sabermetrics
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Santo's overdue Hall of Fame victory just typical human behavior
Baseball on About.com &bull Dec 8, 2011
There's something sad -- yet totally human -- about not really remembering how good somebody was until they're gone. We seem to love tributes to those who pass away. Michael Jackson was swimming in debt before he died, and his kids are now… Full Story »
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The Red Sox, the Manager, the Media
Baseball Reflections &bull Nov 17, 2011
As Ben Cherington, the new GM for the Boston Red Sox, completes interviews with all of the candidates for the new manager's job, he and the Red Sox ownership cabal are faced with many considerations. The new skipper will have… Full Story »
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Epstein one of best deciphering numbers
Chicago Tribune Cubs News &bull Oct 17, 2011
His arrival will enhance Cubs' move toward analytics, sabermetrics Theo Epstein will not be allowed to bring his trusted advisor Carmine with him from Boston, much to the dismay of the Cubs. Full Story »
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'Moneyball' is compelling, but leaves out much of the real story
Washington Post Nationals News &bull Oct 11, 2011
Movies aren't as much fun when you know the people being portrayed - at least not for me, which I recently learned watching " Moneyball ," the film adaptation of Michael Lewis's best-selling book, "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an… Full Story »
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Lupica: Francona on the 'Money' with Sox
New York Daily News MLB News &bull Oct 2, 2011
Greg Fiume/GettyTerry Francona and the Boston Red Sox part ways after an epic regular season collapse. Terry Francona didn't talk about OPS numbers on Friday after he was fired in Boston. He didn't talk about Pythagorean winning percentages or range… Full Story »
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Cubs could change the ending to 'Moneyball'
Baseball on About.com &bull Sep 24, 2011
At the end of the movie "Moneyball" -- in theaters this weekend across the country -- Billy Beane is faced with an incredible career choice: Stay with the A's and try again to use those statistical principles to build a… Full Story »
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Red Sox are anything but 'Money'
Fox Sports MLB News &bull Sep 23, 2011
Mark Kriegel is the national columnist for FOXSports.com. He is the author of two New York Times best sellers, Namath: A Biography and Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich, which Sports Illustrated called "the best sports biography of the year."… Full Story »
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"Moneyball" latest to join long list of baseball movies
Denver Post Rockies News &bull Sep 23, 2011I used to laugh at those movie geeks at the theater, armed with lightsabers and grandeur dreams of an actual prom date - yet here I am, impatiently waiting to head to the theater, armed with sabermetrics (and don't even… Full Story »
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Sports closer to art than science
Fox Sports MLB News &bull Sep 22, 2011
Jason Whitlock writes about the sports world from every angle, including those other writers can't imagine or muster courage to address. His columns are humorous, thought-provoking, agenda-free, honest and unpredictable. E-mail him or follow his Twitter. James (the inventor of… Full Story »
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Paul DePodesta is captured to a tee in film 'Moneyball'
Los Angeles Times MLB News &bull Sep 21, 2011
Paul DePodesta is captured to a tee in film 'Moneyball' Although identified by a different name, the sabermetrics guru who later became Dodgers general manager is the real hero of the movie that depicts Billy Beane's reliance on statistics to… Full Story »
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Jerry Green: Narrow-minded voters will cost Justin Verlander the MVP
Detroit News Tigers News &bull Sep 10, 2011
Verlander is the most valuable player to his team in all of Major League Baseball. No other ballplayer has contributed as much. Clear and simple. So he deserves the award. But I doubt if the Sabermetrics zombies will vote to… Full Story »
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MVP debate will have no clear winner
Fox Sports MLB News &bull Sep 9, 2011
Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. Follow him on Twitter. Ignoramuses in the MSM, including yours truly, continue to make greater use of sabermetrics; heck, we… Full Story »
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Rays GM Andrew Friedman surely a possibility for Cubs
Chicago Sun Times Cubs News &bull Aug 21, 2011
Someone sure to be high on the Cubs' list of potential general manager candidates already has two strong supporters in the clubhouse, including the guy he traded to the Cubs last January. The Rays beat the New York Yankees and… Full Story »
