babeslovebaseball.com - 7/3/2008
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Welcome to our eighth edition of Voodoo Sabermetrics. This week we tackle one of the hottest bats in baseball, Philadelphia Phillies second baseman, Chase Utley. We generally polish off our Voodoo posts with Jon Pyle (see Hotness and SMI) but we have a special treat for you today, instead.
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Epic Carnival —
Adriana Lima loves the Memphis Grizzlies. (MoonDog Sports) Grading the NBA Draft (by agencies). (The Sports Agent Blog) Penguins sign God and Satan. (Mondesi's House) Joe Buck is a tool. (Awful Announcing) Voodoo Sabermetrics: Chase Utley. (Babes Love Baseball) Dr. Favrenstein: Chiefs, Peterson interested in Favre? (Arrowhead Addict) Things more believable than a Brett Favre retirement. (The World of Isaac) Purple Jesus brings home the hardware. (NE Patriots Draft) Video of a one legged little league ...
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