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By Bill James (Sep 29, 2023)
Hold on just a moment there. . .
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By Bill James (Sep 29, 2023)
Hold on just a moment there. . .
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By Bill James (Sep 22, 2023)
Does anyone remember where I published this?
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By Bill James (Sep 01, 2023)
Have injury rates for pitchers actually increased meaningfully?
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By Dave Fleming (Aug 29, 2023)
Some scattered thoughts at the end of a great run.
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By Daniel Marks (Jul 30, 2023)
A retrospective of the past 8 years
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By Bill James (Jun 11, 2023)
Wrestling with TIgers and St. Louis Cardinals
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By Bill James (Jun 10, 2023)
BJOL will be closing down
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By Bill James (May 30, 2023)
What, is the title not self-explanatory?
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By Bill James (May 20, 2023)
Completing the answer I started a couple of days ago. OK, it turned into a 9-page article, but it started as the answer to a "Hey, Bill" question.
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By Daniel Marks (May 17, 2023)
A "spinoff" of Bill's recent series, reimagining the AL third base Gold Glove awards....
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By Dave Fleming (May 14, 2023)
The Mariners young starter isn't pitching like a young starter. Any chance people will start to notice?​
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By Bill James (May 05, 2023)
Just a short one.
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By Bill James (May 04, 2023)
Part 2 of the series begun yesterday
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By Bill James (May 03, 2023)
They weren't even shaving yet.
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By Bill James (Apr 27, 2023)
Trying to contribute a little bit to an endless discussion.
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By Bill James (Apr 26, 2023)
The narrowing pathway toward 300.
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By Bill James (Apr 25, 2023)
Part II of the series that began yesterday. Ready. Aim.
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By Bill James (Apr 24, 2023)
Creating an analytical pathway toward "Overrated" and "Underrated"
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 27, 2023)
A slew of prognostications and some minor punditry, in anticipation of Opening Day.
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 26, 2023)
Pretty much what the title implies....along with some thoughts on the "illustrious" vs. the "quantifiably proficient".....
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By John Carter (Mar 20, 2023)
A geographic breakdown of MLB's player origins
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 15, 2023)
Hog butcher of the world, tool maker, city of contenders?
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By Bill James (Mar 08, 2023)
Help?
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 05, 2023)
How are the Red Sox looking this year?
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By Bill James (Feb 27, 2023)
Boston? I thought we were going to Hawaii!!
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 25, 2023)
Baltimore and Arizona improved a lot last year. Can they do it again?
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By Bill James (Feb 20, 2023)
Outage
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By Bill James (Feb 13, 2023)
Answering a reader's question (and a couple of hundred more) about home-grown talent.
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By Daniel Marks (Feb 11, 2023)
Today, JoeBlogs....tomorrow, MLB.com? Also, unravelling the Charley/Charlie Smith mystery.....
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 11, 2023)
The Twins traded the batting champ for a mid-rotation starting pitcher. How did we get here, and what does it all mean?
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By Bill James (Feb 06, 2023)
I have jury duty today and will not be able to respond to questions.
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By Bill James (Feb 01, 2023)
On the other hand, the Angels could sign an infinite number of star players and still finish fifth.
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By Bill James (Feb 01, 2023)
Answering someone's question. Anyone.
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 29, 2023)
All dynasties eventually end.....
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By Bill James (Jan 19, 2023)
More and more hitters now are driving in runners who are not on base to be driven in. You might have noticed.
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By Bill James (Jan 11, 2023)
Reflections on the necessity of forcing everything to add up.
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By Bill James (Jan 09, 2023)
From Tango
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By Dave Fleming (Jan 02, 2023)
The Rangers are taking an old approach into a new era. Will it work?
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 01, 2023)
The results are in. The two newest members are.....
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 26, 2022)
Just a reminder to vote by December 31st.....
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 19, 2022)
Time for Bill James Online members to cast your votes.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 12, 2022)
The latest installment of an annual Bill James Online member project. Read....participate....and (eventually) vote.
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By Bill James (Dec 07, 2022)
How much data do you have to study to get reliable Park Effects measurements?
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By Bill James (Dec 02, 2022)
Watcching an old movie on TV, baseball in the background
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By Bill James (Dec 01, 2022)
Other potential uses of this weeks' method
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By Bill James (Nov 30, 2022)
A few of the dominant players at their positions, over time.
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By Bill James (Nov 29, 2022)
Building slowly on the work we did yesterday.
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By Bill James (Nov 28, 2022)
Trying to reduce the 120-year struggle to be king of the mountain to a comprehensible result.
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 24, 2022)
The tradition continues. Our 7th annual installment of a Bill James Online member contest.
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 24, 2022)
Wrapping up the series.....
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By Bill James (Nov 02, 2022)
Continuing the previous discussion, but with a revelation.
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By Daniel Marks (Oct 30, 2022)
We've reached the bottom half of the top 10 in the countdown......
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By Bill James (Oct 28, 2022)
A debate from "Hey, Bill" has spilled over its banks and flooded the articles basin.
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By Dave Fleming (Oct 15, 2022)
The baseball season ended with a dramatic race towards a rare achievement. And no one noticed.
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By Daniel Marks (Oct 08, 2022)
The countdown continues....
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By Bill James (Sep 29, 2022)
Tom Tango's response to earlier comments made here
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By Daniel Marks (Sep 24, 2022)
Heading to the midpoint of the countdown.....
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By Bill James (Sep 23, 2022)
Cleanup on Aisle 3
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By Bill James (Sep 16, 2022)
The Conclusion of the week-long series
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By Bill James (Sep 15, 2022)
Detecting Levels of Greatness Oh, like that's never been done before.
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By Bill James (Sep 14, 2022)
The real research.
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By Bill James (Sep 13, 2022)
Explaining the method. No results yet; just the method.
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By Bill James (Sep 12, 2022)
Beginning a five-part series about the reliability of pitcher won-lost records.
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By Daniel Marks (Sep 11, 2022)
The countdown continues....
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By Mark Simon (Sep 04, 2022)
Well, I for one did not see this coming.
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By Mark Simon (Sep 04, 2022)
And he just hit another!
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By Mark Simon (Sep 04, 2022)
The Braves keep locking up their studly young talent.
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By Daniel Marks (Sep 03, 2022)
The countdown (and the debate) begins.....
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By Bill James (Sep 02, 2022)
To what extent are Runs Scored and RBI totals created by surrounding hitters?
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 28, 2022)
Kicking off a new series, taking a look at an old friend (franchise all-star teams), but with a twist.​
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By Bill James (Aug 28, 2022)
Responding to Reader's Comments about an earlier article.
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By Bill James (Aug 22, 2022)
How many at bats does it take for a batting average to be meaningful?
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By Daniel Marks (Jul 12, 2022)
Revisiting a "blast from the past"....
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By Mark Simon (Jul 01, 2022)
The Guardians are riding their defense to unexpected success this season.
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By Mark Simon (Jul 01, 2022)
Mark explains how the Braves' aggressive approach at the plate is working out for them so far in 2022.
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By Daniel Marks (Jul 01, 2022)
Looking for players with "6 positives".....
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By Dave Fleming (Jun 21, 2022)
What do the first games of Oneil Cruz and Riley Greene reveal about where their teams are going?
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By Bill James (Jun 11, 2022)
Looking mostly at the effects of expansion on the relative quality of play over time.
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By Bill James (Jun 09, 2022)
Comparing the leagues by the number and quality of stars in the league.
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By Bill James (Jun 08, 2022)
The effects of integration on the relative strength of the two leagues.
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By Bill James (Jun 07, 2022)
A second method to evaluate the strength of a league.
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By Bill James (Jun 06, 2022)
Using the All Star Game and the World Series to compare the leagues.
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By Bill James (Jun 03, 2022)
What would Willie Mays have done in the American League.
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By Mark Simon (May 26, 2022)
Why does hitting and defense get all the love? Let's talk baserunning!
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By Mark Simon (May 26, 2022)
Why should hitting and defense get all the love? Let's talk baserunning!
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By Sports Info Solutions Staff (May 26, 2022)
Last time it was the Marlins. Now, it's the Astros impressing the SIS staff with their leather.
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By Mark Simon (May 26, 2022)
The Marlins aren't just playing Jazz. They're using tight structure and positioning to make beautiful music. Like like great jazz.
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By John Carter (May 23, 2022)
John considers a better and more sabermetric triple crown.
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By Daniel Marks (May 14, 2022)
Taking a look at the young and the very successful.....
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By Bill James (May 10, 2022)
Ted Williams and the Supremes.
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By Bill James (May 03, 2022)
Where does the Triple Crown Come From?
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By Mark Simon (May 02, 2022)
The crew at SIS names its Defensive Player of the Month for April!
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By Mark Simon (May 02, 2022)
Could this finally be the year the Angels realize put it all together for an October run? Early returns say MAYBE!
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By Mark Simon (May 02, 2022)
Who can we expect to compete for the 2022's DRS Leader?
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By Bill James (May 02, 2022)
Is control of the strike zone as important now as it was in Ted Williams day?
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By Bill James (Apr 20, 2022)
Trying to move the ball
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By Bill James (Apr 15, 2022)
What is the value of a 20-win season in a Hall of Fame campaign?
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By Bill James (Apr 09, 2022)
Is there a meaningful advantage in the pattern of runs scored/game?
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By Dave Fleming (Apr 06, 2022)
After guessing last year's AL MVP, the writer goes full bold for 2022.
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 30, 2022)
Finding a squad that will upset the applecart this year.
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By Mark Simon (Mar 27, 2022)
A closer look at Trevor Story's move to Fenway
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By Mark Simon (Mar 27, 2022)
This A's fan is trying not to cry reading Mark's Stat of the Week on the Matts.
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By Mark Simon (Mar 27, 2022)
Last week we looked at some prominent minor league hitters and the quality of their contact. This week, we shift to minor league pitchers and which ones were best at avoiding contact.
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By Mark Simon (Mar 27, 2022)
Mark and Corey take a look at Synthetic Statcast for top Minor League prospects.
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By Bill James (Mar 19, 2022)
This happened.
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 17, 2022)
One group was missing from baseball's recent labor dispute. How will that change?
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By Bill James (Mar 16, 2022)
Do players who cut their strikeouts in a season hold on to the lower K rate?
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 08, 2022)
Talkin' Bill James, Neyer, and the Poz.....(say hey, say hey.....)
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By Daniel Marks (Feb 26, 2022)
Looking at an old friend in a different light....
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By Paresh Gupta (Feb 21, 2022)
Guest author, Paresh Gupta, returns to analyze whether swinging for the fences at the expense of contact works out differently in Ocrtober than the regular season. Really interesting research!
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By Sports Info Solutions Staff (Feb 21, 2022)
The Hoops Staff at SIS takes a deeper look at creating opportunities than simply counting assists.
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 07, 2022)
Three memories of an indelible career.
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By Daniel Marks (Feb 06, 2022)
The results are in.....
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By Bill James (Feb 05, 2022)
Responding to a thread in the reader comments
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By Mark Simon (Jan 23, 2022)
The answer might surprise you.
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By Mark Simon (Jan 15, 2022)
What can Total Points tell us about the best teams in the NFL?
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By Mark Simon (Jan 15, 2022)
A novel look at what makes Carlos Correa's defense so special.
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By Mark Simon (Jan 15, 2022)
Mark uses Bill's Hall of Fame Value score to evaluate a few HoF candidates currently on the outside looking in.
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By Bill James (Jan 13, 2022)
Does the Hall of Fame favor one-team players?
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 01, 2022)
The results are in. The two newest members are....
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 31, 2021)
Last chance to vote! Voting closes at end of day, December 31, 2021.
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By Mark Simon (Dec 26, 2021)
These awards really should be recognized by MLB.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 19, 2021)
Time for Bill James Online members to cast your votes.
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By Mark Simon (Dec 18, 2021)
They may not be Hall of Fame pitchers but Huddy and Buehrle were great at their craft.
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By Sports Info Solutions Staff (Dec 18, 2021)
Say hello to the best fielders in Japan and Korea as recognized by the Sports Info Solutions staff.
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By Mark Simon (Dec 18, 2021)
Congratulations to baseball's newest Hall of Fame inductees!
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 11, 2021)
The latest installment of an annual Bill James Online member project. Read....participate....and (eventually) vote.
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By Bill James (Dec 05, 2021)
Responding to a "Hey, Bill" question.
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By Alex Vigderman (Dec 04, 2021)
Another Handbook excerpt! This time, Alex examines the players most likely to suffer an injury in 2022.​
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 02, 2021)
Projecting the Mets $130 million gamble.
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 26, 2021)
The tradition continues. Our 6th annual installment of a Bill James Online member contest.
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 25, 2021)
Another "team" concept article, this time introducing "Fibonacci Peakness Number".
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By Mark Simon (Nov 20, 2021)
The Bill James Handbook '22 excerpt we've all been waiting for.
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By Sarah Thompson (Nov 20, 2021)
This is a fun one! Curious who's most likely to reach a significant milestone or hurl a no-no? Sarah's got you covered.
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By Bill James (Nov 15, 2021)
Giving credit to overlooked seasons of MVP quality.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 10, 2021)
Some early reflections on a great career.
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By Mark Simon (Nov 07, 2021)
A lot had to break right for the Braves to win the World Series. Mark highlights a few of the reasons why Atlanta was able to overcome a slow start and crushing injury to win October.
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By Mark Simon (Nov 07, 2021)
Mark sums up the 2021 Fielding Bible Award winners.
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By Mark Simon (Nov 07, 2021)
And the rest of the 2021 Fielding Bible Award winners are...
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By Bill James (Oct 24, 2021)
Some revisions to the previous article.
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By Mark Simon (Oct 23, 2021)
Our favorite time of the year!
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By Mark Simon (Oct 23, 2021)
The best defensive team in baseball lost over 100 losses. What would their record have been otherwise??​
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By Mark Simon (Oct 23, 2021)
Looking back at some of the season's biggest surprises!
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By Bill James (Oct 20, 2021)
A 1 to 30 ranking.
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By Daniel Marks (Oct 17, 2021)
Players who tended to "stay in their lane".....
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By Bill James (Oct 14, 2021)
It's a book crunch. I've had them for 45 years now.
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By Bill James (Sep 27, 2021)
What does one do with a tiny bit of disembodied knowledge?
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By Mark Simon (Sep 26, 2021)
Another elite defensive CF in Atlanta? An impressive hit tool at C in DC? More pitching in Milwaukee? Mark highlights 3 of the NL's most impressive prospects.
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By Mark Simon (Sep 26, 2021)
The Cardinals have their elite run prevention to thank for an unlikely playoff appearance.
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By Mark Simon (Sep 26, 2021)
Toronto's signing of George Springer garnered bigger headlines but Marcus Semien may have been the best FA signing of the offseason.
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By Bill James (Sep 17, 2021)
Yogi Berra and Javy Baez. Not really the same.
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By Bill James (Sep 15, 2021)
This is a rather long article, 9,000+ words. I might suggest that you read it in two or three sittings.
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By Mark Simon (Sep 06, 2021)
How does a pitching staff that doesn't strike batters out suppress runs? Having the defensive player of the month patrolling center helps.
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By Mark Simon (Sep 06, 2021)
The Rays always find creative ways to win. Base running is one more.
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By Mark Simon (Sep 06, 2021)
From afterthoughts to frontrunners, Mark highlights a few reasons for the Giants' success this year.
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By Bill James (Sep 01, 2021)
Trust me; I'm trying to help. Maybe I am just not good at it.
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 29, 2021)
A look back at one of the all-time great catchers
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By Bill James (Aug 13, 2021)
Still sort of have my foot caught in the Joe Morgan trap.
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By Bill James (Aug 10, 2021)
A couple of thoughts after I posted the series.
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By Bill James (Aug 09, 2021)
Just space for you to comment
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 08, 2021)
The series concludes (at last!) with the top ten.
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By Bill James (Aug 07, 2021)
I remember Jeff
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
This is my third try at posting this. Wish me luck. 'x" is in the title is just so that the software doesn't realize it is that same article again.
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
Same article as "Hello", for those of you who saw that one.
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
A stub of an article
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
Good Ole' Murry
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
An accounting of the guys who make the list.
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
Just outlining the idea.
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
Do all teams have a #1 starter.
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
Do teams with more #1 starters dominate the World Series?
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
My tiny flash of insight here.
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
And here we talk about Bob Gibson and Randy Johnson, and outline some method that is used in other articles.
