Boston Globe: Edes: Stat book gives ‘08 sneak preview
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Boston Globe: Edes: Stat book gives ‘08 sneak preview Gordon Edes, with a Bostonian look inside the 2008 Bill James Handbook. Jacoby Ellsbury is projected to bat .320 and steal 42 bases next season, according to the Bill James Handbook 2008, the kind of numbers that would make Ellsbury a strong candidate to be the American League’s Rookie of the Year. ...Gospel, they’re not. But as grist for hot-stove conversation, the James projections have enough of a track record to warrant an inspection. ...Here’s an exotic one: Pedroia led the league in something called BPS on OutZ, ...
Red Sox News & Notes - 11/11
SOX & Dawgs —
... negotiations go, things are still quiet on that front. I know this isn’t something we want to think about but what happens if Lowell isn’t re-signed. Who do the Sox go after? Tony Massarotti has a look at that in the first link. So with the Patriots off today and the UConn women starting at 2:00 PM, let’s take a look at the headlines from the Boston media on this Veterans Day morning.
Plan B begins with A [Boston Herald]
In the projection room [Boston Globe]
Beckett for brief rest [Boston Herald]
Man ...
The Dirt Dawgs live thanks to guys like Pedroia
Sox and Pinstripes | Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees – The Greatest Rivalry in Baseball —
... As James, sometimes he is close and other times he is completely wrong. Gordon Edes wrote an interesting article about James projections for 2007, and his forecast for 2008. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/11/11/in_the_projection_room/ ...
Pedroia = Rookie of the Year
Sox Blog —
... with Kansas
City pitcher Brian Bannister third with 36 points (1 1st, 8 2nds, 7 3rds).
Boston
righthander Daisuke Matsuzaka finished fourth with two seconds and six thirds for
12 points while lefthander Hideki Okajima received three third place votes
And all that with a broken
hand.
What a @#$% badass.
Big congrats to Pedroia, Dice-K, and Okajeemer.
How about another
one next year?
