With another regular season come and gone, you will hear a lot of debate amongst the experts over the next couple of months as to who should win the particular offseason awards. But, let’s face it, besides AL Cy Young and NL MVP, the names are already engraved on the trophies for these prizes.
So I [...]
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Since the first Baseball Abstract was published some 30 years ago, Bill James has been labeled a lot of things: revolutionary, heretic, genius, fraud, etc. His analysis and research has been praised and trashed at the same time. His work has been studied and acutely used by some big league clubs, and laughed at by [...]
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On September 11, I attended the Astros-Cubs game here in Houston that the Astros won 5-4 in 11 innings thanks to a Luke Scott walk-off triple off of Ryan Dempster. During games, as is my custom, I will usually try to pick up on some interesting trend, or notice something I have never seen before, [...]
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From BaseballAlmanac.com:
“I’m not trying to be cocky, but I set such a high standard for myself. I’m not happy when I pitch seven innings and give up two runs and get a win.”
-Barry Zito
Well, then Barry Zito sure has not been very happy lately. The offseason’s biggest pitching free agent prize, who signed a seven [...]
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In 2003, the Michael Lewis book, Moneyball, opened the eyes of a lot of baseball fans, insiders, and analysts as Lewis described the thought processes of GM Billy Beane and the 2002 Oakland Athletics in their quest to remain competitive in the American League despite a payroll significantly less than the Yankees, Red Sox, and [...]
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