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
They run from Zachary to Nagy
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
Some guys get all the breaks They don't make no mistakes
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
Because, of course, you probably haven't thought about Teddy Higuera since 1988.
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
A completely new and potentially useless way to rank pitchers.
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
and Tyrants and Revolutionaries
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2021)
Just an Introductory Note.
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By Bill James (Jul 26, 2021)
Sometimes organized thinking makes things more clear. Sometmes it just muddies the waters.
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By Bill James (Jul 21, 2021)
Just trying to think through the problem.
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By Bill James (Jul 15, 2021)
Asking for your input here.
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By Cam Harrigan (Jul 13, 2021)
Welcome, Cam, and thank you for your deep dive into the game's best catchers!
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By Mark Simon (Jul 12, 2021)
So many great defenders here, especially in LF.
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By Mark Simon (Jul 12, 2021)
Meanwhile in Denver, Joshua Fuentes is making everyone forget about his cousin, Nolan Arenado!
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By Mark Simon (Jul 12, 2021)
I simply cannot read enough about the Sho-hei kid.
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By Daniel Marks (Jul 05, 2021)
The countdown continues.....
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By Dave Fleming (Jul 01, 2021)
You're tired of reading about WAR, aren't you? This won't help.
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By Dave Fleming (Jun 29, 2021)
Does WAR really understand Shohei Ohtani?
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By Bill James (Jun 28, 2021)
Just a passing thought.
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By Mark Simon (Jun 21, 2021)
Let's go one step further and look at who has made the the most good (and bad) baserunning plays.
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By Mark Simon (Jun 21, 2021)
Turns out the NL West also has some great baserunning teams too!
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By Mark Simon (Jun 21, 2021)
The NL West boasted some great (and versatile) defenders last month.
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By Dave Fleming (Jun 10, 2021)
Can we learn anything from looking at two statistics we usually ignore?
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By Daniel Marks (May 31, 2021)
The countdown continues.....
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By Bill James (May 27, 2021)
Wally Moses also was 1 and 15. Somehow I forgot to mention that.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 27, 2021)
Have a ball.
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By Bill James (May 25, 2021)
Reprinting an article from 2020, and answering a series of reader questions.
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By Mark Simon (May 22, 2021)
Who was April's Defensive Player of the Month??
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By Mark Simon (May 22, 2021)
Mark's recap of the first round of the NFL Draft
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By Bill James (May 19, 2021)
Swinging for the fences with nothing on the line.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 18, 2021)
Fun With Excel
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By Dave Fleming (May 06, 2021)
What kind of pitcher is Shohei Ohtani?
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By Daniel Marks (May 02, 2021)
The countdown continues.....
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By John Dewan (Apr 25, 2021)
John recognizes an under-appreciated skill.
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By Mark Simon (Apr 25, 2021)
Mark's breakdown of the inning that cemented Carlos Rodon's recent no-no.
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By Mark Simon (Apr 25, 2021)
The same has been said about so many Mets over the years.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 23, 2021)
A review of Erik Sherman's TWO SIDES OF GLORY
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By Daniel Marks (Apr 19, 2021)
Back by popular demand (sort of), the "Dan Marks Era" series continues, this time looking at starting pitchers
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 16, 2021)
What the bees leave on your fruits and vegetables that you don’t want to know about.
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By Bill James (Apr 05, 2021)
Forming groups of players by focusing on skills.
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By Daniel Marks (Apr 04, 2021)
The surveys are in and tabulated....
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By Mark Simon (Apr 03, 2021)
The Matts over in Oakland lay claim to two of the top spots but Mark takes a look at which other players round out MLB's best defenders.
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By John Dewan (Apr 03, 2021)
John takes a look at the signing of Andy Dalton in Chicago and whether he represents an upgrade at QB.​
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By Mark Simon (Apr 03, 2021)
Mark explains how the Cardinals could repeat as the best defensive team in baseball this season.
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By Noah Gatsik (Apr 03, 2021)
Introducing Sports Info Solutions' Model 4 for MLB DFS!
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 01, 2021)
A long review containing a short section about baseball, including a sort-of tracer
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 31, 2021)
Gazing into the crystal ball for a long-awaited season.
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 24, 2021)
Some unexpected risers for 2021, and the teams we should be pessimistic about.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Mar 20, 2021)
Followup to "Aukward Memories"
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 20, 2021)
Your participation is requested for a fun Hall of Fame survey that captures what's important to YOU!​
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By Mark Simon (Mar 17, 2021)
The Pirates may not have a whole lot going on with the bat this season but their rebuild should at least be exciting defensively.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Mar 16, 2021)
I know, I know, I said I'd stop doing tracers.....
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By Bill James (Mar 14, 2021)
Actual research about the Giants' problems at shortstop in the 1960s.
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By Bill James (Mar 12, 2021)
Reporting on someone else's research.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Mar 01, 2021)
An Unnecessary Rant
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By Nathan Cooper, John Todd, and Mark Simon (Feb 26, 2021)
It's never too early to start talking NFL draft, is it?
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By Bill James (Feb 25, 2021)
Scheduling.
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 25, 2021)
Do we praise Marcus Semien, or bury him?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Feb 20, 2021)
a few short steps into the past
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By Bill James (Feb 18, 2021)
Following through on a reader's suggestion
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By Bill James (Feb 11, 2021)
Who best defines the concept of "a good team that couldn't get over the hump"?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Feb 10, 2021)
“Come, bustle, bustle, caparison my horse!”
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By Mark Simon (Feb 05, 2021)
Two elite QBs bring the 2020-21 NFL season to a close on Sunday. Mark takes a closer look at the defenses trying to stop them.
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By Mark Simon (Feb 05, 2021)
Mark breaks down one of the great two-way players in today's game and what makes his defense so incredible.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 31, 2021)
In for a schilling, out for a pound.
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By Mark Simon (Jan 27, 2021)
The lack of any 2021 inductees just means we get more time to talk about 2022's! Mark digs into some interesting names joining the ballot next season.
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By Mark Simon (Jan 27, 2021)
Mark pays tribute to Hank Aaron, all-time great.
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 27, 2021)
And the winner is.....
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By Dave Fleming (Jan 22, 2021)
What does the future hold for new Toronto outfielder George Springer?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 20, 2021)
Just your average book review
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By Bill James (Jan 19, 2021)
Starting a new thing here.
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By Bill James (Jan 17, 2021)
Not that anybody asked. . . .
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By Mark Simon (Jan 14, 2021)
The South Siders' deep bullpen just got deeper. And they also added a front-line starter. Mark breaks down the Sox' aggressive offseason moves.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 14, 2021)
More mush from the wimp. It does have the virtue of being only about 1000 words this time.
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By Bill James (Jan 13, 2021)
Expanding on a "Hey, Bill" entry.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 11, 2021)
A review, after a rather discursive start
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By Bryce Rossler (Jan 09, 2021)
Bryce tells us what to watch for during Monday's National Championship game.
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By Bill James (Jan 09, 2021)
An Overrated/Underrated Exercise
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By Bill James (Jan 05, 2021)
Completing my thoughts
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By Bill James (Jan 04, 2021)
Part one of a two-part article.
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By Bill James (Jan 01, 2021)
A short article, which you are free to discuss if you are interested.
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 01, 2021)
The voting has closed, and the results are in. It appears a Moose was seen wearing a bloody sock....​
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By John Shirley (Dec 30, 2020)
John breaks down the CFP teams using Sports Info Solutions' advanced football stats.
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By Bill James (Dec 30, 2020)
Still working on Under and Overrated
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By Bill James (Dec 29, 2020)
Following up on a reader's suggestion.
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By Bill James (Dec 28, 2020)
Here's a hour out of your week that you'll never get back.
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By Mark Simon (Dec 28, 2020)
Mark hands out some of the most unique awards you'll encounter this season.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 27, 2020)
Taking an early look at the 2021 "Hall of Fame Tracker", with some history and some early observations​​
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 24, 2020)
Analyzing the BBWAA Hall of Fame predictions submitted by our member community
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 22, 2020)
2 pitching candidates. 1 job opening. Pop quiz, hotshot. What do you do?
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By Sarah Thompson (Dec 19, 2020)
In her first article for Bill James Online, Sarah makes the case for Patrick Mahomes for MVP.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 19, 2020)
Time for Bill James Online members to cast your votes.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Dec 14, 2020)
A little nuts-and-bolts (mostly nuts) discussion on the writing of biographies
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By Sports Info Solutions Staff (Dec 10, 2020)
This week we crown the season's best defenders in Korea and Japan.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 07, 2020)
The latest installment of an annual Bill James Online member project. Read....participate....and (eventually) vote.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Dec 06, 2020)
yet another installation on a subject that you may well be bored by several installations ago
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By Mark Simon (Dec 04, 2020)
What effect does a rough 30-game season have on Andrelton Simmons' value?
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By Mark Simon (Dec 04, 2020)
A friend once suggested that when eligible, Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito should appear on the ballot together as a single player.
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 02, 2020)
Contributing - perhaps - to Bill's critique of WAR.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Dec 01, 2020)
an update on an old article
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By Bill James (Nov 30, 2020)
It's the process ITSELF that doesn't work.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 29, 2020)
a return to the nutty ideas that would get me thrown from a moving vehicle
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By Brian Reiff (Nov 22, 2020)
The following is an excerpt from The 2021 Bill James Handbook. All stats are as of the end of the 2020 regular season.
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 22, 2020)
The tradition continues. Our 5th annual installment of a Bill James Online member contest.
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By Brian Reiff (Nov 21, 2020)
The following essay is part of The 2021 Bill James Handbook, available now at ACTASports.com.
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By Jake Loos (Nov 21, 2020)
Did a recent NBA champ just win the draft? In his inaugural BJOL article, Jake Loos takes a look at the steal of this year's draft.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 18, 2020)
An unexpected comparable for an underrated outfielder.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 12, 2020)
Thoughts on the White Sox decision to hire Tony LaRussa.
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By General (Nov 11, 2020)
If your account came up for renewal recently, you might want to read this.
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By Bill James (Nov 10, 2020)
Will any active player knock Tris Speaker off the doubles throne?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 04, 2020)
re-posting an article from 2017
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By Bill James (Oct 30, 2020)
Sometimes a guy is More than Most.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Oct 29, 2020)
A mere year-and-a-half late in getting to "Part Two"
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By Bill James (Oct 27, 2020)
Warm up the showers.
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By Dave Fleming (Oct 25, 2020)
I skipped the end of Game 4. That's a problem.
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By Mark Simon (Oct 25, 2020)
Presenting Part 2 of 2020's Fielding Bible Award winners!
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By Mark Simon (Oct 20, 2020)
It's Fielding Bible Awards Season! Take it away, Mark!
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By Steven Goldleaf (Oct 19, 2020)
Pick 'em
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By Bill James (Oct 19, 2020)
What seems at first blush to be obvious is not always false.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Oct 16, 2020)
The 97% Baseball version
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By Steven Goldleaf (Oct 14, 2020)
97% non-baseball, Part 2 is 97% baseball. (Originally written last November, as made clear in graf #1 where I emerge from a movie theater, something I haven't done in quite a while)
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By Bill James (Oct 13, 2020)
Not all MVP races are created equal.
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By Bill James (Oct 12, 2020)
Rob Neyer and I don't always see eyer to eyer, but so we have managed to disagree without Ire.
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By General (Oct 07, 2020)
If your account came up for renewal over the last month and a half, there's a good chance we billed you twice. We've just issued credits.
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By Daniel Marks (Oct 04, 2020)
Or....half a legend is better than none at all.
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By John Carter (Oct 01, 2020)
A thorough examination of players throughout the decades who turned it on in the back half of their careers.
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By Dave Fleming (Sep 29, 2020)
He's a pitcher. A big free agent. Plays in the AL. In New York.
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By Mark Simon (Sep 25, 2020)
Over the last 13 seasons, two teams - both 2020 division winners - have consistently achieved more with less. Mark takes a closer look at how they've done it.
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By Bill James (Sep 25, 2020)
Jose Rosada is #77. You were probably wondering.
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By Bill James (Sep 20, 2020)
Finishing my answer from Hey, Bill
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By Mark Simon (Sep 17, 2020)
Mark takes a look at some teams with both impressive and impressively poor defensive streaks that might end this season.
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By Bill James (Sep 14, 2020)
A follow-up to yesterday's broken eggs.
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By Bill James (Sep 14, 2020)
Research which did not completely fail.
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By John Dewan (Sep 10, 2020)
John shares a fond memory of the great man who was Lou Brock.
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By Bill James (Sep 07, 2020)
Bob Allison and Norm Cash are not mentioned in this article. I don't know why; I could easily have worked them in.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Sep 06, 2020)
Thoughts while bicycling back home
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By Bill James (Sep 04, 2020)
A tiny excerpt from an unpublished, uncompleted book.
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By Mark Simon (Sep 04, 2020)
A few of the less marquee names dealt at the deadline flash major upside with their glove work. Mark takes us on a deeper dive of the trade deadline acquisitions.
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By Mark Simon (Sep 01, 2020)
He might not be hitting like he's accustomed to but Nolan Arenado is still pickin' it.
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By General (Sep 01, 2020)
Thanks for your patience while we troubleshot the issues.
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By Bill James (Sep 01, 2020)
An end run around the statistics.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 31, 2020)
This was supposed to be posted yesterday, but was not, for reasons contained below.
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By Mark Simon (Aug 25, 2020)
The headline says it all.
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By Mark Simon (Aug 19, 2020)
Just how important is defense? Click here and Mark will tell ya'.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 16, 2020)
"For Caesar's I am"--a review of Joan Ryan's INTANGIBLES
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 16, 2020)
The series continues, along with some meandering thoughts related to the DH.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 11, 2020)
a counter-historical hypothetical
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By Bill James (Aug 10, 2020)
Sabermetric philosophy.
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By Mark Simon (Aug 07, 2020)
The Total Runs leaderboard contains some expected names. And two Mariners.
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By Dave Fleming (Aug 07, 2020)
The young pitcher you're not paying enough attention to.
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By Bill James (Aug 04, 2020)
The Indians of the 1950s
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By Bill James (Aug 03, 2020)
Two articles here--one about the Runs Saved project, the other research about the connection between Home Runs and Hit Batsmen.
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By Bill James (Jul 31, 2020)
Hi Ho, Hi Ho.
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By Alex Vigderman (Jul 30, 2020)
Wait, MORE shifting???
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By Bill James (Jul 30, 2020)
A day off from the Runs Saved.
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By Bill James (Jul 29, 2020)
The nominees for the Keith Hernandez Award are:
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By Bill James (Jul 28, 2020)
The toughest position to analyze.
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By Bill James (Jul 27, 2020)
Because if you don't have a catcher back there, you'll have a lot of Passed Balls.
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By Mark Simon (Jul 24, 2020)
Mark argues why the NL West is home to 2020's best defensive team.
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By Mark Simon (Jul 24, 2020)
Baseball is back! And we've already been treated to some fine pitching performances from the likes of Cole, DeGrom, and Dustin May. Mark looks at 2020's best projected pitchers.
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By Bill James (Jul 24, 2020)
Pat Borders, Smoky Burgess, Bill Freehan, Johnny Bench. . .
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By Bill James (Jul 23, 2020)
A little more data.
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By Bill James (Jul 22, 2020)
We have Runs Saved numbers for the pitchers.
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By Dave Fleming (Jul 21, 2020)
Can't we just go with all of them?
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By Bill James (Jul 21, 2020)
Bill continues his dreary deathmarch toward some sort of defensive numbers that nobody cares about. Have an ice cream cone, and forget your problems.
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By Daniel Marks (Jul 21, 2020)
Oh what a tangled web we weave, if the Spiders emerge in the land of Cleve....
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By Bill James (Jul 20, 2020)
Dealing with Defensive Range in the analysis. Which doesn't have damn-all to do with pitchers, but we have to explain it now in order to fully explain the pitching numbers.
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By Bill James (Jul 20, 2020)
Just because people are talking about this
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By Bill James (Jul 17, 2020)
The much-maligned Error
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By Mark Simon (Jul 16, 2020)
Baseball starts in a week but not everyone will be there. Mark takes a look at some of the bigger names sitting out 2020.
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By Bill James (Jul 16, 2020)
Passed over for the Nobel Prize for Literature once again, our hero turns his attention to a long-winded, desultory commentary on pitchers and double plays.
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By Bill James (Jul 15, 2020)
Working on pitchers in the Runs Saved system.
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By Bill James (Jul 14, 2020)
Working, working.
