Monday, June 20, 2016

Cleveland

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I have a love-hate relationship with Cleveland. I was born and raised in the exurbs. I left for college but eventually came back to the su...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Great Moments in Yahoo! PBP

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Today Yahoo! unveiled a completely new design for their MLB page. Alas, the PBP now reads backwards and is as ill-equipped to deal with unus...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

The Only Rule Is It Has to Work

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Note: The following is a rare (for this blog) timely book review. The premise of The Only Rule Is It Has to Work is that respected saberm...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

LWR Component Deflators and Replacement Hitters’ Batting Lines

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Last time, I explained how we could use Linear Weight Ratio, an offensive metric developed by Tango Tiger, as a shortcut in finding a variab...
Monday, April 25, 2016

LWR and Component Deflators

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If I tell you that a hitter has a line of .260/.330/.400, and I tell you that he plays in a park that inflates run scoring by 5%, what would...
Monday, April 11, 2016

Linear Weight Ratio

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Note: The series of four posts I will be posting over the next month were written a long time ago, apparently in 2009. Since I have not been...
Friday, April 01, 2016

2016 Predictions

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Standard disclaimer applies. Also, I’m giving myself an extra Oreo for every time I can use the phrase "on paper". AL EAST 1....
Wednesday, March 09, 2016

1883 AA

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The American Association entered its second season having gotten the attention of the National League if nothing else. Some AA clubs began ...