Bill James, Ken Tremendous and Joe Posnanski

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amLinks: Polo Grounds, Lenny and Stats
Published 3/14/2008 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
... to incorporate parts of the Polo Grounds as well, not just Ebbetts, which gives Citi a Dodgers-only feel…and the Mets are not the Dodgers… Greg, from Faith and Fear in Flushing, recaps Lenny Dykstra’s spot on HBO’s Real Sports – in case you missed it. Check out Faith and Fear in Flushing later today for the latest Flashback Friday post. Lastly, at Mets Geek, John Peterson introduces you to Bill James, Ken Tremendous and Joe ...

Mets Geek: Peterson: Bill James, Ken Tremendous and Joe Posnanski
Published 3/14/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Mets Geek: Peterson: Bill James, Ken Tremendous and Joe Posnanski ’gnaw’... Peterson devours Sabooks ...’gnaw’ I’ve never read a Baseball Abstract. I’ve never even seen one. For me, the sabermetrics movement started with Moneyball. Yet I’ve read great reviews of James’s writing, how he’d asked questions no one had asked before, how he visualized baseball in an entirely new way, and how he sparked the movement to record and database every event in every baseball game. Stars of the sabermetrics field from Rich Lederer to Rob Neyer name Bill James as a primary influence. ...

The Middle Ground
Published 3/14/2008 by Shyster at ShysterBall
... I've probably run too many meta-items lately, but it's spring, and not much really substantive is going on, so here's another one, from Mets Geek: ...

Forecast: Blogospheric Pollution
Published 3/15/2008 by Itsmetsforme at It's Mets For Me: Off-Beat, Tangentially Relevant Mets Ruminations
... In recent years, I've come to be of the opinion that the MLB Spring hasn't started until I've forked over my viewing ransom to BIG CABLE for the so-called Extra Innings package. And I haven't yet. And since I plan to waste the majority of my extra time on this team come April, I'm savin' bullets. I am not, as you may have suspected, busy spewing hilarity out of my golden blowhole as writer-actor on a highly regarded network comedy show. I am barely qualified to watch the Office, as I have trouble keeping up with its scheduling. ...

StatSpeak World Famous Roundtable: April 28
Published 4/28/2008 by Pizza Cutter at Statistically Speaking
... to offer up information specific to the player.  If Jose Reyes comes up, I don’t care about his HR/RBI, I would be curious about his SB or SB%.  If Pat Burrell comes up, I don’t care about his BA, because I know his ISO will be very high.  Perhaps something along the lines of OPS+, HR, RBI, and then a Personalized Statistic would be better.  Pizza Cutter: First off, for the most brilliant recap of the follies of batting average, read Joe Posnanski’s take on the subject (h/t Mets Geek ).  In an ideal world, where people really were open to new ideas, I’d nominate Tom ...