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By Bill James (Jul 12, 2020)
Re-starting Runs Saved Against Zero
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By Mark Simon (Jul 07, 2020)
Ever wonder what 60 game projections look like? Mark breaks down the projected leaders across a handful of stats.
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By Mark Simon (Jul 07, 2020)
Mark takes a closer look at the KBO hitters swinging a big stick.
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By Dave Fleming (Jul 02, 2020)
Running another parallel to unpack defense.
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By Daniel Marks (Jun 27, 2020)
Finally getting back to it....the series continues with the right fielders, sans Aaron, Robinson, Clemente, and Kaline.
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By Mark Simon (Jun 26, 2020)
Mark takes a closer look at some of the more exciting players who are actually playing baseball right now: NPB stars.
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By Dave Fleming (Jun 25, 2020)
Evaluating two players.
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By Bill James (Jun 23, 2020)
Why, yes, I AM hoping to win the Nobel Prize for this article.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 22, 2020)
Or, in the end, NOT formed on this continent
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By Bill James (Jun 22, 2020)
Father's Day having past, the author resumes his Death March toward the ultimate pitching and fielding numbers. The main virtue of this installment is that it is short.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 20, 2020)
a tracer on an unimpeachably reliable source
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By Bill James (Jun 19, 2020)
Re-posting this. . . it was supposed to show up this morning but something went wrong.
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By Bill James (Jun 18, 2020)
Continuing the work re-begun yesterday.
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By Bill James (Jun 17, 2020)
Hi Ho, Hi Ho. It's back to work we go.
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By Alex Vigderman (Jun 16, 2020)
Not surprising but the NC Dinos are leading the KBO in DRS. Alex also looks at how defense KBO stacks up to MLB and MiLB.
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By Bill James (Jun 15, 2020)
Just a couple of little notes.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 14, 2020)
A retrospective look at a book we've all read and re-read (plus a bonus trivia quiz)
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By Mark Simon (Jun 11, 2020)
The best pitchers in the KBO right now include some familiar names.
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By Bill James (Jun 07, 2020)
A quick hit on the research bong.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 02, 2020)
A tracer of a more personal nature than most
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By Bill James (Jun 01, 2020)
Aging research.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 01, 2020)
Followup to Joe Pos’s followup on Hosmer’s dash home
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By Bill James (May 31, 2020)
This is not a serious article.
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By General (May 30, 2020)
And we're back to normal!
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 29, 2020)
See the Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas H. Johnson, ed., Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University press for the literary reference.
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By Bill James (May 28, 2020)
Mostly Personal, as Paul Harvey used to say.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 26, 2020)
conclusion and changes to the system
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By Bill James (May 26, 2020)
Memories of wasted holiday.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 25, 2020)
The project, drawing close to the end of its natural life-span
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By Dave Fleming (May 25, 2020)
A conclusion, of sorts.
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By Bill James (May 25, 2020)
The third article in three days on this general topic.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 24, 2020)
Resuming the process of finding the three-year OPS+ champ
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By Bill James (May 23, 2020)
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the basepaths.
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By Daniel Marks (May 23, 2020)
The series continues, as we venture into the crazy world of "Out of Left Field"
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By Bill James (May 23, 2020)
A quick study of the relative futures of faster and slower players with on base percentage separations.
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By Alex Vigderman (May 21, 2020)
Alex runs some simulations to determine the effects of a shorter season on contending teams.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 19, 2020)
A peculiar sub-set of players
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By Bill James (May 19, 2020)
An Index for Managers as to how hard they work their starting pitchers.
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By General
Update: the site will be unavailable again for a few hours on Wednesday 5/20. We apologize sincerely for the inconvenience.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 15, 2020)
A reviewing of my reviewing principles
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 11, 2020)
A timely review, for a change.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 06, 2020)
A sort of book review, career review, personal essay, confession, appreciation, memoir, homage, query and about eight other genres combined—and all for the same low, low price!
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By Dave Fleming (May 05, 2020)
Ugueth Urbina, and a writer's life.
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By Daniel Marks (May 05, 2020)
The series continues, heading out to center field for our closest battle to date.....
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 01, 2020)
More of the same, Piled Higher and Deeper
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 27, 2020)
Re-zooming the series
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By Daniel Marks (Apr 25, 2020)
The series continues as we move over to the hot corner.
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By Dave Fleming (Apr 23, 2020)
Small exposures.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 19, 2020)
A heartfelt review
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 19, 2020)
with a prefatory look at my methodology, and certain of its flaws
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 17, 2020)
More of the Same
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By Daniel Marks (Apr 16, 2020)
The series continues, this time with the first sackers....
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By Mark Simon (Apr 16, 2020)
After crowning the Andrelton Simmons the winner of the SIS Tournament of Excellence, Mark turns his attention to this century's best defensive team.
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By Dave Fleming (Apr 16, 2020)
Ozzie Albies.
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By Bill James (Apr 15, 2020)
Asking for your input.
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By Bill James (Apr 15, 2020)
Asking for your input.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 15, 2020)
After the war
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By Bill James (Apr 14, 2020)
Once in a lifetime. At least.
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By Mark Simon (Apr 13, 2020)
Because who else? Simmons has been so fun to watch for so long it's only fitting.
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By Bill James (Apr 13, 2020)
Or, The Learning Curve Simulator. Mostly it's the latter.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 11, 2020)
You could look it up: another Joe D. tracer that cropped up in the midst of long, historical project​
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By Dave Fleming (Apr 11, 2020)
Pulaski, Virginia.
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By Bill James (Apr 10, 2020)
Trying to find the Values that work in this system.
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By Daniel Marks (Apr 09, 2020)
The series continues, this time reviewing second basemen.
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By Bill James (Apr 08, 2020)
Dodging around corners to try to make this thing work.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 08, 2020)
Wart Ime
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By Bill James (Apr 06, 2020)
Searching for a new Zero-Competence Line
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 05, 2020)
Through the late 1930s
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By Daniel Marks (Apr 04, 2020)
The series continues, this time looking at great utility players
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By Bill James (Apr 04, 2020)
Shifting Course a Little Bit
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By Bill James (Apr 03, 2020)
Catching our breath before we continue.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 03, 2020)
An intro to looking at MLB historically if it had been organized more along the lines of boxing
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By Bill James (Apr 02, 2020)
Let's turn two. Keep him close, Charlie.
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By Bill James (Apr 01, 2020)
Getting into Fielding Now.
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By Mark Simon (Apr 01, 2020)
March Madness tourney to name the best defender in MLB of the 21st century. This is exactly what we need right now!
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By Mark Simon (Mar 31, 2020)
The NL West is home to a few stout defenses. Mark breaks down the teams who've benefitted the most from their crafty glove work.
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By Mark Simon (Mar 31, 2020)
Mark serves up some tasty nuggets from this year's Fielding Bible.
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By Bill James (Mar 31, 2020)
Still workin' on my project.
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By Bill James (Mar 30, 2020)
How many people DIDN'T you walk?
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 29, 2020)
The "Dan Marks Era" review continues with a look at shortstops.
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By Bill James (Mar 28, 2020)
Those Boring, Fascist strikeouts
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By Bill James (Mar 27, 2020)
Moving the ball on the research.
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By Bill James (Mar 26, 2020)
A look at the SB data.
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By Bill James (Mar 26, 2020)
A lesson on chart design from Bill.
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 25, 2020)
There are players I'll remember....some have gone, and some remain. In my life (you know the rest)....​
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By Bill James (Mar 25, 2020)
Play Ball!
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By Bill James (Mar 24, 2020)
Passed Pitches.
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By Bill James (Mar 23, 2020)
Silly little plays.
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By Bill James (Mar 22, 2020)
Fielding Percentage. Where we going with this?
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By Bill James (Mar 20, 2020)
Continuing the series--I think this is 7.
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By Bill James (Mar 19, 2020)
Sixth article in the series. The ball is in play.
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By Bill James (Mar 18, 2020)
Fifth in the Series
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By Bill James (Mar 17, 2020)
Fourth article in the series, with the best explanation yet of what it is I am trying to do.
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By Bill James (Mar 17, 2020)
Third in the Series
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By Bill James (Mar 15, 2020)
Second article in the series begun yesterday.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Mar 14, 2020)
I just caught up on my baseball reading this past week
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By Bill James (Mar 14, 2020)
Research into the best and worst team strikeout totals, normalized.
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 03, 2020)
Can an exciting, sharp shooting, mid-major school win the NCAA tournament? Stay tuned.....
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By Steven Goldleaf (Feb 21, 2020)
Review of THE RESISTERS by Gish Jen. Knopf, $26.95
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By Bill James (Feb 20, 2020)
How much have modern Analytical stats influenced MVP voting?
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By Logan King (Feb 18, 2020)
Logan showcases a few quarterbacks with the potential to be 2020 standout transfers.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Feb 13, 2020)
What do similar pitchers' performances have to say about Cole going forward?
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By Mark Simon (Feb 12, 2020)
In this edition of Stat of the Week, Mark breaks down why Mookie Betts is so valuable defensively.
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 12, 2020)
A polemic on decency in the the shadow of a blockbuster trade.
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By Bill James (Feb 09, 2020)
I hope this was worth waiting for.
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By Nathan Cooper, John Todd, and Mark Simon (Feb 05, 2020)
The Super Bowl may be over but it's not baseball season yet. Nathan, John, and Mark scout the 2020 NFL draft class.
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By Bill James (Feb 05, 2020)
Acknowledging my mistake.
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By Daniel Marks (Feb 04, 2020)
To snub, or not to snub, that is the question....
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By Mark Simon (Jan 29, 2020)
This weekend's Super Bowl is shaping up to be a good one. Mark breaks down the matchups most likely to determine the outcome.
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By Mark Simon (Jan 29, 2020)
Larry Walker reached the top of the mountain in his final year on the ballot. Mark looks at who else might face a similar path to induction.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 27, 2020)
Only the first 1000 words concern baseball in the strictest sense. After that, the subject ranges from the New Testament to jury duty to Hamlet to Al Sharpton to a poet Bill just Tweet-quoted today
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 22, 2020)
And the winner is.....
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 17, 2020)
Still no computer, but I can't stop having thoughts.
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 10, 2020)
And the newly elected managers are.....
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By Paresh Gupta (Jan 08, 2020)
Paresh breaks down Larry Walker's HoF case and in the process poses an important question about performance and durability.
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 01, 2020)
Time to vote again....this time, it's the managers' turn at bat.
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 31, 2019)
Finding a standout team from the last ten years.
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By Mark Simon (Dec 31, 2019)
Mark wishes all Bill James Online readers a Happy New Year with the Fielding Bible All-Decade Team!
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By Bill James (Dec 30, 2019)
Players who did not achieve their career potential.
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By Bill James (Dec 29, 2019)
Players who came very close to meeting their full career potential.
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By Bill James (Dec 28, 2019)
The first part of a three-part series.
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By John Shirley (Dec 27, 2019)
John previews the CFP using some of Sports Info Solutions' advanced analytics.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 26, 2019)
The voting has closed, and the results are in. It's Captain Clutch and Marmaduke.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 22, 2019)
Taking an early look at the 2020 "Hall of Fame Tracker", with some history and some early observations​
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 21, 2019)
Time is running out to cast your vote.....
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By Mark Simon (Dec 20, 2019)
More interesting than the MVP, IMO.
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By Alex Vigderman (Dec 18, 2019)
DRS gets an update!
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 13, 2019)
Can we change how we think about long-term, big-dollar sports contracts?
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 12, 2019)
Time for Bill James Online members to cast your votes.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Dec 08, 2019)
an explanation
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By Mark Simon (Dec 06, 2019)
Mark breaks down the Hall of Fame cases for Larry Walker, Scott Rolen, and Bobby Abreu.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 06, 2019)
Analyzing the BBWAA Hall of Fame predictions submitted by our member community
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 06, 2019)
The latest installment of an annual Bill James Online member project. Read....participate....and (eventually) vote.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 02, 2019)
A look at the 2020 Modern Era Ballot - but mostly about Lou Whitaker and Dave Parker.
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By Paresh Gupta (Nov 29, 2019)
Steve Garvey, Hall of Famer? Paresh makes a compelling case.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 28, 2019)
A chapter from a long book (550 pp. and counting) that responds to a minor point raised in the Skip Lockwood "Comments" section. Literally 0 to do with baseball, of no interest to most BJOL readers.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 25, 2019)
A review of INSIGHT PITCH: MY LIFE AS A MAJOR LEAGUE CLOSER, by Skip Lockwood. Sports Publishing, 2018. $19.99
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By Bill James (Nov 23, 2019)
We can't all be geniuses.
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 23, 2019)
The tradition continues. Our 4th annual installment of a Bill James Online member contest.
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By Bill James (Nov 20, 2019)
Article from the Handbook
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By Mark Simon (Nov 19, 2019)
Mark takes a look at the results of Bill's Hall of Fame polls to find out the most popular candidates for induction.
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By Bill James (Nov 18, 2019)
A short summary of the much longer article about my studies of this issue.
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By Bill James (Nov 18, 2019)
Research into the MVP voting structure. Not the votes; the structure of the vote.
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By Brian Reiff (Nov 16, 2019)
The Matts get most of the love out in Oakland for their work at the corners. However, in 2019 a surprising breakout emerged from the middle of the diamond.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 08, 2019)
An Open Competition
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By Lindsay Zeck (Nov 08, 2019)
Lindsay examines some of the many similarities between the Nationals' aces.
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 06, 2019)
Taking a look at alternate history - yesterday's Cy Young awards, but with today's standards
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By Mark Simon (Nov 05, 2019)
Oakland's Matts dominated the corners. Who else won a Fielding Bible Award in 2019?
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By Bill James (Nov 04, 2019)
All 3 parts consolidated into one article. Available to all readers.
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By Bill James (Nov 04, 2019)
1) Organize the data, 2) Shake it, 3) See what falls out.
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By Bill James (Oct 31, 2019)
This isn't actually that complicated.
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By Bill James (Oct 30, 2019)
Last in a three part-series
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By Bill James (Oct 29, 2019)
Second of a three-part series
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By John Dewan (Oct 29, 2019)
A major improvement to Defensive Runs Saved!
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By Bill James (Oct 28, 2019)
First of a three-part series
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By Steven Goldleaf (Oct 26, 2019)
Why has it withered?
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By Mark Simon (Oct 25, 2019)
Mark returns to present the remaining winners of 2019's Fielding Bible Awards. It's nice to see a couple comeback players like Brantley and Giolito delivering defensively as well!
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By Mark Simon (Oct 25, 2019)
Pitching is the name of the game in this World Series.
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By Bill James (Oct 24, 2019)
Public Announcement
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By Steven Goldleaf (Oct 22, 2019)
A review
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By Mark Simon (Oct 17, 2019)
It's Fielding Bible Award season, my favorite time of the year.
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By Bill James (Oct 17, 2019)
Back to work on this.
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By Daniel Marks (Oct 12, 2019)
A closer look at the seasons of Hyun-Jin Ryu circa 2019 and Bob Gibson circa 1968, plus a quick review of the 2019 NL Cy Young Award contenders.
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By Dave Fleming (Oct 12, 2019)
Trying to understand the thinking that motivated a year of bad predictions
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By Dave Fleming (Oct 07, 2019)
Guest contributor Paresh Gupta offers a new method to measure postseason performance.
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By Mark Simon (Oct 01, 2019)
A look back at this season's best defensive players according to DRS.
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By Bill James (Oct 01, 2019)
Why yes, Lonnie Smith DOES still make the top 100.
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By Alex Vigderman (Sep 30, 2019)
2019 may not have gone well for the Reds but they have to be happy with the development of Luis Castillo, their new ace.
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By Bill James (Sep 24, 2019)
For those of you concerned about where Granny Hamner fits into baseball history.
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By Bill James (Sep 20, 2019)
I think George Brett is somewhere in the top 100. . .
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By Bill James (Sep 18, 2019)
Why yes, it IS time for a new Superstar second baseman to emerge. Maybe Altuve?
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By Bill James (Sep 17, 2019)
Reacting to the conversation
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By Bill James (Sep 16, 2019)
Still Larrupin' After all These Years
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By Bill James (Sep 13, 2019)
Heads it is Berra, tails it is Bench.
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By Alex Vigderman (Sep 12, 2019)
Alex highlights some remarkable performances from the Minor Leagues this year in this edition of Stat of the Week.
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By Bill James (Sep 12, 2019)
Explaining a new method. Results will start tomorrow.
