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Joe Posnanski: Talkin' about the age-33 falloff phenomenon, with Bill James
Joe Posnanski: Talkin' about the age-33 falloff phenomenon, with Bill James
For many major league players, says SI.com's Joe Posnanski and statistics guru/baseball executive Bill James, age 33 often turns out to be an unlucky number.
Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz typify tendency to fall off at age 33 - Joe Posnanski  - SI.com
Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz typify tendency to fall off at age 33 - Joe Posnanski - SI.com
sportsillustrated.cnn.com — After a one-week vacation, we are back with the continuing evolution of an experiment that last appeared... two weeks ago: a combination column with Boston Red Sox senior advisor and baseball writer extraordinaire Bill James ... Today's topic is actually ... (more) Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz typify tendency to fall off ...
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S.I.: Posnanski: Talkin’ about the age-33 falloff phenomenon, with Bill James
BBTF's Baseball Primer NewsblogS.I.: Posnanski: Talkin’ about the age-33 falloff phenomenon, with Bill James Shot at age 33? Definitely, in Ray Vitte’s case. Joe: This amazes me… you know from 1983 to 1990, Alan Trammell put up a 124 OPS+. Over those same eight years, Cal Ripken Jr. put up an OPS+ of ... yes, 124. I personally believe Trammell is a Hall of Famer, but I don’t think he will get elected and the reason seems to be that he never played a full season after age 32. Bill: Maturity in a player is the development of talents; not the development of NEW talents, but the development of those talents ...

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Halos Heaven — ... Mike Scioscia said Santana will be folded back into the rotation this weekend against Baltimore. A Look at Ervin Santana's Nearing Return - Bleacher Report The article says he was sitting between 91 and 93 on the radar gun, which may be a little bit below where he’s been in the past Guerrero steps up throwing program - Angels blog - OCRegister.com Vladimir Guerrero threw to bases as part of his pre-game throwing workout today Talkin' about the age-33 falloff phenomenon, with Bill James - Joe Posnanski - ...

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