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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 - 33 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 - 43 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
hardballtimes.com - 2 days ago
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One of the best pitching prospects in the
2007 June draft, Porcello did nothing but impress in
2009. However, despite all the success, is he ready to contribute to your fantasy team? Click the title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Player Profile: Rick Porcello
hardballtimes.com - 2 days ago
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Everyone knows about Ichiro Suzuki's crazy 2004 season,
but Brad Wilkerson deserves some love of his own.
Click the title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Out come the freaks
hardballtimes.com - 2 days ago
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The latest in the business of baseball. Click
the title to read more. Read more great baseball
stuff at The Hardball Times .
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BOB: Spring Training is center stage
hardballtimes.com - 3 days ago
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The 2009 minor league free agent lis t
is littered with former top prospects and number one
picks. Some of these names should sound familiar; Josh Barfield , Bobby Brownlie , Chad Cordero , Eric Duncan , Clint Everts , Ryan Harvey , Dallas McPherson , Greg Miller and several notable others are ...
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Notable minor league free agents
hardballtimes.com - 3 days ago
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J.C. Bradbury : Though old players may not
be what they once were, the evidence indicates they
can still be valuable. According to my estimates, a hitter who has a .900 OPS at his peak would be expected to post around an .850 OPS at 35; a pitcher with a peak 3.5 ERA is expected to post ...
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Is peak at age 29?
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Where could Omar Vizquel and Nick Johnson end up?
hardballtimes.com - 3 days ago
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It's too much to ask every writer to
be as thorough as Christina Kahrl is in explaining
her Rookie of the Year vote , but how nice would it be if every voter actually explained the thought process behind their awards choices? Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Great Moments in Transparency: Christina Kahrl’s Rookie ...
hardballtimes.com - 3 days ago
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Not a big surprise . Two writers voted
King Felix first. One voted for Verlander. First place
votes for Sabathia would have bothered me. Overall nothing to complain about here. He's getting married on Saturday too, so all in all it's a pretty good week for Zack. Read more great baseball ...
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It’s Greinke
hardballtimes.com - 3 days ago
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Slow day, so I scan the news. Great
(Captain Robert Falcon) Scott ! Or was it Shackleton?
AL Cy Young today . Greinke should get it, but the writers once gave the damn thing to Jack McDowell for cryin' out loud, so who knows? For relaxing times, make it Takahashi time . Cancel the ...
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My Morning in Exile
hardballtimes.com - 3 days ago
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The 2009 AL Rookie of the Year scouted—digitally.
Click the title to read more. Read more great
baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Andrew Bailey PITCHfx
hardballtimes.com - 3 days ago
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What Chris Jaffe's new book has to say
in his new book about the controversial late manager.
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Book excerpt: “Evaluating Baseball’s ...
hardballtimes.com - 3 days ago
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Amidst a changing Rockies team, Todd Helton has
remained a constant throughout the years. Click the title
to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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A rock in Colorado
hardballtimes.com - 4 days ago
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What do the following 5 players all have
in common: Jason Bay , Ken Griffey , Jr.,
Jermaine Dye , Brad Hawpe , and Adam Dunn ? The answer: they were named in Matthew Carruth's article over at fangraphs as being baseball's 5 worst defensive players over the last 3 seasons. They are also either ...
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A defensive shift
hardballtimes.com - 4 days ago
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In a bit of a surprise, the Cincinnati
Reds have brought back Ramon Hernandez on a one-year,
$3 million contract to function as their starting catcher. The reason I say it was a surprise is because popular notion has been that the team is looking to slash payroll. In such a situation, the more ...
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Reds bring back Ramon Hernandez
hardballtimes.com - 4 days ago
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New house, new duds : Plans for the
new uniforms and logos unveiled today include: Primary Home
Uniform - The "Twins" script has been slightly altered and updated for 2010 and beyond. Secondary Throwback Uniform - Twins players will wear a circa 1961 throwback uniform on Opening Day as ...
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New Twins uniforms revealed
hardballtimes.com - 4 days ago
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Over at NBC I figured that Beckham and
Happ would win it. I even forgot to mention
Andrew Bailey in my first pass at it and had to go back and update. Shows you what my figuring is worth : A's right-hander Andrew Bailey's rise from Minor League obscurity to Major League limelight turned ...