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By Bill James (Sep 09, 2019)
Clemens clings to the lead.
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By Bill James (Sep 05, 2019)
Successful major league athletes are those who are able to hit the sweet spot between over-confidence and anxiety.
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By Mark Simon (Sep 05, 2019)
From the young (Mahomes) to the old (Brees), there's loads of depth at quarterback. Mark takes a look at the Total Points Earned leader board to identify the position's best.
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By Mark Simon (Sep 05, 2019)
Javy Baez' glove is something to behold. Mark breaks down Baez' incredible defense in this edition of Stat of the Week.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Sep 04, 2019)
For a while, at least
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By Daniel Marks (Sep 03, 2019)
Taking a look at pitchers who pitched great, but got tagged with a loss.
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By Mark Simon (Aug 30, 2019)
Mark breaks down the battle for Total Runs leader. Who else, other than our titular heroes, sit atop the league?
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By Bill James (Aug 28, 2019)
Update. Rocket on a rocket.
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By Mark Simon (Aug 26, 2019)
The best pitchers in baseball, brought to you by Mark Simon and Bill James' World's No. 1 Starting Pitcher Rankings.
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By Alex Vigderman (Aug 20, 2019)
Alex recaps a fascinating weekend of sabermetric insights from Saberseminar 2019.
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By Bill James (Aug 18, 2019)
Nobody feels any pain.
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By Bill James (Aug 17, 2019)
Houston, we have a poll.
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By Bill James (Aug 13, 2019)
Hickenlooper hacks down the Coffee Man.
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By Bill James (Aug 12, 2019)
Nothing to see here.
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By Bill James (Aug 10, 2019)
Back to the grind.
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By Mark Simon (Aug 09, 2019)
It's scorching in New York these days.
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By Bill James (Aug 06, 2019)
We will soldier on somehow without Mike Gravel.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 06, 2019)
Predicting is hard. A retrospective look at predictions of the future.
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By Mark Simon (Aug 05, 2019)
Hunter Renfoe is best known for his prodigious power. But with a glut of power hitting OFs, the Padres might have held onto him for something else: his defense.
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 05, 2019)
Digging into Championship Win Probability Added....
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By Bill James (Aug 04, 2019)
Tulsi torches three rivals.
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By Bill James (Aug 02, 2019)
Yang has the mojo.
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By Bill James (Aug 01, 2019)
Two-day summary; quiet. Debate will surely change SOMETHING.
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By Bill James (Jul 31, 2019)
Late in the day, I know.
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By Bill James (Jul 28, 2019)
All Quiet on the Western Front.
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By Bill James (Jul 27, 2019)
Kamala makes a huge move! Bill makes an argument.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jul 27, 2019)
A lively story of a pitcher’s dead spouse reanimating and advising him about his pitch-selection.
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By Bill James (Jul 26, 2019)
Julian Castro back to the minors?
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By Jon Becker (Jul 25, 2019)
In this edition of why Mike Trout is the Best Player in MLB....
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By Bill James (Jul 25, 2019)
Better late than never
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By Bill James (Jul 22, 2019)
Booker beats the book.
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By Bill James (Jul 21, 2019)
Gillibrand up a little.
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By Bill James (Jul 20, 2019)
Bandwagon comes to a stop. A pause, at the least.
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By Bill James (Jul 19, 2019)
Submitted for your consideration.
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By Bill James (Jul 18, 2019)
Inslee on the Outslee
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By Bill James (Jul 17, 2019)
Don't touch his head.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jul 17, 2019)
Taking on issues of geography, quality of play, shortening the post-season, unequal chances of winning the playoffs, long BYEs, the reality of rust, and your future occupation of “Science Fiction writ​
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By Bill James (Jul 17, 2019)
Explaining a little more what I am trying to do.
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By Jon Becker (Jul 16, 2019)
Here's a rather scary stat to consider.
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By Bill James (Jul 16, 2019)
Biden has lost another step.
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By Bill James (Jul 15, 2019)
Schultz Schocker.
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By Bill James (Jul 14, 2019)
Steyer's Debutante Ball.
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By Bill James (Jul 13, 2019)
Added a couple of things to the method.
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By Bill James (Jul 12, 2019)
All quiet on the Western Front.
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By Bill James (Jul 11, 2019)
The list is different.
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By Bill James (Jul 10, 2019)
Quiet day. Delaney moves up.
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By Bill James (Jul 10, 2019)
The results so far.
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By Brian Reiff (Jul 09, 2019)
In this week's second installment of Stat of the Week, Brian breaks down the MLB All-Star rosters just in time for tonight's game!
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By Mark Simon (Jul 09, 2019)
Say Hello to Austin Hedges, June's Defensive Player of the Month.
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By Bill James (Jul 09, 2019)
Say Goodbye to Eric Swalwell His campaign did not Gosowell Say Hello to Tom Steyer I do not think I will be a buyer.
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By Bill James (Jul 08, 2019)
Hickenlooper beats Booker. Really? Are you sure?
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By Bill James (Jul 07, 2019)
Quiet poll results. Editor rants.
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By Bill James (Jul 06, 2019)
Biden is Slidin' .
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By Bill James (Jul 05, 2019)
The Warren Wagon has come to a rest.
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By Bill James (Jul 04, 2019)
It's a Holiday. I still did a report.
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By Bill James (Jul 03, 2019)
Michael Bennet dominates a poll of the also-rans.
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By Bill James (Jul 02, 2019)
Who would the public choose to honor?
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By Bill James (Jul 02, 2019)
Is Castro catching fire?
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By Bill James (Jul 01, 2019)
Andrew Yang makes the green list.
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By Daniel Marks (Jul 01, 2019)
A follow-up to my prior article, this time focusing on the best rookie classes based on their eventual careers.
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By Bill James (Jun 30, 2019)
Debate performance hurts Beto.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 30, 2019)
Testes, one, two, one, two….
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By Bill James (Jun 29, 2019)
Kamala Harris has a really good day.
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By Bill James (Jun 28, 2019)
Oh, Brave new world, which has such candidates in it.
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By Bill James (Jun 27, 2019)
Booker edges forward.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 26, 2019)
And there was grammar. And there was grammar issues. And they was bad.
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By Bill James (Jun 25, 2019)
Wave good-bye to Wayne.
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By Bill James (Jun 25, 2019)
About the Hall of Fame polls. Sort of. To me it is.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 25, 2019)
Totally not about race.
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By Bill James (Jun 24, 2019)
This sounds like fun; let's do it.
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By Bill James (Jun 24, 2019)
When nothing happens, there is no headline on it.
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By Bill James (Jun 23, 2019)
We'll be debating soon.
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By Bill James (Jun 22, 2019)
Trump beats expectations by a wide margin. He's still half of Buttigieg, but better than expected. ​
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 21, 2019)
Re-reading some favorites from the 1980s
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By Bill James (Jun 21, 2019)
For some reason, my Twitter followers do NOT like Bernie Sanders.
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By Dave Fleming (Jun 21, 2019)
Looking at the dogfight that isn't (yet).
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By Bill James (Jun 20, 2019)
Yang edges up.
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By Jon Becker (Jun 19, 2019)
A closer look at the insane run totals from this past weekend's series in Coors.
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By Bill James (Jun 19, 2019)
Williamson stumbles for the first time.
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By Bill James (Jun 17, 2019)
Very quiet day.
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By Bill James (Jun 17, 2019)
Kicking around an old Runs Produced Formula
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By Bill James (Jun 16, 2019)
Kamala Klobbers Klobuchar, Klaws Back a few points in the standings.
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By Bill James (Jun 15, 2019)
Gillibrand continues her run.
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By Bill James (Jun 14, 2019)
Cory Booker's bad, horrible day.
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By Mark Simon (Jun 13, 2019)
Kevin Kiermaier's is worth marveling over. Let's marvel together.
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By Bill James (Jun 13, 2019)
John Delaney rallies.
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By Bill James (Jun 12, 2019)
Swalwell wins and loses.
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By Bill James (Jun 11, 2019)
Inslee is gaining ground.
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By Bill James (Jun 11, 2019)
Just a little study.
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By Bill James (Jun 10, 2019)
A few thoughts after a quiet day at the polling station.
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By Bill James (Jun 09, 2019)
Gillibrand up almost 40% in the last month.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 06, 2019)
A confession, of sorts
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By Mark Simon (Jun 05, 2019)
Is Cody Bellinger the league's most valuable player on both sides of the ball? Mark reveals May's Top Defensive Player in this edition of Stat of the Week.
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By Bill James (May 31, 2019)
Why yes, I DID mention Roy Cullenbine again. Thanks for asking.
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By Bill James (May 30, 2019)
Forgot to address this issue yesterday
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By Bill James (May 29, 2019)
Research.
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By Bill James (May 26, 2019)
Kamala pushes Bernie to the edge of the race.
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By Mark Simon (May 24, 2019)
Do all the homers cause us to overlook Cody Bellinger's defense? Mark takes a look at what makes the Dodgers so dangerous defensively.
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By Bill James (May 23, 2019)
A few words of explanation. 5,094.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 22, 2019)
Conclusions about how to expand leagues in the future
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 20, 2019)
The Second Division
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By Alex Vigderman (May 20, 2019)
Are defensive shifts losing their effectiveness? Alex takes a closer look and in the process introduces a fun new acronym to the lexicon.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 19, 2019)
Revisiting October 10, 1963
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By Bill James (May 18, 2019)
A new method.
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By Daniel Marks (May 18, 2019)
With apologies to Lennon and McCartney, taking a look back at one of Bill's "favorite" rookie classes.​
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By Bill James (May 15, 2019)
An article from my upcoming book
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By Bill James (May 14, 2019)
Warren, Biden gain ground after strong results against Buttigieg and Harris.
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By Bill James (May 10, 2019)
Trump slumps.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 10, 2019)
Some notes, preliminary to actually studying the subject (note split infinitive)
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By Mark Simon (May 09, 2019)
The usual suspects sit atop Bill's No. 1 Starting Pitcher Rankings. But who are some of the interesting ascendant pitchers behind them? Mark tells you in this week's Stat of the Week.
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By Bill James (May 09, 2019)
A crime story from Floating Kansas.
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By Bill James (May 09, 2019)
Nothing much happening.
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By Bill James (May 08, 2019)
Ryan had a bad day.
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By Bill James (May 07, 2019)
Updating and further explaining the polls.
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By Bill James (May 06, 2019)
The first published results from my daily Presidential polls.
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By Bill James (May 06, 2019)
Explaining what I am trying to do with the daily twitter polls. Results posted separately.
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By Bill James (May 06, 2019)
Explaining what I am trying to do with the daily twitter polls. Results posted separately.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 05, 2019)
A dissenting opinion
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By Mark Simon (May 03, 2019)
The Brewers' Lorenzo Cain has been magnificent with the leather to start the season. Mark takes a closer look at what makes Lo Cain so special.
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By Bill James (May 03, 2019)
I have finished a book. I am back alive.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 02, 2019)
A Failed Tracer
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By Patrick Rowley (Apr 23, 2019)
Play DFS? Patrick introduces SISBets.com, a new tool that every DFS player should know about.
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By Bryce Rossler (Apr 19, 2019)
Bryce breaks down what makes defensive line such a deep position in this year's NFL draft.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 17, 2019)
Or at least a butterfly? The butterfly effect
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 15, 2019)
A Little Alternate History
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By Bill James (Apr 13, 2019)
An article in the tradition of the Guidry/Rice article from 1978. Trying to find the appropriate value for Mel Ott.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 11, 2019)
In today's headlines
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By Daniel Marks (Apr 07, 2019)
Or, maybe it should be called "What's the Deal with Closers"? Reviewing 50 years of the pitchers who have served in this volatile role.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 06, 2019)
a very brief footnote to my article of March 12th
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By Alex Vigderman (Apr 04, 2019)
The Marlins are employing the shift like no other team in baseball. But is it helping them?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 04, 2019)
Taking an argument over from Bill's article to mine, not that anyone has asked me to.
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By Bill James (Apr 04, 2019)
While yet I live, 1960s baseball will never die.
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By Bill James (Mar 28, 2019)
Following up on a Twitter Poll
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 27, 2019)
Talking about Bill James, Project Scoresheet, the 1869 Red Stockings, and more...
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 27, 2019)
It's not Baltimore. Sorry, Orioles fans.
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By Mark Simon (Mar 27, 2019)
This week, Mark uses Defense-Independent Pitching Statistics to identify last season's over and underachieving pitchers.
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By Special Guest Author: Javier Caceres (Mar 25, 2019)
Can runs be attributed to luck? And if so, can wins? Special guest author, Javier Caceres, attempts to quantify the impact that lucky runs can have on decisions and ultimately the standings.
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 23, 2019)
With apologies to Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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By Mark Simon (Mar 21, 2019)
Can Defense-Independent Batting Statistics tell us who overachieved and underachieved in 2018? YES!
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By Bill James (Mar 17, 2019)
Memories
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By Alex Vigderman (Mar 14, 2019)
Alex runs down some of the highlights from 2019's SABR Analytics Conference in Phoenix.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Mar 12, 2019)
another hole poked in another baseball anecdote
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By Steven Goldleaf (Mar 11, 2019)
Applying a little retrospective vision to the NL of the 1960s
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 11, 2019)
Because, why wait until the decade is over? Also, I celebrate a milestone.
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By Mark Simon (Mar 07, 2019)
A lot has been made about Bryce Harper's defense. Mark zeroes in on Harper's outfield arm.
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By Bill James (Mar 06, 2019)
This is the most important article in this 13-part series. Please read and discuss.
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By Bill James (Mar 05, 2019)
Trying to look for the big picture.
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 04, 2019)
The 2018 CASEY Award winner pays a visit to Reds Country
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By Steven Goldleaf (Mar 03, 2019)
Now it’s time for—NEW RULES!
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By Bill James (Mar 01, 2019)
Two articles left in the series. After this one.
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By Bill James (Feb 28, 2019)
At least we are arguing now about seasons that you remember.
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By Bill James (Feb 27, 2019)
The ninth article in a continuing series.
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By Bill James (Feb 26, 2019)
The best pitchers of the early 1970s, season by season.
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By Bill James (Feb 26, 2019)
I posted this article yesterday, but somehow it got posted with an archive date which caused it to disappear, so I don't actually know whether it was ever visible to the readers. So I'm re-posting it.​
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By Mark Simon (Feb 22, 2019)
Ban the shift? Which one? Mark takes a look at the rise of outfield shifts and the teams using them most often.
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By Bill James (Feb 22, 2019)
Comparing the two Game Score systems.
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By Daniel Marks (Feb 21, 2019)
Looking back at trades that didn't waste any time making a good first impression
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By Bill James (Feb 20, 2019)
Fifth in our series of articles arguing about the best pitcher of each season. The Cy Young Award winners are added to the conversation.
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By Bill James (Feb 19, 2019)
Something to do while I can't sleep.
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By Bill James (Feb 19, 2019)
Fourth article in the series.
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By Bill James (Feb 18, 2019)
Third article in a long series.
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 18, 2019)
Turning a question around on itself.
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By Bill James (Feb 15, 2019)
1986 is dead and gone, folks.
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By Bill James (Feb 15, 2019)
Posing a question
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By Bill James (Feb 15, 2019)
Second set of articles from the series.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Feb 15, 2019)
Part One of a possible two-part article
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By Sports Info Solutions Staff (Feb 14, 2019)
*Trigger warning to fans of the Oakland A's
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By Bill James (Feb 14, 2019)
Beginning a 12-part series. I'll open it up to comments in a couple of days; I just don't like that thing that happens when the discussion gets ahead of the articles and makes a mess of the argument.​
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By John Dewan (Feb 12, 2019)
Order the Rookie Football Handbook now!
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 08, 2019)
A quick note on the passing of a legend.
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By Nathan Cooper, John Todd, and Mark Simon (Feb 07, 2019)
Now that the Super Bowl has come and gone, it's time to scout the NFL draft.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Feb 04, 2019)
Separating Stars and Super-stars
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By Bill James (Feb 02, 2019)
Nine Pages of Research and 13 pages of rambling about this, that and the other.
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By John Dewan (Jan 31, 2019)
Previewing the Super Bowl, John identifies the most important thing each team's offense must do to win on Sunday.
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By Bill James (Jan 31, 2019)
Jane Leavy's got her thing; I got mine.
