Scott Olsen Fails the Shawn Hill Challenge
firejimbowden.blogspot.com 7/23/2009 — Back in April I issued a challenge to all Nationals starters: can you beat Shawn Hill in 2009 VORP? VORP, or value over replacement player, is a Baseball Prospectus stat the counts the number of runs--or runs prevented, in the case of a pitcher--that a player provides over the course of a ...

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto
bases.newsvine.com 7/24/2009 — This is fun reading, but I can't wait for the "this is a sabermetrician's wet dream" cracks from old media: Look out Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka. A pair of baseball-playing robots that can pitch and hit with incredible results have been ...