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Rookies of the Year: Bailey and Coghlan
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If anyone is looking for something to buy
me for Christmas : "The Official Major League Baseball
World Series Film Collection" (A&E;, $229.95), a spectacular DVD set that contains 20 discs featuring extensive footage of 65 World Series from 1943 to 2008. It comes packaged in a thick, ...
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“The Official Major League Baseball World Series Film ...
hardballtimes.com - 4 days ago
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I've signed way less important petitions than this
one . To: Major League Baseball, MLB Network We
the undersigned humbly, and with all due respect, ask the MLB Network to air the June 12, 1970 game between the San Diego Padres and the Pittsburgh Pirates. On that day the Pirates' pitcher ...
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Sign this petition
hardballtimes.com - 4 days ago
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So I'm trying to decide if, upon leaving
the legal job, I'm going to keep the law
license active or let it slip into inactive status. On the one hand, letting it go inactive saves me several hundred dollars and about 15 hours sitting in a classroom taking continuing legal education classes ...
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My Morning in Exile
hardballtimes.com - 4 days ago
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Yesterday’s busts are tomorrow’s value picks Click the
title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff
at The Hardball Times .
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Fetch me my slippers
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Whenever one of these two lefties pitch there
is almost always someone on base. Click the title
to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Clone Wars: Jonathan Sanchez and Clayton Kershaw
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Wherein we learn about Ruth's difficulties hitting the
long ball in Boston and Ott's easy time at
the Polo Grounds, with some bonus material on The Splinter and The Clipper. Click the title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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The Babe at Fenway and other home run stories
hardballtimes.com - 4 days ago
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The first installment of a series of excerpts
from Chris Jaffe's new book showcases its analytical heart:
the Tendencies Database, and also provides some fascinating results it yields. Click the title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Book excerpt: Evaluating Baseball’s Managers, 1876-2008
hardballtimes.com - 5 days ago
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Since the beginning of September, Professor Andy Andres
has been teaching the 2009 version of Sabermetrics 101
at Tufts University . The class, which is available through Tufts' Experimental College (which specializes in offering classes in somewhat esoteric areas) is described as follows: ...
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Sabermetrics 101 at Tufts
hardballtimes.com - 6 days ago
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The Hardball Times Annual 2010 is now shipping.
If you ordered it from ACTA, you will receive
it very soon (if you haven't already). If you ordered it from Amazon, you'll get in a couple of weeks. I warned you... I learned yesterday that the Annual was printed by the same printer that printed ...
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It’s in the mail
hardballtimes.com - 6 days ago
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One of the more intriguing two-way prospects in
the minor leagues is Red Sox shortstop and pitcher
Casey Kelly . Kelly, just 20 years of age, was a first round pick in 2008 out of Sarasota High School. He made his debut in 2008 as a shortstop and in 130 at-bats between Rookie-A and Low-A he ...
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A look at Red Sox prospect Casey Kelly
hardballtimes.com - 7 days ago
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Michael Jong, of Marlin Maniac and Beyond the
Boxscore , has written quite the nice set of
articles outlining some of the major concepts of modern day Sabermetrics at FanHuddle: Glossary: part one , two and three . Runs created The value of walks The "international currency" of baseball ...
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Intro to Sabermetrics
hardballtimes.com - 7 days ago
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Using 2006-2008 data, I ran a regression using
UZR's ARM rating per 150 games as my dependent
variable against the three Z-Scored arm ratings on Tangotiger's Fans' Scouting Report-accuracy, strength, and release-and using the number of ballots as my weights. Fans can explain about 10% of the ...
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A look at arm ratings
hardballtimes.com - 7 days ago
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This is my first post here at THT
after spending a year and a half blogging for
my favorite team, the St. Louis Cardinals. It's good to be on board. With the end of the World Series, every baseball fan's second favorite pastime is rumor-mongering about who's heading where and for how much or ...
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Ain’t lovin’ Granderson?
hardballtimes.com - 7 days ago
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So, like, I was building this prototype teleportation
machine, and just as I was about to test
it on Derek Jeter, the Unfrozen Caveman version of Johnny Damon accidentally fell into the transport pod . Total mess. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Mr. GQ
