fangraphs.com - 10/11/2009
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Jered Weaver and Josh Beckett started the game by not allowing anyone to reach base until two outs in the bottom of the third. A half inning later Victor Martinez drove in Jacoby Ellsbury and Boston claimed the lead while scoring for the first time in the series just like that. It didn’t last ...
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Kazmir's "historic dominance over the Sox"
Roto Savants —
... they filed this under "Advice," as though I was supposed to change my Pedro Martinez usage based on two teams,'06 D-Backs and '09 D-Backs, that had exactly four hitters in common who had a total of 283 total PAs in 2006 and 2009 (up to that point) combined. But I was really surprised to find a post at Fangraphs, a normally excellent source for sabermetric information and debate, that discussed "Scott Kazmir's historic dominance over the Sox." http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/alds-coverage-maybe-boston-left-their-bats-at-fenway ...
Kazmir's "historic dominance over the Sox"
Roto Savants —
... that they filed this under "Advice," as though I was supposed to change my Pedro Martinez usage based on two teams, the '06 and '09 D-Backs, that had exactly four hitters in common who had a total of 283 total PAs in 2006 and 2009 (up to that point) combined. But I was really surprised to find a post at Fangraphs, a normally excellent source for sabermetric information and debate, that discussed "Scott Kazmir's historic dominance over the Sox." http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/alds-coverage-maybe-boston-left-their-bats-at-fenway ...
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