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By John Dewan (Jan 25, 2019)
John recognizes two friends, Bill and Rob, on some recent accomplishments.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 25, 2019)
...which came between The Georgian Error and the Victorian Error in the UK
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By John Dewan (Jan 23, 2019)
Using Bill's Hall of Fame Value Standard, John checks in on those active players with a shot at Cooperstown.​
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 23, 2019)
And the winner is.....
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By Dave Fleming (Jan 18, 2019)
A great hitter hides in the Big Apple.
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By John Dewan (Jan 16, 2019)
Bill's new Half of Fame Value Standard applies to pitchers too. John looks at some of the more interesting names on this year's ballot.
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By John Dewan (Jan 12, 2019)
Poor, poor Cody Parkey.
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By Bill James (Jan 11, 2019)
Reconsidering
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By John Dewan (Jan 10, 2019)
In-time for Hall of Fame season, John introduces a new Bill James original stat, the Hall of Fame Value Standard!
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By Bill James (Jan 09, 2019)
Research
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 07, 2019)
Sympathy for O'Malley: "Please, allow me to introduce myself...."
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By Bill James (Jan 04, 2019)
Really?
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By Bill James (Jan 03, 2019)
Welcome to the Cooperstown, Rusty.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 02, 2019)
ten days afterwards, some thoughts
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 29, 2018)
Welcome to Cooperstown's newest attraction
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By John Dewan (Dec 27, 2018)
John presents the arguments against banning or limiting the shift.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 27, 2018)
The voting has closed, and the results are in. It's the Sandman and the Slugger.....
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By Steven Goldleaf (Dec 22, 2018)
or Directors of Photography or Decimal Places or Dave Parker or Diastolic Pressure….
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By John Dewan (Dec 20, 2018)
John hands out awards for some the game's significant though less heralded accomplishments.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 16, 2018)
Taking an early look at the 2019 "Hall of Fame Tracker", with some history and some early observations.​
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 14, 2018)
Time for Bill James Online members to cast your votes.
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By John Dewan (Dec 11, 2018)
Love this SotW! Perhaps not the most prestigious of awards but unique and important nevertheless.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Dec 09, 2018)
I told the author that I wanted two copies and a power scrotum to hold them in. So far only the one copy has arrived.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 08, 2018)
Analyzing the BBWAA Hall of Fame predictions submitted by our member community
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By John Dewan (Dec 06, 2018)
John previews the College Football Playoff field in this week's Stat of the Week
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 04, 2018)
Finding a surprise culprit for the crowded Hall-of-Fame ballot.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Dec 03, 2018)
a review of THE BIG FELLA: BABE RUTH AND THE WORLD HE CREATED
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By John Dewan (Nov 28, 2018)
An Ode to Adrián
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By Bill James (Nov 27, 2018)
Finishing the series from a month ago, about rookies.
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 24, 2018)
Our 3rd annual installment of a Bill James Online member contest
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 24, 2018)
The latest installment of an annual Bill James Online member project. Read....participate....and (eventually) vote.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 20, 2018)
How did we do on our predictions for 2018?
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 19, 2018)
A review of pitchers who transformed from ineffective starters to outstanding relievers.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 15, 2018)
Checking in at the end of a career.
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By John Dewan (Nov 14, 2018)
Bucks and Blazers atop the NBA Power Rankings??? John takes a look at the NBA and NFL Bill James Power Rankings.
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By Mark Simon (Nov 07, 2018)
Turning towards free agency, whose glove puts him in line for a big payday?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 07, 2018)
Over Golden Glove Unleaving?
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By Bill James (Nov 02, 2018)
Measuring the effects which could be pushing strikeouts upward over time. This is some serious research, Jack.
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By John Dewan (Oct 29, 2018)
Presenting the winners of 2018's Fielding Bible Awards!
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By Bill James (Oct 25, 2018)
The old car sputtered and shuddered to come to life, but once the gears were in motion it ran like a dream.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Oct 24, 2018)
And I do mean “imposing,” in both senses: What TV announcers persist in doing, and should not do
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By Bill James (Oct 24, 2018)
Rookies who looked great but didn't reach the goal.
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By Dave Fleming (Oct 23, 2018)
Musings about the 2018 Red Sox, on the eve of the World Series.
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By Bill James (Oct 23, 2018)
Explaining the method
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By John Dewan (Oct 22, 2018)
Time to take a look at 2018's Fielding Bible Award outfield candidates.
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By Bill James (Oct 22, 2018)
Articles to follow
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By Daniel Marks (Oct 20, 2018)
Reviewing lefty relievers, including LOOGYs and the Cuban Missle.
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By Bill James (Oct 18, 2018)
Responding to a reader's question.
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By John Dewan (Oct 17, 2018)
In this week's Stat of the Week, John breaks down the Fielding Bible Award infield candidates.
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By Bill James (Oct 17, 2018)
And Playing Time
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By John Dewan (Oct 12, 2018)
The Handbook is here!
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By Mark Simon (Oct 02, 2018)
Want to know who the league's best defenders were in 2018? Mark has the answers.
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By Bill James (Oct 02, 2018)
Title is self-explanatory?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Oct 01, 2018)
a look backwards, and a little bit forward
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By Bill James (Sep 23, 2018)
Continuing a discussion from Twitter.
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By Bill James (Sep 20, 2018)
Yesterday's research warmed over.
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By Alex Vigderman (Sep 19, 2018)
Using minor league DRS, Alex looks at some of the game's best defensive prospects.
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By Bill James (Sep 19, 2018)
Expected and Actual World Championships.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Sep 15, 2018)
And the way we wertzen’t: some tracers on Bill’s Guide to Managers
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By John Dewan (Sep 14, 2018)
The facts behind Tommy John surgery.
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By Bill James (Sep 14, 2018)
Now open for comments.
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By Dave Fleming (Sep 08, 2018)
What can a pitcher's past tell us about their future?
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By John Dewan (Sep 04, 2018)
Playing a deeper center field has allowed Adam Engel to rob more homers and make a bigger impact defensively.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Sep 02, 2018)
One way to get me to watch the Olympics
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By Bill James (Sep 01, 2018)
A longer answer to a Hey, Bill question.
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By Brian Reiff (Aug 31, 2018)
25 teams increased their shift frequency this year. But can they employ the strategy more effectively?​
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 31, 2018)
Not the Browning Version
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By Bill James (Aug 27, 2018)
Introducing the Four Teams
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By Bill James (Aug 27, 2018)
Roster and Cards.
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By Bill James (Aug 27, 2018)
Rosters and Cards.
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By Bill James (Aug 27, 2018)
Cards and Roster Form
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By Bill James (Aug 27, 2018)
Cards and Roster Form.
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 26, 2018)
"Here we are now, entertain us." All about teens in the Majors.....
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By Mark Simon (Aug 24, 2018)
We know that Strike Zone Runs Saved can identify the best pitch framers in baseball. But what impact does pitch framing itself have on Wins and Losses?
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By Bill James (Aug 21, 2018)
The Balk Rule: It wasn't a problem when there was only one umpire in a game.
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By Bill James (Aug 19, 2018)
I am going back to work on the game now. This the complete rules, pages 1 through 42, all of which I tried to post before, but I messed something up and some of it didn't run.
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By Bill James (Aug 19, 2018)
Poking around in the NL MVP-related data.
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By John Dewan (Aug 17, 2018)
The NL MVP race is wide open. This week, John takes a closer look at each of the contenders.
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By Bill James (Aug 17, 2018)
Wrapping up the rulebook. We've still got a lot of work to do.
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By Bill James (Aug 15, 2018)
Usage Rules for pitchers and Game Limitations for Batters.
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By Bill James (Aug 14, 2018)
Continuing to roll out the game.
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By Mark Simon (Aug 10, 2018)
Roster depth and an increase use of the shift have catapulted the Diamondbacks from one of baseball's worst defensive teams to one of its best.
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By Bill James (Aug 10, 2018)
Explaining the Codes. Mostly kind of self-explanatory.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 09, 2018)
A few memories I thought I'd share
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By Bill James (Aug 09, 2018)
Explaining the Structure of the Game
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By Bill James (Aug 08, 2018)
Hope you get something out of this.
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By Bill James (Aug 07, 2018)
No week is complete on BJOL without reference to Danny MacFayden.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 05, 2018)
An attempt to see if the identical twins might be triplets
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By Bill James (Aug 05, 2018)
Stolen base attempts and sacrifice bunts, Line Drives, and Rules for Advancing
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 05, 2018)
Looking back at 20 years of the Futures Game
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By John Dewan (Aug 03, 2018)
Just how good was Keon Broxton in July? Thanks to a few amazing plays, he led baseball in DRS for the month.
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By Bill James (Jul 30, 2018)
Let me try this again.
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By Bill James (Jul 30, 2018)
It is what it says it is.
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By Bill James (Jul 28, 2018)
Just messing around.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jul 28, 2018)
More software than hardware
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By Mark Simon (Jul 26, 2018)
Shohei Ohtani is incredible. But you already knew that. Which other rookies deserve our attention?
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By Bill James (Jul 25, 2018)
Importing a Twitter discussion
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By Bill James (Jul 20, 2018)
Re-thinking record keeping.
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By Dave Fleming (Jul 18, 2018)
Asking the question no one seems to be asking.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jul 15, 2018)
A Mental Construct, using made-up numbers. Bonus points for catching the allusions to Denis Leary or Martin Short..
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By Mark Simon (Jul 11, 2018)
Using Total Runs, Mark breaks down the All-Star game rosters. The fans nailed it in the AL but how'd they do in the Senior Circuit?
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By Bill James (Jul 03, 2018)
It works well, but it doesn't work PERFECTLY.
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By John Dewan (Jul 02, 2018)
Alex Gordon may be struggling with the bat but he still flashes the leather. Who else made the list of June's best defenders?
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By Brian Reiff (Jul 02, 2018)
Led by a trio of NL shortstops, Brian takes a look at a few players registering the biggest defensive improvements over last season.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jul 01, 2018)
developing a 17-year-old notion from the Historical Abstract
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 26, 2018)
With reference to how the Old World monkeys used to do it
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By Daniel Marks (Jun 26, 2018)
Reviewing baseball's amateur draft
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By Andrew Kyne (Jun 14, 2018)
The Phillies are sooo bad at shifting this year. How bad are they??? Just ask Jake Arrieta.
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By Mark Simon (Jun 08, 2018)
For years, Clayton Kershaw dominated the World's Best Starting Pitcher Rankings. Mark looks at baseball's new starting pitcher landscape.
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By Dave Fleming (Jun 06, 2018)
Which teams can claim the best hitter and the best pitcher in a league, and how have they fared?
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By John Dewan (Jun 01, 2018)
Just how good has Lorenzo Cain been defensively? Well, John is here to tell you!
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 29, 2018)
Is there an objective trading policy that bad teams should stick to?
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By Mark Simon (May 25, 2018)
Pulling fly balls is a good thing. Mark takes a look at 3 middle infielders doing just that to level up.
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By Bill James (May 24, 2018)
Addendum; response to reader comment.
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By Bill James (May 24, 2018)
Bill just can't shut up about this Superstar nonsense.
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By Bill James (May 21, 2018)
A companion article to "So What is a Superstar", posted about two weeks ago.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 21, 2018)
Critiquing WAR by a sample size of one
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By Alex Vigderman (May 17, 2018)
Probably not the way he envisioned it going down but let's talk about Robbie Cano's Hall of Fame case!​
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By Alex Vigderman (May 15, 2018)
Minor league Statcast data! Baseball Info Solutions is at it again.
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By Daniel Marks (May 12, 2018)
Reviewing the curious case of Nick Markakis and his pursuit of 3,000 hits.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 11, 2018)
Thoughts on Loss Shares
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By Bill James (May 10, 2018)
Bryce is not just Brentz anymore.
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By Dave Fleming (May 09, 2018)
A generation's Mantle finally gets his Mays.
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By Mark Simon (May 04, 2018)
Mark breaks down what makes Matt Chapman so great. As an A's fan, I can attest to his greatness. It's pretty great. Really great.
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By Bill James (May 03, 2018)
The best left fielders of the early 20th century.
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By Keegan Abdoo (Apr 27, 2018)
With the NFL draft upon us, Keegan visualizes how accurately the top projected QBs throw to each part of the field.
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By Bill James (Apr 27, 2018)
You remember these guys. Even if you're young, you remember these guys.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 25, 2018)
Trying to see how shocking my time-line bias theory would look in practice
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By Daniel Marks (Apr 25, 2018)
A tale of three lefties
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By Bill James (Apr 25, 2018)
Continuing the series of articles ranking the best players at each position.
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By Bill James (Apr 23, 2018)
Resuming the series of articles that I left off in February.
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By Dave Fleming (Apr 19, 2018)
The Braves second baseman is having a torrid start. We should have seen this coming.
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By Keegan Abdoo (Apr 18, 2018)
Football season already??? Oh yes...
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By Bill James (Apr 16, 2018)
The mathematical implications of being 13-2 to start the season. I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes!
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By Bill James (Apr 13, 2018)
If you are tired of my writing about this, I understand.
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By John Dewan (Apr 12, 2018)
The team over at Sports Info Solutions share some early season observations on defense.
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By Bill James (Apr 11, 2018)
Cubs, Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Cardinals. . . .general research and argument.
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By Bill James (Apr 07, 2018)
If a pitcher was good last year, how do we estimate the odds that he will be good again this year?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 03, 2018)
A brief interruption of my series on small, big, and bigger improvements in baseball and, ultimately, human society
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By Mark Simon (Apr 03, 2018)
Can Defense Independent Pitching Statistics tell us which pitchers got lucky and which might see some positive regression?
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 28, 2018)
Are we still doing this? Yes, we're still doing this.
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By Bill James (Mar 23, 2018)
Outlining a method which could, in theory, give us access to hundreds of currently inaccessible questions.
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 22, 2018)
Now featuring 10% Mike Trout content.
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By Alex Vigderman (Mar 22, 2018)
Defensive shifts are becoming more sophisticated and Alex breaks it down for us.
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By Bill James (Mar 20, 2018)
Rock Chalk Talk
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By Steven Goldleaf (Mar 18, 2018)
A wider look at those two little things I was discussing last time
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By John Dewan (Mar 15, 2018)
Using Bill's Starting Pitcher Rankings, John previews the league's best and most improved rotations.​
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 14, 2018)
Looking at anomaly seasons......
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By Steven Goldleaf (Mar 10, 2018)
Intro to a more complex and controversial article
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 09, 2018)
A new way of understanding Billy Hamilton.
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By Mark Simon (Mar 08, 2018)
The D'Backs lost a big bat this off-season in JD Martinez but could a couple under-the-radar acquisitions keep them competitive in a tough NL West?
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By Bill James (Mar 07, 2018)
Back to the greatest shortstops ever.
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By John Dewan (Feb 23, 2018)
Buy the 2018 Handbook for half off today!
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 23, 2018)
Asking an inevitable question.
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By John Dewan (Feb 19, 2018)
With the US under-performing in freestyle skiing and speed skating, Norway is pacing the field in the medal count.
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By Mark Simon (Feb 14, 2018)
The Cubs made a big splash this week signing Yu Darvish. So after recent injuries and a World Series implosion, what should they expect?
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By Daniel Marks (Feb 10, 2018)
My apologies to the Ken Phelps All Star Team......
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By Bill James (Feb 08, 2018)
An empirical study of offense and attendance.
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By Bill James (Feb 08, 2018)
Sections 109 to 112 of the series.
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By John Dewan (Feb 07, 2018)
John previews 2018's Winter Olympics with a projected medal count.
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By Bill James (Feb 07, 2018)
Continuing the series.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Feb 02, 2018)
Or technically .299500
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By Bill James (Feb 01, 2018)
Entries 99-105 of this series.
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By John Dewan (Jan 31, 2018)
John breaks down this Sunday's matchup and why each team's running game will prove key.
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By Bill James (Jan 31, 2018)
Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to this.
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By Special Guest Author: Martin Schneider (Jan 29, 2018)
In the first of a new series of reader-submitted articles, Martin explores the relationship between bombs and MVP voting.
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 25, 2018)
The results are in. Our contest winner is.....
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By John Dewan (Jan 23, 2018)
There's buzz surrounding the newly Hall-eligible Omar Vizquel. But did he flash enough leather across three decades to get in? John takes a closer look.
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By Bill James (Jan 23, 2018)
Three unrelated thoughts. I wouldn't really call them "thoughts".
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By John Carter (Jan 22, 2018)
John examines the repeatability of standout seasons at the hot corner and in relief.
