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Who is Counting Anyway

Posted in Sabermetrics on March 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The Quad post introduced the counting stats in Total Bases and Times on Base, as opposed to rate stats, such as On Base Percentage and Slugging percentage. The formula for Times on Base (TOB) is (H + BB + HBP) The formula for Total Bases (TB) is (Total hits – 2b -3b – HR) + [...]

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Sluggers Faceoff: Man Ram vs Carlos Lee

Posted in American League, Astros, National League, Outfield, RedSox, Sabermetrics on March 9, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Manny Ramirez has been one of the true sluggers in baseball over the past decade. Carlos Lee has played most of his career in the American League, but has been on the National League the past few years (except for a cup of coffee in Arlington when he was traded away by Brewers). Lee is [...]

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More Than Just the Bill James Handbook

Posted in Sabermetrics on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I first came across Bill James work in the early 1990′s while perusing the Sports section of the local bookstore in Gainesville, Florida.  At the time it seemed interesting to me, but this was a time when the sabermetrics was not fully endorsed in the baseball community as it is today.  Not each team hiring [...]

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5 questions with Greener on the Other Side

Posted in American League, Free Agent Signing, Hitting, Interviews, MLB, Pitching, Prospects, Rockies, Rotisserie, Sabermetrics, Spring Training, Trade on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We are already past “Pitchers and Catchers”, and the exhibition games for the 2008 baseball season are underway. Its that time of the year that baseball fantasy owners are monitoring very closely what is going on in the Cactus League in Arizona, and the Grapefruit league in Florida. One of the better blogs I came [...]

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What Can Ground Balls Do For You?

Posted in Around the Web, Braves, Cubs, Defense, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Infield, MLB, National League, Padres, Pinto, Pitching, Sabermetrics on March 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »

In 2007, Jake Peavy was rewarded with his first Cy Young award as a 19 time game winner, while pitching most of his games in pitcher friendly Petco Park. His progression from one of the best best power pitching prospects in baseball, to one of the best pitchers in all of baseball seemed to have [...]

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Don’t Lose Contact

Posted in Around the Web, Sabermetrics on February 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I have read a few good articles articles lately about contact rate which is calculated as (AB-K)/AB) . As you improve the more times the ball hits the bat, the better the chances are your batting average improves: take the example of a hitter whose real skill is to hit home runs 8% of the [...]

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The Pine Tar Incident Tape Measure Blast

Posted in American League, Angels, Around the Web, Cubs, fantasy, Former Player, Marlins, Matt Holiday, National League, NL East, Phillies, Projections, Rays, Sabermetrics, Yankees on February 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »

A few weeks ago we were wondering about Mattingly’s wife and what happened ? The Daily News has a story and pictures about Mattingly’s life, and Donnie’s current unfortunate situation. My first memory of Mattingly was the summer of 1983, when both Don and Steve Balboni were getting a shot at the first base job [...]

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Quad 2007 Rankings stirs up NL MVP Debate

Posted in American League, JImmy Rollins, Matt Holiday, MLB, MVP, National League, Phillies, Rockies, Sabermetrics, Uncategorized on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »

With the 2008 baseball pre-season here, you are probably trying to figure out which player will be the offensive force to build your fantasy team around. The one baseball statistic that I have been following for a while now is the Quad which Rich Lederer pointed out several years ago when he compared some of [...]

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Some Pitching Metrics More Worthy Than Others

Posted in Rotisserie, Sabermetrics on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So you are preparing for your upcoming baseball draft, how do you differentiate between the good, the very good , and the great pitchers? The Greener on the Other Side blog, which applies sabermetrics to fantasy decision making, says to add a little cool Whip: Considering Hanley’s speed, he could steal second and score from [...]

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Josh Hamilton’s Wonderful Comeback

Posted in American League, Josh Hamilton, Minors, MLB, Outfield, Rangers, Rays, Reds, Sabermetrics, THT on February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »

In 2007, Josh Hamilton defied the odds and became the heart warming story of the baseball season. This chapter of his life was one about turning his life around and being able to fight off the drug problem that practically ruined his life, let alone a baseball career. After being the top overall pick in [...]

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