What interested me online this week…

A lot of great stuff this week online from a baseball stat and sabermetric perspective. I don’t want to take too much time building it up, so I will just get right into the details.
The Great Clutch Project
I mentioned this a few weeks ago, concerning Tom Tango asking fans to join him in a battle [...]

Who can beat my two aces?

I work at a place that often gets involved in the political arena, specifically policy recommendation and research, so times like these are often quite entertaining and quite busy. My past couple of weeks have been spent working on plans for various presidential candidates we have invited to come and also hosting an event for [...]

Transactionary Tales Part 6: NL West

We finally finish things off this series with the surprise division of 2007, the one that produced two playoff teams and the eventual NL champion. A couple of major moves and a lot of player signings and extensions highlight this division’s offseason.
Arizona Diamondbacks
12-14-2007: Acquired RHP Dan Haren and RHP Connor Robertson from the Oakland Athletics [...]

Transactionary Tales Part 5 - NL East

I promise this will not be as long as the NL Central post from a few days ago. But then again, the NL East has made some pretty significant moves this offseason, so maybe I will retract that. Let’s jump right in,
Atlanta Braves
11-16-2007: Acquired OF Josh Anderson from the Houston Astros in exchange [...]

Transactionary Tales Part 4 - NL Central

Being about three weeks from the start of Spring Training, most of the deals and signings have been completed, with the exception of the Santanas and the Bonds out there who are still looking and wondering where they will be in two months.
We have already gone through the AL side of things, looking at each [...]