What happened to Josh Barfield?

• Richard F Koch

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  "My best guess is that there are a combination of factors at work here—some I have suggested, others I may not have considered (hidden injuries, off-field issues, Mercury retrograde, etc.). Any one of them probably wouldn't be enough to push Barfield in the wrong direction, but together, they just might."

  During Mercury retrograde this year, Josh hit .282/.299/.329.  During the rest of the year, Josh hit .233/.259/.322.

  Posted 11/1/2007 [reply] [flag]

• Geoff Young

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  Amazing what the standard splits don't tell you...

  Posted 11/1/2007 [reply] [flag]

• studes

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  I was curious, so I looked it up.  According to an article I found, the only mercury retrograde period during the baseball season this year was from June 15 to July 18.  According to Baseball Reference, he hit .250/.264/.290.  It would be neat to see splits that that!

  Posted 11/2/2007 [reply] [flag]

• Richard F Koch

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  Apparently (http://itotd.com/articles/271/mercury-retrograde/), every chart listing Mercury retrograde periods computes them a bit differently.  My source said it was June 15 through July 9.  I goofed and it turns out Josh hit .272/.282/.321 during that period vs. .236/.267/.324 the rest of the season.  If you use Studes' dates, Josh hit .241/.270/.344 in non-retrograde.  Maybe he should only play during Mercury retrograde.   Having spent an inordinate amount of time figuring all that out, maybe now I should start my own Mercury retrograde splits website.

   

  Posted 11/2/2007 [reply] [flag]

  • Geoff Young

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    You're in luck, mercury-retrograde-splits.com is still available.

    Posted 11/2/2007 [reply] [flag]

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