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(Im)probabilities
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
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The Unhappy Recap, Part 1
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
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged American League, Bob Gibson, Bob Murphy, Bowie Kuhn, Bucky Dent, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Comisky Park, Dave Kingman, Ed Kranepool, Frank Taveras, George Foster, George Steinbrenner, Jane Javvis, Joe Torre, Keith Hernandez, Lee Mazzelli, M. Donald Grant, National Baseball Hall of Fame, National League, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Nolan Ryan, Pete Rose, Philadephia Philies, Ralph Kiner, Reggie Jackson, San Diego Padres, Shea Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals, Steve Carlton, Tom Seaver
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