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The foul ball, part one: What does it tell us about a batter?
This is the first study I've seen of foul balls. Very nice job.
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MLB
Liar, Liar? « The Mockingbird
Jon Hale has a quick look at A. J. Burnett's pitching repertoire last night. This is the potential power of the Pitch f/x system. Imagine every blog being able to post something like this the day after a game? Awesome.
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MLB
How to make your team better by firing your third base coach
Tremendous analysis by Pizza Cutter, showing how conservative coaches and managers tend to be, and how much it costs their teams.
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MLB
The Other Fifteen: How important is the narrative?
A very nice article about the narrative of baseball, why we love it, and why it presents problems between sabermetricians and the ordinary fan.
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MLB
Gelf Magazine Ink-Stained Investigators
Talking to the primary investigators of baseball's steroid scandal.
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MLB
Gelf Magazine Why NFL Coaches Keep Making The Wrong Calls
See where the coach of your favorite team rates.
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NFL
Hank Steinbrenner: Yankees' deal for Johan Santana `probably off' - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
The latest in the Santana sweepstakes.
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MLB
Hank Steinbrenner
Johan Santana
New York Yankees
THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball
An angry rebuttal to Gary Huckaby's proclamation that baseball analysis is dead.
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MLB
Craig Biggio Blames Media Pressure For Stalling At 285 Hit-By-Pitches | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Critical article. Must read.
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MLB
Craig Biggio
Newberg Report : THE NEWBERG REPORT -- JULY 31, 2007: THE MARK TEIXEIRA TRADE
Jamey Newberg with a great Texas fans' view of the Teixeira trade.
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MLB
Mark Teixeira
Texas Rangers
Tennis, pressure and the gender wage-gap
Pretty fascinating study and a very controversial finding: that women are more prone than men to make more unforced errors and play more conservatively in clutch situations.
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Tennis
Audio Player on 790 The Ticket
An interview with Buzz Bissinger, in which Buzz loses it because the interviewer challenges his numbers. No surprise, given the type of stuff Bissinger has written in the past.
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MLB
The Soul of Baseball: The boys try to look so hard ...
A great post about the least intimidating pitchers. For my money, this is the best baseball blog out there right now.
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MLB
Smoltz and Braves agree on contract extension - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
Given today's market, a very good deal for the Braves. Smoltz is still effective, though his K rate has fallen off a bit this year.
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MLB
Atlanta Braves
John Smoltz
The Real Most Valuable Players - WSJ.com
Excellent Wall Street Journal article on baseball economics.
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MLB
300-pound man crushes fan at Shea - Newsday.com
Ouch! A new reason to just watch games on TV.
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MLB
The Best Left-handed Pitchers of 2007 -- The Hardball Times
Great list by Chris Constancio
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