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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Running on Fumes

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Equity is the fuel that powers players and managers.  Equity buys time.  For players, managers, even General Managers,...

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Why Batting Average Means Nothing (or less than we tend to believe)

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I'll still talk about it. I'll still write about it. I'll even still use it to analyze players....

Earned Runs vs. Runs

I've always been amazed by what it takes to win a baseball game. There are so many pieces....

Monday, August 29, 2011

Home Brew

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Win at home and split on the road. Usually that's a pretty good recipe for success. If a...

The Future Is Now

Every year a handful of teams start the season in "rebuilding" mode. These teams take their limited payrolls...

Sunday, August 28, 2011

What Happened in the Central?

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The Brewers have a 10.5 game lead over the Cardinals, a 13 game lead over the Reds, and...

Saturday, August 27, 2011

My Son's First Game

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With the romanticized notion of father and son's first game together firmly planted in my head, I set...

Finishing What He Started - James Shields' Complete Games

Yesterday, James Shields tossed his 10th complete game of the season.  Prior to this season, it had been...

Friday, August 26, 2011

Competitors

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How bad do the Angels want to win the division and face the Yankees or Red Sox in...

The Sad Death of Mike Flanagan

A Cy Young award winner died on Wednesday. More importantly, a father, husband, son, friend, and teammate took...

Thursday, August 25, 2011

The Best of the Worst

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It's easy to breakdown the top players in the league, but what about the little guys (or larger...

The MVP Pitch

As the pages fall off the calendar and teams ready themselves for the postseason, conversations about the MVP...

Run Differential

How much do runs actually matter?  You've heard over and over again about the American League Central.  Only...

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The Late Late Show With Craig Kimbrel

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If you stay up late enough, you can catch a glimpse of pure domination.  Stay tuned through a...

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Kelly Johnson/Aaron Hill Trade

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It was announced today that the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Toronto Blue Jays pulled off a three player...

Must See TV

Don't watch Justin Verlander pitch. Just don't do it. If you have anything else to do, chores, dinner,...

Monday, August 22, 2011

FIP vs. ERA

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According the Fangraphs stats glossary, "Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) measures what a player’s ERA should have looked like...

The Forgotten (Hoff)Man

Yesterday was a special day for the San Diego Padres, Trevor Hoffman, and baseball. Yet, baseball failed to...

Sunday, August 21, 2011

CBA: The Three Scariest Letters in Sports

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Hopefully the honeymoon isn't over. Throughout the entire season, both the players and the owners have refrained from...

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