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Ozzie Guillen Is Becoming Less Extreme
Last off-season, prompted by a game in which I perceived the outcome to be effected by Ozzie Guillen's quick hook, I examined the evolution of Guillen's hook. I thought about taking it a step further ...
Gaslamp Book Club: The Bill James Handbook 2010
I've always liked big baseball books, or at least, I've liked the idea of big baseball books. Tomes of base-ball knowledge! Take this scene from a little known film about baseball: Now, while you ma...
2010 Bill James Projections: White Sox Pitchers
<!-- BEGIN WIDGET --> W-L G GS SVIP H HR BB K ERA WHIP Mark Buehrle 12-12 33 33 0 216 232 25 48 122 3.96 1.30 D.J. Carrasco 4-6 44 0 0 90 103 8 36 59 4.90 1.54 John Danks 11-12 33 3...
2010 Bill James Projections: White Sox Hitters
The good people at ACTA Sports provided me a sneak preview at the 2010 Bill James projections, which will be made available the public the the 2010 Bill James Handbook (available next week). James ten...
Monday Rockpile: Projecting pitchers, Bill James-style
Not much news on the Rockies out there. If you're an Indians fan, you can discuss hiring Manny Acta as manager. Or if you're a Cardinals fan, there's a rumor going around that Mark McGwire will be the...
Jason Bay vs. Matt Holliday, Bill James vs. devil_fingers: Free Agent Projection Showdown
Yes, it's that time of year... projections are already coming out. Dan Szymborski from Baseball Think Factory has already published his ZiPS projections for a few teams, and I may (or may not) do some...
Make Frankie A Relief Ace
It is easy to overlook option years tacked on to the end of baseball contracts. Quite often, these options may be declined by a team, and a small buyout is owed to the player. For instance...
C'mon, Rob! Win Shares? On Rob Neyer, Todd Helton, Jeff Kent, Jim Edmonds, Barry Bonds, Mike Piazza, and the 2000 NL MVP
Usual caveat: Rob Neyer is great. Really -- I'm among the many people out there who was first exposed to sabermetrics through his ESPN columns and "Rob and Rany on the Royals." He generally does a go...
Interleague Play, PythagenPat, and the Superiority of the American League
Interleague play is over for 2009. To the surprise of no one who follows baseball the American League dominated the National League yet again. This is part (but not all) of the basis for the argument ...
Boy, Did that Strict Pitch Count Ever Screw Up Nolan Ryan's 1987
In a recent article (co-written as an exchange with Bill James), Joe Posnanski makes the following remark: [Nolan] Ryan believed that the game belonged to the starting pitcher. It was his. Ryan HATED...
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