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Sabermetrics 101: Gaining the Fantasy Baseball Edge
Baseball Reflections &bull Jul 28, 2011
Most people who play fantasy baseball participate in leagues which count basic statistical categories. Although actual league formats may differ (head-to-head, rotisserie, points leagues being among the most popular), the categories in which your teams compete are generally the same. Most fantasy baseball leagues will consider the following categories for batters: Runs, Home Runs, RBI, Batting Average and Stolen Bases. Often for pitchers, the important categories are often comprised of the following: Wins, Saves, ERA, WHIP and Strikeouts. However, when evaluating players for your team (at either the draft table or when considering in-season trades and waiver wire moves), it… Full Story »
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Treating baseball too much like real life
Seattle Times Mariners News &bull Jul 25, 2011
Geoff Baker covers the Mariners for The Seattle Times. He provides daily coverage of the team throughout spring training, and during the season. Sitting here in New York and thinking about what I was doing 10 years ago this month, staying at the Marriott World Trade Center for two weeks pre-9/11, I thought I had a pretty good grip on perspective. Last week, I was informed that I have Acute Myeloid… Full Story »
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Sabermetrics devotees gather to discuss history, media, PEDs
Boston Herald MLB/Red Sox News &bull Jul 10, 2011
LOS ANGELES - Deep into the committee meeting, the mood was quickly swinging from scholarly detachment to pointed crankiness in the Pacific Room at the Long Beach Hilton. So, yes, Cubs outfielder Max Flack did have a bad series as… Full Story »
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Overthinking It: Walkless Wonders by Ben Lindbergh
Baseball Prospectus &bull Jul 7, 2011
Among the many oddities of the pre-sabermetric period-or at least the time before sabermetrics went mainstream-is replacement-level shortstop Gary DiSarcina's 12-year career, most of which he spent as a starter. That's not to say that teams no longer make mistakes in a more enlightened era-they do, and plenty of them-but one wonders whether DiSarcina would have enjoyed the long leash he did had his every on-field failure been scrutinized by an army of online (and front-office) observers wielding advanced statistics. Of course, it wasn't as if more simplistic stats built DiSarcina into a Joe Carter-like false idol-one didn't need to… Full Story »
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As mind behind Mets' future, Paul DePodesta tasked with replenishing farm system
NJ.com Mets News &bull Jun 6, 2011
NEW YORK - Inside an empty stadium Sunday afternoon, the clap of bat meeting ball filled Citi Field, the sound of young men trying to impress. A trio of amateur prospects - two high-schoolers and one college player - took batting practice as a tryout for an audience of Mets scouts. In the middle of the gaggle behind the backstop stood the man who could deliver them into the Mets organization. The boys wore T-shirts and cleats. Paul DePodesta tucked a light blue buttondown into khakis. DePodesta is a scout with a background steeped in the methodology of statistical analysis.… Full Story »
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As mind behind Mets' future, Paul DePodesta tasked with replenishing farm system
NJ.com Mets News &bull Jun 6, 2011
NEW YORK - Inside an empty stadium Sunday afternoon, the clap of bat meeting ball filled Citi Field, the sound of young men trying to impress. A trio of amateur prospects - two high-schoolers and one college player - took batting practice as a tryout for an audience of Mets scouts. In the middle of the gaggle behind the backstop stood the man who could deliver them into the Mets organization. The boys wore T-shirts and cleats. Paul DePodesta tucked a light blue buttondown into khakis. DePodesta is a scout with a background steeped in the methodology of statistical analysis.… Full Story »
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As mind behind Mets' future, Paul DePodesta tasked with replenishing farm system
NJ.com Mets News &bull Jun 6, 2011
NEW YORK - Inside an empty stadium Sunday afternoon, the clap of bat meeting ball filled Citi Field, the sound of young men trying to impress. A trio of amateur prospects - two high-schoolers and one college player - took batting practice as a tryout for an audience of Mets scouts. In the middle of the gaggle behind the backstop stood the man who could deliver them into the Mets organization. The boys wore T-shirts and cleats. Paul DePodesta tucked a light blue buttondown into khakis. DePodesta is a scout with a background steeped in the methodology of statistical analysis.… Full Story »
