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Oldtimers’ Day 2013

Posted on June 27, 2013 by rightoffthebatbook

Following the whole media-and-financial brouhaha between Brian Cashman and Alex Rodriguez, it has taken me (Evander) a few extra days to digest all the doings of the New York Yankees sixty-seventh Oldtimers’ Day. Unofficially, this treasured event has its origins … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Baseball, Cricket, Pakistan, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees | Tagged Alex Rodriguez, Andy Pettitte, Australia Baseball League, Babe Ruth, Bernie Williams, Bobby Richardson, Brian Cashman, Bucky Dent, Dizzy Dean, Don Larsen, Dr. Bobby Brown, Goose Gossage, Graeme Lloyd, Heinie Manush, Imran Khan, Jerry Coleman, Jesse Barfield, Joe DiMaggio, Joe Pepitone, Joe Sewell, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Pat Kelly, Perth Heat, Phil Rizzuto, Ralph Houk, Reggie Jackson, Roger Maris, Rom Blomberg, Roy White, Sterling Hitchcock, Steve Balboni, Steven Fish, Ted Williams, Whitey Ford, Willie Randolph, Yogi Berra | Leave a comment

(Im)probabilities

Posted on January 25, 2013 by rightoffthebatbook

No one is going to confuse Martin and me with Theo Epstein or Bill James. Truthfully, the term Sabermetrics largely gets nary a nod in Right Off the Bat. Why? It all goes back to “leet” childhood. [“Feed-in”]…I remember practically flunking … Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Website | Tagged Bill James, Bobby Thomson, Bucky Dent, contact rate, DIPS, exit velocity, FIELDf/x, ISO, Jackie Robinson, JAWS, launch angle, line-drive rate, Literature, OPS, Reaction Analysis, Reggie Jackson, Sabermetrics, Scoring Efficiency (SE), Scoring Load (SC%), Statcast, Theo Epstein, Ultimate Base Running (UBR), UZR, WAR, WARP, WHIP, Whitey Ford, WRC | Leave a comment

The Unhappy Recap, Part 1

Posted on August 22, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

Former Baseball Hall of Fame librarian and researcher Russell Wolinsky is our guest blogger for a special three-part series on “The Dark Years: The Demise of the New York Mets—June 15, 1977, to June 15, 1983.” Please welcome Russell, and … Continue reading →

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