Whatever Happened to Controlling the Strike Zone?

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it’s worth noting that the Padres have done an excellent job of controlling the strike zone since moving to Petco Park. This has coincided with the fact that — the first half of 2008 notwithstanding — they’ve done an excellent job of winning baseball games since then: [link]

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Published 7/26/2008 by MB at Friar Forecast
... the last fielding article! Here’s a good interview about PITCHf/x with Josh Kalk. If you like the Padres and baseball cards, you’ll probably like The Electric Friar. fwiw, up until a couple of years ago, I used to be a big baseball card collector. I don’t buy many cards anymore, but that could easily change sometime down the line … Daniel takes a pretty interesting look at how star players age, using WARP. Here’s Geoff Young with a look at the Padres’ ability to control the strike zone. ...

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