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By John Dewan (Jan 19, 2018)
John provides info on Andruw Jones and Scott Rolen about their Hall of Fame worthiness using Bill James’ Win Shares.
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By Bill James (Jan 19, 2018)
Beginning with Al Rosen. Brooks never played against Rosen, but could have. They both played in the American League in 1955 and 1956, but never in the same game.
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By Bill James (Jan 18, 2018)
The dominant third basemen of the first half of the last century.
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By Bill James (Jan 17, 2018)
An exchange of ideas with a friend. My portion is inexplicably long-winded.
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By Bill James (Jan 15, 2018)
Because an orderly presentation of an argument is not possible in 280 characters. . .
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By Dave Fleming (Jan 12, 2018)
Shuffling the deck chairs.
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By John Dewan (Jan 11, 2018)
John takes a closer look at the hottest teams entering the second round of the NFL playoffs using Bill's Power Rankings.
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 07, 2018)
What happens when Bill James metrics intersect?
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By Bill James (Jan 05, 2018)
More in the series.
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By Bill James (Jan 04, 2018)
Second basemen of the post-war era.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 03, 2018)
"Baseball in the Garden of Eden: the secret history of the early game" by John Thorn
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By Bill James (Jan 02, 2018)
Second basemen from 1900 to 1948.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Dec 29, 2017)
Why Not? I'll Tell You Why Not.
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By Bill James (Dec 29, 2017)
Continuing the series
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By John Dewan (Dec 28, 2017)
Lou Whitaker sits outside of the Hall of Fame looking in while newly elected teammate, Alan Trammell warms his feet by the fire. But why? John looks to Bill's Hall of Fame Monitor for answers.
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By Bill James (Dec 28, 2017)
Part of a series
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 26, 2017)
The voting has closed, and the results are in. It's a Braves New World.....
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By John Dewan (Dec 22, 2017)
Curious who MLB's future defensive whizzes are? John looks at MiLB's top defenders by DRS.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 22, 2017)
The deadline is approaching.....
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By Bill James (Dec 21, 2017)
Continuing the series.
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By Bill James (Dec 20, 2017)
Continuing the series from last week.
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By Bill James (Dec 14, 2017)
Sorry it has taken me a couple of days to post this one.
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 13, 2017)
Some thoughts on the newest member of the Hall of Fame.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 12, 2017)
Time for Bill James Online members to vote.....
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By Bill James (Dec 11, 2017)
Continuing the series. This was supposed to appear this morning at sunup. Apparently I screwed up the process. Sorry.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 10, 2017)
Taking an early look at the "Hall of Fame Tracker", with some history and some early observations
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By John Dewan (Dec 08, 2017)
The winter meetings start next week. John takes a look at those free agents who should expect a nice pay day based on their defensive prowess.
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By Bill James (Dec 08, 2017)
Continuing the series begun yesterday.
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By Bill James (Dec 07, 2017)
Starting a series of articles. I promise to finish at least the first six.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Dec 06, 2017)
Featuring some tall tales, a glimpse of Marilyn Monroe, and a circumcision.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 06, 2017)
Listing all of the entries, and looking at some summary data
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 02, 2017)
There's still time to get your entries in....
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By John Dewan (Dec 02, 2017)
Curious who 2017's best bunters were? Look no further!
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Diamonds
By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 30, 2017)
True story, bro
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 28, 2017)
OK, non-clickbait title: How Sabermetrics Is Capable of Ruining Baseball
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 28, 2017)
The latest installment of an annual Bill James Online member project. Read....participate....and (eventually) vote.
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By Bill James (Nov 27, 2017)
Timeline research.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 26, 2017)
Resulting in a thorny literary discussion
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 24, 2017)
After further review, I'm moving up the deadline in our prediction contest
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By Bill James (Nov 23, 2017)
Text of a speech I gave last week.
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 21, 2017)
Our 2nd annual installment of a Bill James Online member contest
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By Bill James (Nov 20, 2017)
Addressing side issues related to the Judge/Altuve article I posted earlier.
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 19, 2017)
Reviewing the outcome, and some thoughts on what it may (or may not) imply
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By John Dewan (Nov 17, 2017)
Using Outfield Arm Runs Saved, John looks at 2017's most devastating outfield cannons.
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By Bill James (Nov 17, 2017)
Two unequal candidates for the American League Award.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 15, 2017)
Vivid memories of being struck (or striking someone) with a baseball
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By Bill James (Nov 13, 2017)
How do the MVP candidates of 2017 compare to other years?
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By John Dewan (Nov 13, 2017)
New for 2018, the Bill James Handbook now includes three years of injury data from Baseball Info Solutions!​
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 06, 2017)
A position-by-position review of young players through history
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By John Dewan (Oct 31, 2017)
And we present the very best defenders of 2017!
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By Bill James (Oct 31, 2017)
About the handwriting in the Ramsey case.
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By John Dewan (Oct 30, 2017)
The title says it all!
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By Dave Fleming (Oct 28, 2017)
What is the problem with pitchers is all of the time they spend not doing anything?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Oct 27, 2017)
A fictional look at where the 1919 Sox might have gone wrong
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By Bill James (Oct 27, 2017)
Statistical ranking.
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By Bill James (Oct 24, 2017)
Outlining a method to sort rookies into levels.
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By Daniel Marks (Oct 23, 2017)
Revisiting and updating a mid-2016 article
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By John Dewan (Oct 19, 2017)
In the second of a two-part series, John takes a look at the Fielding Bible Award favorites in the outfield, on the mound, and amongst utility players.
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By Bill James (Oct 18, 2017)
Catchers and Quaterbacks wasting our time. . . .
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By John Dewan (Oct 16, 2017)
The first in a two part series, John examines 2017's best defenders and Fielding Bible Award contenders.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Oct 15, 2017)
...wasn't worth all that much, apparently. A very tightly focused variation on Bill’s Deserved Wins Thesis.​
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By Bill James (Oct 14, 2017)
Whose turn is it to win now? And how do we know?
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By Bill James (Oct 13, 2017)
Continuing the series
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By Bill James (Oct 10, 2017)
A funhouse mirror of fact and fact.
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By Bill James (Oct 09, 2017)
It's actually just a coincidence that this article appears on Canadian Thanksgiving.
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By Bill James (Oct 06, 2017)
Continuing the series.
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By Bill James (Oct 05, 2017)
Organizational History
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By Bill James (Oct 03, 2017)
First in a series of articles
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By John Dewan (Sep 27, 2017)
Andrelton Simmons and Charlie Blackmon for MVP? John previews the AL and NL MVP races looking at the Total Runs leaderboard.
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By Bill James (Sep 27, 2017)
The list, and notes
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By Bill James (Sep 23, 2017)
Explaining and updating what we have done.
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By Daniel Marks (Sep 23, 2017)
Having a "Pep" Talk regarding a Hall of Famer.....
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By Steven Goldleaf (Sep 23, 2017)
.... of Baseball’s Peerless Semi-Pros: The Brooklyn Bushwicks of Dexter Park by Thomas Barthel
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By Bill James (Sep 21, 2017)
How do we decide who really qualifies?
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By John Dewan (Sep 20, 2017)
There's a new World's #1 Staring Pitcher. John looks at Klubot's ascent and how he's wrestled the title away from a couple of other pitchers you may have heard of.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Sep 18, 2017)
One small tracer, and a discussion of tracers in the larger sense
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By Dave Fleming (Sep 16, 2017)
Some thoughts about Ozzie Smith, and the current MVP discussion.
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By John Dewan (Sep 11, 2017)
John looks at the shifting dynamics of The Shift.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Sep 09, 2017)
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead.....
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By Bill James (Sep 08, 2017)
Is it best to pitch to contact?
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By Bill James (Sep 05, 2017)
A large study of hot teams and cold teams finds an actual effect.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 31, 2017)
A rejected article from the spring, published late this summer
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 29, 2017)
Talking WAR, Norse Mythology, Ian Kinsler, Inherit the Wind....You know, the usual stuff
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By Bill James (Aug 28, 2017)
Responding to things posted by the readers.
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By Bill James (Aug 25, 2017)
How often does a good young starting pitcher suddenly fall off a cliff?
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By Dave Fleming (Aug 25, 2017)
Using some new math to answer an old question.
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By Dave Fleming (Aug 18, 2017)
Trying to understand strikeouts, contexts, and absolute limits.
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By John Dewan (Aug 18, 2017)
Mookie Betts may be having a down year offensively but you can't fault him for his defense, which tops the league. John takes a look at the game's best and worst defenders.
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By Bill James (Aug 15, 2017)
Finishing up the long series.
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By Bill James (Aug 14, 2017)
If you see a turtle on a fence post, somebody put him up there. The same with a 20-game winner.
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By John Dewan (Aug 11, 2017)
Will Jonathan Lucroy help out in Colorado? John takes a closer look at what the former All-Star must do to help a surging Rockies team.
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By Bill James (Aug 11, 2017)
Some years, Cy Young couldn't win the Cy Young Award.
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By Bill James (Aug 10, 2017)
Given enough luck, Michael Dukakis could have been President.
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By Bill James (Aug 09, 2017)
Movie Star Luck
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By Bill James (Aug 08, 2017)
How exactly the numbers get crunched.
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By John Dewan (Aug 08, 2017)
Now that Adrian Beltre's reach 3,000 hits, who's next? Some on the list might surprise you.
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By Bill James (Aug 07, 2017)
Gloom, Despair, and Agony on me. . .
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By Dave Fleming (Aug 06, 2017)
How many Hall-of-Famers can you find on one team's roster?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 04, 2017)
Fiction, but much more of historical and argumentative value than literary merit.
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By Bill James (Aug 04, 2017)
The luckiest seasons for each franchise. . .
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By Bill James (Aug 03, 2017)
The luckiest and unluckiest pitchers of all time, in a career.
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By Bill James (Aug 02, 2017)
Over the course of a career, does the Won-Lost record become a fair test for a pitcher?
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By Bill James (Jul 31, 2017)
Watching the deadline shows.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jul 25, 2017)
Smart or Dumb?
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By John Dewan (Jul 25, 2017)
In his brief stint in the Bigs, Matt Chapman has already saved the A's 8 runs with his glove. This comes of no surprise to John who's tracked Chapman's excellent defense since the minors.
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By John Dewan (Jul 18, 2017)
How'd the fans fare in their All Star Game selections? John says "not bad!"
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jul 17, 2017)
With nary a mention of the Panda
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By Daniel Marks (Jul 16, 2017)
Picking all-time NL & AL all star rosters...but using modern selection rules
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jul 12, 2017)
A continuation of my prior article, containing allusions to the movie "Chinatown," a John Lennon tune, the ‘90s TV sit-com “Martin,” Batman and my former scoutmaster.
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By John Dewan (Jul 07, 2017)
The title says it all.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jul 03, 2017)
How Sabermetrics Could Reduce Excitement About Baseball
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By John Dewan (Jul 01, 2017)
Miguel Montero may not have been right to criticize Jake Arrieta but he also wasn't incorrect. That said, he should probably spend some of his newly acquired free time in front of the mirror.
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By Dave Fleming (Jun 29, 2017)
What the best teams in baseball might be telling us about the future of the game.
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By Daniel Marks (Jun 25, 2017)
How do postseason games end? A historical review.
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By John Dewan (Jun 20, 2017)
Max Scherzer sits atop Bill's World's #1 Starting Pitcher Rankings.
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By Dave Fleming (Jun 20, 2017)
Thoughts on a return.
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By Bill James (Jun 19, 2017)
Follow up research to yesterday's article.
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By Bill James (Jun 19, 2017)
Is Scherzer really better than Kershaw?
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By John Dewan (Jun 14, 2017)
Abolish the shift? Not so fast.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 10, 2017)
Seven thousand words about Halberstam’s OCTOBER 1964, the first six thousand a statistically oriented close reading, and the last thousand a discursive personal essay.
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By John Dewan (Jun 06, 2017)
We have our first no hitter of 2017! But that's not good enough for John; he wants to know where the next one is coming from.
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By Bill James (Jun 02, 2017)
A paint by numbers careers.
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By Bill James (May 31, 2017)
Thoughts on four different subjects. . .
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By Daniel Marks (May 31, 2017)
"Flipping the odds" in the postseason....the most improbable comebacks
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 28, 2017)
leftover observations, with some Jim Bunning (R.I.P.) remarks
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 25, 2017)
The Pitch That Determined The 1964 NL Pennant, sort of, and The Guy Who Threw It
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By John Dewan (May 23, 2017)
The AL Central-leading Twins owe their record in part to a startling defensive turnaround. John looks at how the Twins' gloves have improved dramatically across multiple positions.
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By Rob Neyer (May 23, 2017)
But don't speak too soon, 'cause the ball's still in spin. . ..
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By Bill James (May 22, 2017)
If your team is now 23 and 17, they have a 79% chance to finish the season with a winning record. You're welcome.
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By Daniel Marks (May 20, 2017)
Thoughts on moving...and are roundabouts sabermetric in nature?
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By Bill James (May 17, 2017)
Has baseball REALLY entered a new generation of stars?
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By John Dewan (May 12, 2017)
How has the shorter 10-day minimum impacted the way teams use the disabled list? John takes a look in this edition of Stat of the Week.
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By Bill James (May 08, 2017)
Starting pitcher evaluation. What, we've done that?
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By Bill James (May 07, 2017)
What happens to a team after they have a day off?
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By John Dewan (May 03, 2017)
Using Bill's "temperature" measurement, John looks at baseball's hottest and coldest hitters. Winter is over in DC!
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By John Dewan (Apr 26, 2017)
The title says it all. John looks at the early defensive returns for the league's best and worst.
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By Bill James (Apr 24, 2017)
Aging in Baseball Studies
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 23, 2017)
“An impressive person: Rick is a hoss because he won the championships.”—from Onlineslangdictionary.com​
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By Bill James (Apr 21, 2017)
Just getting it on the record.
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By Bill James (Apr 19, 2017)
Not every player in every season does what you would expect him to do. . .
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By John Dewan (Apr 18, 2017)
It's early but shifts are up. John looks at which teams are shifting the most.
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By Bill James (Apr 17, 2017)
Just putting a speech on record.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 16, 2017)
Another group project
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By Daniel Marks (Apr 14, 2017)
Not exactly "My Dinner with Andre"...actually, even better
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By Bill James (Apr 12, 2017)
Cicero, Vacuum Cleaners and Frank Sullivan.
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By Bill James (Apr 11, 2017)
Is there a Doctor on the airplane?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 10, 2017)
How a Poet Fills Out a Lineup Card
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By John Dewan (Apr 07, 2017)
The A's and Rockies both boast exceedingly young rotations. How does each staff's youth compare to those over the past 10 years?
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By Dave Fleming (Apr 03, 2017)
Trying to fit all of the bold in one prediction.
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 29, 2017)
Did the Braves Slugger Matter Last Year?
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By John Dewan (Mar 28, 2017)
MLB Statcast recently released a new defensive stat, Catch Probability. John digs into its components and how it compares with BIS' Out Ratio.
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By John Dewan (Mar 21, 2017)
John takes a look at the implications of the WBC's extra inning rules.
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 20, 2017)
Yes, we do basketball here too. Presenting my own idea of March Madness.....
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By Steven Goldleaf (Mar 17, 2017)
that Bill James taught us how to play
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By Steven Goldleaf (Mar 12, 2017)
An article whose prefatory example takes up 5/6ths of the piece. Kids, don’t try this at home.
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 09, 2017)
Finding a winner in last year's pile of losers.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Mar 08, 2017)
What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Huh. Say it again.
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By Bill James (Mar 08, 2017)
The article explains the process by which pitcher seasons were designated in previous research as "good" seasons or "poor" seasons.
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By Bill James (Mar 07, 2017)
The article explains the methods that were used in yesterday's article to determine whether a hitter had had a good season or a poor season.
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By Bill James (Mar 06, 2017)
A study of teams as combinations of players having good years and bad years.
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By Bill James (Mar 02, 2017)
Bill rambles incoherently about this, that, and the other. Comment kindly; we suspect he may be losing his marbles.
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By John Dewan (Mar 01, 2017)
A preview of 2017's league leaders according to the Bill James Projections.
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By Bill James (Mar 01, 2017)
Coming Attractions!
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By Steven Goldleaf (Feb 28, 2017)
All the votes are in! Well, 18 of them.
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By Daniel Marks (Feb 25, 2017)
In response, revisiting "Field of Dreams"
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By John Dewan (Feb 24, 2017)
We hear it all the time, the importance of strong defense up-the-middle. John takes a look at the teams projected to field the best and worst defenses up-the-middle in 2017.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Feb 23, 2017)
Where Have You Gone, Jean-Louis Vergez?
