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beyondtheboxscore.com - 3/10/2009

Graph of the Day: Plate Discipline (or not)

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Of players who had at least 140 PA in 2008, Nick Johnson ranked lowest in swinging at pitches out of the zone at 10.0%. Pablo Sandoval ranked highest at 53.8%. These are their pitch charts on pitches out of the zone, red being pitches they swung at, blue pitches they took. For kicks, their ...

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beyondtheboxscore.com - 3/5/2009

Graph of the Day: Throwing Fuel On The Fire

— beyondtheboxscore.com — Which player has the better Hall of Fame argument based on production?  And who are the players? ... Hint one: they played the same position.  More hints after the jump.  Full disclosure in the comments, eventually. WAR data from Sean's historical WAR database .  ... (more) Graph of the Day: Throwing Fuel On The Fire

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beyondtheboxscore.com - 3/16/2009

Graph of the Day: Change-Ups from the WBC

— beyondtheboxscore.com — This ends the Felix and Friends Flight Path series.  LaMura for the third time, and special guest,... Cody Cillo.  Cillo's 67mph "change-up" looks quite short compared to Felix's splitter, eh? (more) Graph of the Day: Change-Ups from the WBC

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beyondtheboxscore.com - 3/14/2009

Graph of the Day: Curveballs from the WBC

— beyondtheboxscore.com — More Felix, as promised.  From Hernandez to Maestri to Oswalt, you get three speeds and three looks.... (more) Graph of the Day: Curveballs from the WBC

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It's All Over Here Except for the Paulie
Give 'em Some Stankeye! — ... -- Hacktastic Panda. Beyond the Box Score shows us that Pablo Sandoval swung at more pitches outside of the strike zone than he laid off. I know a lot of fans are expecting Pablo to be one of the heavy hitters who will bring the Giants back to the promised land, but this is insane. Maybe he's like Roberto Clemente in that he can hit everything in his wingspan with authority, but those kinds of guys are extremely rare birds. Also, comparing a catcher with 140 major league plate appearances to one of the all-time greats is quite the bit of sacrilege. ...

Stat Notes: Baserunning, Plate Discipline, A's
MLB Notebook - Major League Baseball New, Notes, and Analysis — The Baseball Analysts take a look at baserunning leverage. Iamawesomer at BtB looks at Pablo Sandoval's and Nick Johnson's plate discipline. Devil_fingers figures out how good the A's pitching staff will be. ...

Wednesday Wangdoodles
ESPN Feed: neyer rob — ... argue!•Wow. After seeing this , I'm going to have a really hard time maintaining my stance that Omar Vizquel doesn't belong in the Hall of Fame.•I think this Jonah Keri kid might have a real future in this business.•So what do you think about Topps' new 3-D baseball cards ? I think it's a cool idea, but probably just a way station to something really cool.•Last season, Pablo Sandoval swung at 54 percent of the pitches he saw that were outside the strike zone . The kid's going to be good, probably. But, jeez. (H/T: BTF's ...

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Comments on: Rotoscoop.com — ... To call Pablo Sandoval a “free swinger” would be an understatement. He makes Vladimir Guerrero’s plate coverage look modest. ...