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Redleg Nation found this 4/30/2008 on www.redreporter.com [flag]
Darren Hauck/AP   I noticed yesterday that FanGraphs has added a fantastic new feature to their site.  They call it plate discipline stats, and it gives us the ability to go one step further into analyzing the player's performance.  It's not quite the level of detail that you get from Pitch F/X data, but frankly, it's a helluva lot easier to get to and to comprehend.  ... [link]

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Pitch F/X Fun at Red Reporter
Published 4/30/2008 by Chris at Redleg Nation
... Slyde at Red Reporter has a great analysis of the new Pitch F/X data.  About a year ago, I had mostly convinced myself that baseball statistical analysis had reached a plateau - there were no major questions left unanswered, at least about offense. ...

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