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By Bill James (Feb 21, 2017)
After 40 years of studying and analyzing the Baseball Hall of Fame, Bill finds its fatal flaw.
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By John Dewan (Feb 17, 2017)
The knock on Kyle Schwarber has always been his defense. But could a slow-to-the-plate pitching staff be to blame? John uses catcher pop-up times to evaluate the young Cub.
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By Bill James (Feb 17, 2017)
Two parts baseball, one part movies.
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By Bill James (Feb 14, 2017)
Play Ball. Really.
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By John Dewan (Feb 13, 2017)
With Starling Marte bumping Andrew McCutchen from his centerfield perch to right, John takes analyzes the Pirates' familiar but reconfigured outfield.
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By Bill James (Feb 09, 2017)
A follow up from RBI men...
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By Bill James (Feb 06, 2017)
From Cabrera to Caleb.. .
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By Steven Goldleaf (Feb 06, 2017)
Re-thinking the binary nature of the Hall-of-Fame
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By Bill James (Feb 03, 2017)
Research regarding a question of general interest. Please read.
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By Daniel Marks (Feb 02, 2017)
A quick review of a few Hall of Fame related topics while they're still fresh
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By John Carter (Feb 01, 2017)
Ever wonder how George Steinbrenner fared when acquiring big-named pitchers? John examines The Boss' record.
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By Bill James (Jan 31, 2017)
Joining the discussion, too long to post as a comment.
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By Bill James (Jan 30, 2017)
Thought droppings.
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By Dave Fleming (Jan 30, 2017)
Revisiting an all-time blunder.
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By Bill James (Jan 27, 2017)
Don't hang me; I am just trying to be helpful.
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By John Dewan (Jan 26, 2017)
The Braves have a decision to make behind the plate. Whatever they choose, it'll signal how the organization values pitch framing and defensive metrics for catchers.
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By Bill James (Jan 25, 2017)
This Bud's for you.
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By Bill James (Jan 23, 2017)
The second part of our Hall of Fame sorting system. Explaining the method and looking at those not elected.
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By John Dewan (Jan 21, 2017)
Jerry Dipoto has had a busy offseason in the Emerald City. John takes a closer look at what he's been up to.
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By Bill James (Jan 20, 2017)
Is the Hall of Fame getting soft in its old age? Or is that my old age?
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 19, 2017)
The results of our BJOL prediction contest are in. And the winner is....
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 17, 2017)
Is there an uncomfortable relationship between Colorado and Cooperstown?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 14, 2017)
In which I follow through on my threat to examine closely twelve words from “My Mother, Drunk or Sober”
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By Dave Fleming (Jan 13, 2017)
Some further thoughts about catchers and winning.
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By John Dewan (Jan 13, 2017)
John takes a look at why a former dual threat finds himself still languishing in free agency.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 10, 2017)
More about etymology than baseball
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By Bill James (Jan 08, 2017)
Not been doing too good at my job. . .
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 07, 2017)
A polemic against loyalty
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 04, 2017)
And the winners are.....
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By Steven Goldleaf (Dec 31, 2016)
Conclusion (I hope).
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 29, 2016)
A few notes and comments on the voting in progress.....
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 26, 2016)
The latest installment of a Bill James Online Member Project. It's time for you to vote!
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By Steven Goldleaf (Dec 25, 2016)
The virtues of tenderness, a subject that most people who know me consider me eminently unqualified to write about at length, which is precisely what I have done here.
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By John Dewan (Dec 23, 2016)
Adam Eaton broke out in a big way in 2016 due in large part to his arm. John takes a look at a few other outfielders with similarly lethal cannons.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 23, 2016)
More trends and updates, courtesy of "The Hall of Fame Tracker"
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By Steven Goldleaf (Dec 20, 2016)
The dry facts? More like soaking-wet speculation.
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By John Dewan (Dec 15, 2016)
Yoan Moncada struck out a lot during his brief September debut. Should it be cause for concern?
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By Bill James (Dec 14, 2016)
I refuse to tweet about this. You have to find out about it on your own.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Dec 14, 2016)
Further confirming my thesis (with a snag along the way)
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 14, 2016)
Updates on our contest, and some early trends in the Hall of Fame voting
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 08, 2016)
Various thoughts and observations on Ivan Rodriguez as he debuts on the Hall of Fame ballot.
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 07, 2016)
Sometimes asking a question isn't nearly as fun as shouting an answer.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 03, 2016)
An invitation to participate in a friendly Hall of Fame prediction contest
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By Craig Wright (Dec 03, 2016)
Craig's follow up to his previous article, Fixing a Presidential Election.
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By Bill James (Dec 02, 2016)
Building outward from last week's research
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By John Dewan (Dec 01, 2016)
Who were the best bunters in 2016? John does some math to find out!
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 30, 2016)
Did the New York Mets get the right guy?
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 30, 2016)
The latest installment of a Bill James Online member project. Read....participate....and (eventually) vote.
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By Bill James (Nov 28, 2016)
A discussion regarding the nature of statistical analysis.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 26, 2016)
I forgot to goof around with the players’ names last time.
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By Bill James (Nov 22, 2016)
Justin Verlander is not actually 8 foot 2 inches tall.
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By Bill James (Nov 21, 2016)
Trying to keep the record clear.
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By Craig Wright (Nov 21, 2016)
A serious and carefully worded article from Craig Wright on the 2016 Presidential Election.
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 20, 2016)
A review of how Major League organizations have built their rosters over the past 40 years.
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By Bill James (Nov 18, 2016)
Reader Participation History.
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By John Dewan (Nov 18, 2016)
Out with old and in with the...old. In an effort to build a new rotation, the Braves go old.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 18, 2016)
On the stories we tell ourselves.
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By Bill James (Nov 16, 2016)
The title is sufficient introduction.
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By Bill James (Nov 14, 2016)
Inviting your comments.
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By Bill James (Nov 14, 2016)
Notes on an electoral utopia.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 11, 2016)
The 1976 iteration
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 10, 2016)
You didn’t know there’d been a Part One, did you? The 1986 installment.
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By Bill James (Nov 09, 2016)
Bill talks baseball and the future of analytics in Lisbon, Portugal with Ger Gilroy.
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By Bill James (Nov 08, 2016)
An apology for a temporary technical issue with Hey Bill.
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By John Dewan (Nov 07, 2016)
Bill James Handbook home run and batting leaders for 2017! Will Giancarlo bounce back? Can Trumbo repeat? Who will break out?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 07, 2016)
An argument without words.
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By John Dewan (Nov 03, 2016)
How good was Kris Bryant on the bases this year? And how did the Cubs' and Indians' base running stack up against the rest of the league? John takes a closer look in this edition of Stat of the Week.
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By Daniel Marks (Oct 30, 2016)
A backward look at looking forward.....down on the farm.
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By John Dewan (Oct 28, 2016)
Want to know 2016's best defensive players at each position? This year's Fielding Bible Award recipients include 4 first-time winners but just one unanimous selection.
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By Bill James (Oct 28, 2016)
If Honus Wagner played today. . .
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By Bill James (Oct 27, 2016)
Just messing around.
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By John Dewan (Oct 21, 2016)
In the second of his two-part series, John projects the 2016 Gold Glove Winners for the outfield, pitcher, and utility.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Oct 18, 2016)
What to do when your Hall of Famer doesn’t play like a Hall of Famer against every opponent, and you have a very clear idea of who those opponents are?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Oct 18, 2016)
Abstract: What to do when your Hall of Famer doesn’t play like a Hall of Famer against every opponent, and you have a very clear idea of who those opponents are?
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By John Dewan (Oct 13, 2016)
In a two-part series, John projects the 2016 Gold Glove Winners starting with catcher and infield. Is there a new king crouching behind the plate?
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By Bill James (Oct 10, 2016)
Measuring how well a pitcher has pitched to the score.
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By Bill James (Oct 07, 2016)
A Sabermetric Amber Flashing Light
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By Daniel Marks (Oct 07, 2016)
What makes a season "extreme"? And how does 2016 stack up?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Oct 04, 2016)
A thousand words of tracer
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By Bill James (Oct 04, 2016)
Will the real Bryce Harper please stand up?
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By Bill James (Oct 02, 2016)
Appreciate your comments. . .
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By John Dewan (Sep 30, 2016)
What can a new football stat tell us about evaluating running backs?
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By Bill James (Sep 29, 2016)
Suggesting an analytical alternative.
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By John Dewan (Sep 27, 2016)
Greatness and joy remembered
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By Daniel Marks (Sep 24, 2016)
Recent events, an upcoming member project, and how you can participate
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By Bill James (Sep 19, 2016)
Just a Quick Note about a certain type of hitter
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By Bill James (Sep 09, 2016)
Flight Related Notes
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By Steven Goldleaf (Sep 07, 2016)
In the never-ending search for greater meaning, a further exploration of Baseball-reference.com's splits categories.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Sep 04, 2016)
An excellent way NOT to look to stats for significance.
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By John Dewan (Sep 03, 2016)
The trend continues
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 29, 2016)
The nation's #2 hitters turn their lonely eyes to you. A review of "two-hole" hitters, past & present.​
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 28, 2016)
And where “Baseball” figures into all of that….
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By John Dewan (Aug 23, 2016)
Gold medals in the Name Game.
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By Bill James (Aug 17, 2016)
There's one winner in every league in every year. Sometimes that's not the right number.
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By Bill James (Aug 16, 2016)
Has there been a shift away from Relief Pitchers in Cy Young voting?
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By John Dewan (Aug 16, 2016)
The latest in medals.
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 14, 2016)
The legend discusses music, baseball, and the intersection of the two in a candid fake interview.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 10, 2016)
A Variation on the Ontiveri
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 08, 2016)
As Tyrone Slothrop liked to say…
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By John Dewan (Aug 03, 2016)
Game it in Rio.
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 01, 2016)
Taking the pulse of ACTIVE starting pitchers and gauging their Hall of Fame outlooks. And, what will you be doing in 2036?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jul 25, 2016)
Far more information about Stargell and McCovey than you can use in three lifetimes.
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By Bill James (Jul 22, 2016)
In which Nig Lipscomb finally receives his due.
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By John Dewan (Jul 17, 2016)
Featuring the unlikely combo of Tim Anderson and Nancy Sinatra.
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By Bill James (Jul 15, 2016)
When your starting pitcher is knocked out early, does that hurt you TOMORROW?
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By John Dewan (Jul 13, 2016)
Stats vs. Fans
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By Daniel Marks (Jul 06, 2016)
Taking a look at the good and the bad leadoff hitters in history, including leadoff "families"
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By John Dewan (Jul 05, 2016)
Where have all the no-hitters gone?
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jul 04, 2016)
Another in a series of short stories, the first of which seemed to go over well on BJOL.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 25, 2016)
I’m cleaning up these ancient manuscript chapters as fast I can….
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 21, 2016)
What would the game be like if we did balls and strikes differently, really differently?
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By Rob Neyer (Jun 20, 2016)
It depends!
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By Daniel Marks (Jun 18, 2016)
Sending out good vibes to my neighbors to the Northeast before game 7 of the NBA finals. Also, offering up my version of "American Pie"
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By John Dewan (Jun 17, 2016)
The untold story behind the ChiSox's struggles.
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By Bill James (Jun 16, 2016)
Formula for Player Growth and Sustainability Profile
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By Bill James (Jun 15, 2016)
Concluding the series we began on Monday (except that the formula runs tommorrow)
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By Daniel Marks (Jun 15, 2016)
The lighter side of Ali, highlighted by the Ali-Cosell-Crystal triangle
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By Bill James (Jun 14, 2016)
Continuing the article we began yesterday
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By Bill James (Jun 13, 2016)
The first of a three-part article.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jun 08, 2016)
In compensation for my last column, which was free from sabermetic analysis, here is a glut of stats.​
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By Daniel Marks (Jun 07, 2016)
NBA, 3 Pointers, and Trends
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By Bill James (Jun 06, 2016)
Short, non-descript research.
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By Dave Fleming (Jun 01, 2016)
A minute-by-minute account of a non-classic baseball game.
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 27, 2016)
An afternoon with Ted in March of 1944
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By Dave Fleming (May 26, 2016)
What is the most forgotten 'peak' in baseball?
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By John Dewan (May 25, 2016)
The early returns.
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By Bill James (May 17, 2016)
Almost twenty years since the last expansion . . .
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By Steven Goldleaf (May 16, 2016)
One on ballcaps, the other on bullcrap
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By Daniel Marks (May 14, 2016)
All about catchers hitting in the leadoff spot in the batting order. And, what was the deal with the 1939 Indians?
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By Bill James (May 09, 2016)
Knuckle ballers and Knuckle Heads.
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By Ben Jedlovec (May 07, 2016)
Let's look at the big picture
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By Bill James (May 05, 2016)
Do you know who Floyd Giebell was?
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By Daniel Marks (May 01, 2016)
The book that introduced me to baseball and its history reaches a milestone. And, what would an updated sequel look like?
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By John Dewan (Apr 30, 2016)
In a word, great.
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By Bill James (Apr 29, 2016)
Continuing the discussion from yesterday. . .
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By Bill James (Apr 28, 2016)
Batting Averages when the Ball is In Play
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By John Dewan (Apr 24, 2016)
It's never too early for some cutting-edge fielding stats.
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By Daniel Marks (Apr 23, 2016)
Alliteration, anyone? An article all about Signature Significance, Indicative Impressions, and Vincent Velasquez.
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By Bill James (Apr 20, 2016)
JBJ, Kiermaier, Pillar, Altuve, Ty Cobb and Jim Leyritz.
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By Bill James (Apr 19, 2016)
Talkin' Baseball. .. Ian, Noah and the Jake. . .
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By Daniel Marks (Apr 17, 2016)
Rounds 2 through 5. We crown a champion for the tournament and announce a winner for the pool.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Apr 16, 2016)
It finally arrived!
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By John Dewan (Apr 16, 2016)
Everyone's doing it.
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By Bill James (Apr 12, 2016)
Is it possible to create fiction out of digits?
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By Bill James (Apr 12, 2016)
20 stories are not JUST 20 stories.
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By Daniel Marks (Apr 08, 2016)
First round results and leaderboard
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By Dave Fleming (Apr 04, 2016)
Bucking the trend towards absurdity.
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By John Dewan (Mar 31, 2016)
Of runners and fielders
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 30, 2016)
Time to submit your brackets. You will have until 11:00 PM EST, Sunday, April 3rd to submit a bracket. Good luck!
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By Bill James (Mar 28, 2016)
Just Messing Around with Baseball Statistics
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 26, 2016)
Finishing up the review of the field with the top 8 seeds.
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By Bill James (Mar 25, 2016)
Research.
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 23, 2016)
Continuing a review of the field, covering seeds 9-16.
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By Bill James (Mar 22, 2016)
Do older players need more days off?
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By Bill James (Mar 21, 2016)
Just some light observations. Real article tomorrow.
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 20, 2016)
Continuing a review of the field, covering seeds 17-24.
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 18, 2016)
Reviving (sort of) an old project, creating our own version of March Madness, and you'll be invited to submit a bracket in a later segment of the series.
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By Bill James (Mar 17, 2016)
Six short pieces about various things.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Mar 12, 2016)
Do we have any followers of the American League here? Excellent!
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By John Dewan (Mar 08, 2016)
Which teams will flash the most leather this year?
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By Daniel Marks (Mar 06, 2016)
Because a writer writes, and I can't believe I had this conversation
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By John Dewan (Mar 03, 2016)
Time to gaze into the crystal ball.
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 02, 2016)
Looking for a surprise team in 2016.
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By Bill James (Feb 29, 2016)
Just trying to explain...
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By Daniel Marks (Feb 29, 2016)
An Oscar-night reflection on a classic baseball-themed movie
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By Bill James (Feb 23, 2016)
What has $4.5 Billion and worse hair than a two-year-old onion?
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By John Dewan (Feb 22, 2016)
Catching that extra edge.
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By Daniel Marks (Feb 20, 2016)
Taking a look back at position players and their values in various age brackets
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 18, 2016)
On the shifting correlation between quality pitching and the World Series.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Feb 12, 2016)
A short piece of fiction (not all that short) taken from an anecdote that Bill once told.
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 09, 2016)
Finding a parallel for the Mets outfielder.
