The One Stat
dugoutcentral.com 4/3/2009 — The choice is clear, if you had to choose one stat to judge hitters, that stat would be OPS. It's not because it's the perfect stat or even the most useful. But because it is a simple, accessible stat that gives us a great idea of how a hitter performs.

The most important stat in hockey
postgameheroes.com 5/28/2009 — There is no stat in hockey that is more important than SHOTS ON GOAL DIFFERENTIAL. Not save %, Not shooting %, Power play %, etc, etc… If you want to know who is likely to contend for the Stanley Cup each year, take a look at your team’s SOG Differential. There is no better indicator.

The One Stat - Pitchers
dugoutcentral.com 4/11/2009 — It is much more difficult to choose a singular best stat to evaluate pitchers than hitters. But we’re able to narrow the focus to a few stats, and from these make a choice as to which one we want to pay the most attention to.

Stat of the day
scottproctorsarm.com 5/27/2009 — Carl Pavano has more wins (5) than any Yankee pitcher thus far.  Yes, he has a 5.50 ERA, but that’s in part to the one-inning, nine earned run performance he turned in on April 9.  Since then, he is 5-3 with a 4.12 ERA. Carry on.

Charting Our Growth: Blazer Stat Trends This Season
blazersedge.com 5/4/2009 — Since Dave has posted his stat differentials from last year to this year, I figured it was a good time to post the charts of how our team has changed its stat sheet over the course of the year.  Whereas Dave's charts show the differences from last year's final tally to this year's, these ...

Stat Fun
hardballtimes.com 6/4/2009 — With apologies to Jayson Stark's research staff, I must say that I usually don't care for those "look at these weird stats!" pieces. But this one did do what those things are intended to do, which is to make read it and go "Hmm. Neat": A third of the way through the season, James Loney is on ...

A Tiger Woods Stat That Will Blow Your Mind
waggleroom.com 6/2/2009 — The stat comes courtesy of Shane Bacon at Fanhouse . Tiger Woods has never won a U.S. Open when arriving at the championship with less than two previous wins that year. Ever. He has three U.S. Open titles, and his first, in 2000, came on the heels of four wins prior to the USGA event. In ...

Weird stat of the night
yankees.lhblogs.com 4/29/2009 — Jose Molina had a sac bunt and a grand slam in the same inning. That hasn’t happen since May 7, 1975 when Sal Bando of Oakland did it against the California Angels. The Yankees tracked that down via the Elias Sports Bureau. You know ...

College Football Playoff
clubseatsports.com 5/13/2009 — Okay, so everyone has heard about the BCS vs. Playoff debate in college football. I’m not going to sit here and tell you why I think a playoff is better. Instead, I’m going to give you an in depth analysis. Here are my ideas on a College Football Playoff:

Stat: Offense So Far
metsblog.com 7/4/2009 — It is common knowledge that the Mets rank at the bottom of the National League with 50 home runs. …however, these numbers threw me for a loop… The Mets have the fewest strikeouts and the highest team batting average in the NL at .273. ...