field can be successfully evaluated with numbers. But, in my opinion, the catching position is one spot that requires closer inspection. Rating receivers is hard to quantify because ... (more) Exploring the Intangibles of Catching

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Here's the Catch: Jorge Posada & Jason Varitek
baseballanalysts.com - 20 days ago
Here's the Catch: Jorge Posada & Jason Varitek
— baseballanalysts.com — Throughout baseball history, there have been a number of memorable positional rivalries that have unfolded within broader... team battles. The 1950's in New York come to mind, when Duke Snider , Joe DiMaggio and Willie Mays were all playing center field for their respective clubs. The Yankees ... (more) Here's the Catch: Jorge Posada & Jason Varitek

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Economic Theory and Player Movement Throughout Baseball History
baseballanalysts.com - 21 days ago
Economic Theory and Player Movement Throughout Baseball History
— baseballanalysts.com — With the end of the World Series last Wednesday, the season is over and the Hot Stove... League has begun. While there has always been a Hot Stove League, the general feeling is that it has become more intense since the advent of free agency since a plethora of players are easily available to any ... (more) Economic Theory and Player Movement Throughout Baseball ...

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The Bill James Handbook 2010
baseballanalysts.com - 21 days ago
The Bill James Handbook 2010
— baseballanalysts.com — 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, ... (more) The Bill James Handbook 2010

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baseballanalysts.com - 24 days ago
The Best Pitch of 2009
— baseballanalysts.com — Everyone loves end of the season superlatives, so I thought I would join the fun and present... 2009's best pitch. First let me say that this is a shameless rip-off of John Walsh's original 'Searching for the game's best pitch' when he looked at the 2007 season's best. I use Walsh's metric which ... (more) The Best Pitch of 2009

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Visual Scouting Reports (Beta)
baseballanalysts.com - 26 days ago
Visual Scouting Reports (Beta)
— baseballanalysts.com — What if I could just punch a couple lines into my computer and get to see the... strengths and weaknesses of a player in graphical form? Harry Pavlidis does a good job using pitchf/x data to give a brief summary of pitchers, and Dave Allen is like King Midas graphing with R. I've set out to ... (more) Visual Scouting Reports (Beta)

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Should the Phillies Have Pulled Cliff Lee With A Big Lead?
baseballanalysts.com - 28 days ago
Should the Phillies Have Pulled Cliff Lee With A Big Lead?
— baseballanalysts.com — The Phillies found themselves in a 3-1 hole going into Monday night. Luckily for them, they had... their ace, Cliff Lee, on the mound for them. But the Phillies bats went into overdrive for them as well, putting up six runs in three innings. After three, the Phillies had a commanding 6-1 lead, ... (more) Should the Phillies Have Pulled Cliff Lee With A Big Lead?

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World Class Talent: Where Does It Come From?
baseballanalysts.com - 10/30/2009
World Class Talent: Where Does It Come From?
— baseballanalysts.com — With the 2009 World Series well underway (split one game apiece between the New York Yankees and... the Philadelphia Phillies), let's take this opportunity to break down each club to see how, where, and when each club obtained its talent. The Yankees organization has a long-standing reputation ... (more) World Class Talent: Where Does It Come From?

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A Quick Take on Velocity
baseballanalysts.com - 10/29/2009
A Quick Take on Velocity
— baseballanalysts.com — A few weeks ago, Max Marchi wrote an article for The Hardball Times analyzing pitchers' fastball velocity... trends throughout the year. Last year on THT , Josh Kalk developed a preliminary aging curve for fastball velocity. Both Marchi and Kalk used pitchf/x data, which began being recorded ... (more) A Quick Take on Velocity

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