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Tejada leads the team in OBP
Moneyball was an influential book for two reasons. First, it described the process by which a GM can attempt to min-max a winning team every year. That’s interesting. Second, it showed a lot of the...
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No earned runs to start the season
Fernando Rodney saved his second game for the Seattle Mariners last night, after being set up by the combined efforts of Danny Farquhar and Tom Wilhelmsen in the 7th and 8th innings. What really looked...
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The Vultures of Capistrano
As with the swallows returning to Capistrano, every April brings the return of the Vultures to Major League Baseball. A vulture win is a special kind of decision for a reliever. In its purest form, it...
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Conflicts
You’re trying not to smile, aren’t you? - My wife on Saturday morning Although the Dodgers are currently my favorite California team, it’s tough – I’m a huge Angels fan. It all started in 2004, when...
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Everybody’s Stupid Except Me
Or, why is there a guy being paid to manage the team when I already do it? There have been quite a few extra-innings games this year for the Mets. The pitching situation has been stressed a couple of...
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Spring, When a Young Man’s Position Players Turn to Pitchers
Last week was an exciting time, because it marked the first instances of the year of one of the World’s Worst Sports Blog‘s favorite situations – a position player taking the mound. Position players...
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Mets, Game 21: Tales Of Interest
Three interesting things happened last night: Kyle Farnsworth earned his second save of the year. Thus far, both saves have come against the Cardinals. Kyle is the third Met to earn a save this year,...
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Chone Figgins is below the Mendoza line, so why has he earned his spot?
It’s no secret to regular readers, if any, that I’m a fan of Chone Figgins. The Dodgers picked him up as a free agent and kept him on the roster this year. He’s hitting abysmally – in 15 plate...
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How has hitting changed this year? Evidence from the first half of 2017
It’s no secret that MLB hitters are hitting more home runs this year. In June, USA Today’s Ted Berg called the uptick “so outrageous and so unprecedented” as to require additional examination, and he...
View ArticleWhy isn’t baseball’s free agent market clearing?
There’s been some discussion of the free agent market in baseball and its alleged inefficiency – that players like Manny Machado don’t sign until February and Bryce Harper is still unsigned, for...
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