The Cy Effect
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halejon posted 4/2/2008 from www.baseballdigestdaily.com [flag] |
You often hear that a pitcher with a good reputation or a great career is more likely to get a borderline call from the man behind the plate. It does seem like human nature to be swayed by a big name on the mound, but is it really the case, or does it just seem that way because the better pitchers just hit the corners more often?
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The Blair Pitch Project (zzzzzzing!)
Published 6/9/2008 by halejon at The Mockingbird
I love it. 45 minutes after Blair makes what I’ve decided to interpret as a direct reference to me as a “stats dude”:
“I’m sure there’s some stats dude out there with some sort of graph or some such thing that can verify or shoot this down.”
(Have I mentioned how stupid I think referring to ...