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By Daniel Marks (Feb 06, 2016)
The Finality of the Finished Finale. Finally.
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By John Dewan (Feb 05, 2016)
Let's look at the total performance.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Feb 04, 2016)
Small Sample-Size Theater: Part One of a Look at Families of Pitchers
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By Bill James (Feb 03, 2016)
Random Observations about three right fielders.
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By John Dewan (Jan 31, 2016)
The highs and lows
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By John Dewan (Jan 27, 2016)
Magic in Pittsburgh
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By Bill James (Jan 21, 2016)
The Game it Is a'changin'
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 20, 2016)
(apologies to Christopher Hitchens)
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By Bill James (Jan 14, 2016)
The KU/Oklahoma Triple Overtime Game
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By Bill James (Jan 12, 2016)
Trying to think through when we can vote for a Reliever for the Hall of Fame.
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By Bill James (Jan 11, 2016)
Research.
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 09, 2016)
Part 2 of 3. Taking a look back at the actual Hall of Fame election history. Facts, figures, and trends​
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By John Dewan (Jan 08, 2016)
Going beyond Saves.
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By Dave Fleming (Jan 06, 2016)
The results of our eighth annual effort to parallel the BBWAA.
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By Dave Fleming (Jan 05, 2016)
Trying to evaluate the careers of relief pitchers.
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By Daniel Marks (Jan 02, 2016)
Part 1 reviews the results of the 7 prior tournaments. Part 2 (later) will focus on the process. Also in Part 1 - "O Biggio, Where Art Thou?"
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By Steven Goldleaf (Jan 01, 2016)
All's Well That Ends Well
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By Steven Goldleaf (Dec 26, 2015)
In which we strap a beloved baseball autobiography to a polygraph machine for Christmas.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 26, 2015)
In life, and baseball, there must be balance. Lessons from Mr. Miyagi, and a tribute to "El Come Dulce"​
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 24, 2015)
And the 4 winners are.......
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 21, 2015)
Second round results and final round matchups​. Who will be the "Final 4" that will be inducted?
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By Bill James (Dec 21, 2015)
Working toward a Question.
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By Bill James (Dec 21, 2015)
Explaining the Montz Brothers.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 17, 2015)
First round results and second round matchups
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 15, 2015)
Trying to find comparables to the newest Cub OF.
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By John Dewan (Dec 15, 2015)
The Braves picked up a good one.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 14, 2015)
We've got a new name......and it's time to vote
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By Bill James (Dec 14, 2015)
Article responds to an off-site publication.
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By Bill James (Dec 12, 2015)
Just a little thing. . .
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By Bill James (Dec 11, 2015)
A long, long theoretical article.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 09, 2015)
It's more of a "mock-up", if you will. Reviving an old Bill James Online Project....
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 06, 2015)
A review of high schools that have been exceptionally good at producing Major Leaguers.....and other hometown observations.
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 04, 2015)
Some musings on Rafael Palmeiro.
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By Bill James (Dec 03, 2015)
Just messing around with the numbers.
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By Daniel Marks (Dec 02, 2015)
A historical look at MLB franchises by position to find the cream of the crop. And who is "Catcher U."?​
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By John Dewan (Dec 02, 2015)
When less is more.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 30, 2015)
A short tale fleshing out my previous piece about little people in MLB
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By Bill James (Nov 30, 2015)
Introduces a method to mark periods of strength and weakness in the history of each franchise.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 24, 2015)
Finally, the long-awaited conclusion to the series!
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By Bill James (Nov 20, 2015)
Article advocates an alternative to the currently dominant method of running a pitching staff.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 20, 2015)
Get your vote on.
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By Bill James (Nov 18, 2015)
Eventually this article relates to the present. . .
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By John Dewan (Nov 17, 2015)
You don't often see an elite defender traded.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Nov 10, 2015)
A somewhat more objective and systematic approach to All-Star game selections and mis-selections than Part 1 took
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By Daniel Marks (Nov 10, 2015)
Examining teams that were able to field 8 positions above the median
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By John Dewan (Nov 09, 2015)
A little explanation.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 09, 2015)
A (second) apology to Paul Simon for this.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 05, 2015)
What makes the Royals so good?
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By John Dewan (Nov 01, 2015)
The envelope please.
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By Daniel Marks (Oct 27, 2015)
A Soccer Tale of a Different Kind of Winner
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By John Dewan (Oct 26, 2015)
A new feature in the next Bill James Handbook
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By Bill James (Oct 26, 2015)
What If (2)?
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By Bill James (Oct 24, 2015)
What If?
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By John Dewan (Oct 22, 2015)
Some players are just shiftless
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By Daniel Marks (Oct 21, 2015)
A look at baseball trades....the bad, the big, and the balanced (mostly the balanced)
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By Steven Goldleaf (Oct 09, 2015)
Inquiries into how All-Star teams have been chosen and mis-chosen, how that process might be improved, and how the Game itself could be made more watchable.
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By Daniel Marks (Oct 07, 2015)
Reviewing and comparing various Halls of Fame, their processes, and their results...along with other random thoughts
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By Bill James (Oct 02, 2015)
Method Research
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By John Dewan (Sep 29, 2015)
Kevin Kiermaier, anyone?
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By Bill James (Sep 28, 2015)
Nostalgia.
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By John Dewan (Sep 25, 2015)
There could be some changes in who gets called up to the podium.
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By Daniel Marks (Sep 24, 2015)
Taking a look at some of the great relief pitcher seasons
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By Steven Goldleaf (Sep 19, 2015)
A proposal so reasonable that maybe Maui Mike will keep his finger off the ejector-seat button until I finish making it.
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By John Dewan (Sep 14, 2015)
At least from 2003.
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By Bill James (Sep 11, 2015)
About Politics, and Hair.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Sep 10, 2015)
All the tension of the kindergartners’ game combined with all the dignity of professional baseball.
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By Dave Fleming (Sep 09, 2015)
What can the Nats do to salvage a disappointing season?
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By Daniel Marks (Sep 09, 2015)
A look at franchise rosters in a trade-free, non-free agent, expansion era universe
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By John Carter (Sep 09, 2015)
See if you can spot the pattern.
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By Bill James (Sep 04, 2015)
COmmentary on the Tom Brady case.
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By Bill James (Sep 01, 2015)
A short research piece about the predictive significance of recent starts by pitchers.
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By John Dewan (Aug 31, 2015)
Let us count the runs.
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By Dave Fleming (Aug 31, 2015)
Another pitcher underrated by traditional metrics, and the big issue facing baseball.
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 30, 2015)
Let's cut to the "Chase" when evaluating his Hall of Fame chances
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 28, 2015)
A twenty-five-year-old book review, requested by many BJOL subscribers (well, two), with a little note about how it came to get written.
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By John Dewan (Aug 28, 2015)
It's been a good year for throwing out runners.
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By Bill James (Aug 28, 2015)
The hidden advantage of the Royals' style offense.
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By Bill James (Aug 25, 2015)
Who is that guy in the 95th percentile?
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 24, 2015)
A retro look at constructing all-time college baseball rosters....and a faithful nod to a cult classic​
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 23, 2015)
A brief digression, before we turn to other ludicrous scenarios, on the long and short of some issues raised by my last column
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 14, 2015)
A legal grievance against MLB, pending for 64 years this week, and larger issues (though nearly any issue is bound to be larger than Eddie Gaedel) regarding roster size.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 14, 2015)
A pending legal challenge unexplored for 64 years this week, and the larger issue (well, almost any issue is going to be larger than Eddie Gaedel) of optimal MLB roster sizes.
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 12, 2015)
A look at baserunners and how often they do (or don’t) score
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By John Dewan (Aug 07, 2015)
At the bat and in the field...
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By Bill James (Aug 07, 2015)
Essay arguing for limits on "continuation" rules in baseball.
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By Bill James (Aug 07, 2015)
Six unrelated notes about pickoffs, Monopolies, and Continuation Rules.
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By Steven Goldleaf (Aug 06, 2015)
This is the first in a series of articles about radical changes to MLB guaranteed to get the traditionalist fan's blood boiling and other fans' blood merely simmering.
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By Daniel Marks (Aug 06, 2015)
Taking a look at the individuals who were the best at blending the dual careers of playing and managing through a new (but familiar) tool: Manager-Player Number
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By Bill James (Aug 05, 2015)
Article proposes a method to place a nametag on the Best Young Player in Baseball.
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By Bill James (Jul 31, 2015)
Reviewing two books about famous crimes.
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By Bill James (Jul 29, 2015)
An alternative methodology to divide baseball history into eras.
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By John Dewan (Jul 26, 2015)
The numbers behind the numbers.
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By Bill James (Jul 20, 2015)
Introduces a new method to score the similarity of seasons.
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By Bill James (Jul 20, 2015)
A careful comparison of Roger Maris to four other related players.
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By Bill James (Jul 16, 2015)
About the effectiveness of different ways of choosing the All Star team.
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By Dave Fleming (Jul 14, 2015)
A modest proposal to improve the Summer Classic.
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By Bill James (Jul 08, 2015)
A study of the evolution of bullpen use over time focused on the issue of whether we have reached some sort of end point.
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By John Dewan (Jul 08, 2015)
Does it help to be fast?
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By Bill James (Jul 07, 2015)
This article introduces a non-linear method to measure the extent to which a pitcher is a Multi-Use pitcher as opposed to a Starter or a Reliever.
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By John Dewan (Jun 11, 2015)
A list of the most probable improbables.
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By Bill James (Jun 08, 2015)
With all due respect to them writer fellas...
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By Bill James (Jun 04, 2015)
Following through on a couple of discussions that we have had.
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By Bill James (Jun 01, 2015)
It's time to call it a Schmidt
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By John Dewan (May 30, 2015)
Surprises and Disappointments.
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By Dave Fleming (May 27, 2015)
When is a blessing a curse? When you play for the Reds.
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By John Dewan (May 22, 2015)
Trading gloves for bats.
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By Bill James (May 19, 2015)
What goes up, must come down, Spinnin' Wheel, Got to Go Round.
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By John Dewan (May 16, 2015)
Let's add up the numbers.
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By Bill James (May 13, 2015)
you kind of have to see this to understand it.
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By Bill James (May 09, 2015)
Current starting rotations.
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By Bill James (May 04, 2015)
Seven Hall of Famers mix it up with a Leaping Octopus.
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By Bill James (May 01, 2015)
Pulling our Starting Pitcher Rankings into team rotations
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By Bill James (May 01, 2015)
Bill emerges from hiding to give us the sixth installment.
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By Dave Fleming (Apr 23, 2015)
Some observations about a game of baseball.
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By John Dewan (Apr 17, 2015)
Just call it a home run double play.
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By Bill James (Apr 15, 2015)
Getting back to work on the third basemen.
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By Bill James (Apr 03, 2015)
Finishing off the first round of the tourney. . . .
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By Dave Fleming (Apr 03, 2015)
Bold predictions about the coming season, caught on vinyl.
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By Bill James (Mar 31, 2015)
Hacks, Bells, Gardeners, Brooks and Pies. . ..
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By Bill James (Mar 28, 2015)
The Greatest Third Baseman of All time is mentioned somewhere in this article.
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 26, 2015)
Some reflections on the sport of cricket
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By Bill James (Mar 25, 2015)
Why exactly is it that we don't call Joe Carter Home Run Carter?
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By Bill James (Mar 12, 2015)
What if Mike Schmidt had played third base for the Big Red Machine?
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By Bill James (Mar 09, 2015)
What do Howard Baker and Bill Bradley have in common?
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By John Dewan (Mar 08, 2015)
Leveraging one really good skill.
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By John Dewan (Mar 07, 2015)
Getting into the details of advanced fielding systems.
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By Bill James (Mar 06, 2015)
Do you have HSBM? Perhaps it is time to get tested.
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By John Dewan (Feb 27, 2015)
Pass the crystal ball, please.
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 26, 2015)
Trying to find a contender from last year's losing teams.
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By Bill James (Feb 24, 2015)
We compare Randolph and Mazeroski because it works so much better than comparing Gandolph and Trotsky.​
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 20, 2015)
Some thoughts on strikeouts, rule changes, and the 1987 Cardinals.
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By Bill James (Feb 19, 2015)
The best and the worst of the second basemen.
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By John Dewan (Feb 15, 2015)
An excerpt from the upcoming Fielding Bible-Volume IV.
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By Bill James (Feb 13, 2015)
What's the Value of WAR? Maui Mike. . .don't answer that.
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By Bill James (Feb 09, 2015)
26 pages, absolutely no humor.
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By Bill James (Feb 06, 2015)
That may be the worst Figure of Speech of my 40-year writing career.
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By Bill James (Feb 05, 2015)
Is there a Raccoon Bowl now? I missed that one.
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By Bill James (Feb 02, 2015)
Bob Hendley, the Hall of Fame and the John Birch Society.
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By Bill James (Jan 30, 2015)
Never going to make it as a movie critic.
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By Bill James (Jan 29, 2015)
Travis Lee sends his regrets.
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By Bill James (Jan 28, 2015)
Will John Dewan and Hal Chase gang up on Bill to get revenge?
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By Bill James (Jan 27, 2015)
The Best (and Worst) catchers of all time.
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By Bill James (Jan 26, 2015)
Pudge, Aging and Casual Inference.
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By Bill James (Jan 23, 2015)
Broad and Narrow, Credit and Responsibility, and a Point of Agreement.
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By Bill James (Jan 22, 2015)
Joe Torre visits the White House. Did he take his cat?
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By Bill James (Jan 20, 2015)
Should Auld Fielding Percentages be forgot, and never brought to mind?
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By Bill James (Jan 20, 2015)
Rugby is a foreign language. Football is just grunting.
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By Bill James (Jan 19, 2015)
The start of a long series of articles about Fielding. We'll get to Emil Verban when we're READY for Emil Verban.
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By John Dewan (Jan 17, 2015)
Turning our microscope to the men behind the plate.
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By Dave Fleming (Jan 15, 2015)
The A's acquire the most A's-ish player in baseball.
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By John Dewan (Jan 11, 2015)
Circling the bases.
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By John Dewan (Dec 31, 2014)
Maybe those new defensive stats are more predictable than we thought.
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 30, 2014)
The pitching-heavy results from this year's BJOL election.
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By Bill James (Dec 22, 2014)
The Strike Zone is the Engine of Baseball. Sometimes it's your transmission that leaves you by the side of the road.
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By John Dewan (Dec 21, 2014)
Bats are good, but how about gloves?
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By John Dewan (Dec 06, 2014)
Bunting is making a comeback.
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By Bill James (Dec 05, 2014)
A subject that never grows old.
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By John Dewan (Dec 01, 2014)
He just keeps pitching and pitching and pitching....
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 25, 2014)
Our seventh attempt to do better than the BBWAA.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 22, 2014)
Finding comparables for the Marlins franchise player.
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By John Dewan (Nov 17, 2014)
Something we'll be tracking next year at BJOL.
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By John Dewan (Nov 06, 2014)
Playing where they're hit.
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By John Dewan (Nov 01, 2014)
Please keep your acceptance speeches short.
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By John Dewan (Oct 23, 2014)
We did not just say that!
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By Bill James (Oct 22, 2014)
The Cal Ripkens of the Mound.
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By Dave Fleming (Oct 21, 2014)
Looking back on events from 2014 that mostly didn't happen.
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By Bill James (Oct 17, 2014)
Bill doesn't have anything to write about, but when did that ever stop him?
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By Dave Fleming (Oct 09, 2014)
A few questions about the Royals approach to offense.
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By Bill James (Oct 09, 2014)
This game rocks (back and forth).
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By John Dewan (Oct 08, 2014)
Taking stock of the outfielders and pitchers.
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By Bill James (Oct 03, 2014)
What's in an oxymoron?
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By John Dewan (Oct 02, 2014)
Once around the infield.
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By Dave Fleming (Sep 19, 2014)
Some musings about icon-ness, and the Yankee shortstop.
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By John Dewan (Sep 18, 2014)
Take a look behind those won-lost records.
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By John Dewan (Sep 10, 2014)
What have they done for you lately?
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By Bill James (Sep 05, 2014)
Back of my neck is gettin' dirty and gritty.
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By Bill James (Aug 27, 2014)
Are Bob Dylan and Pete Rose REALLY the same age?
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By Bill James (Aug 23, 2014)
Oldies but goodies.
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By John Dewan (Aug 22, 2014)
Who's at the top of the list?
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By Dave Fleming (Aug 19, 2014)
A reader asks about the front-running Kansas City Royals.
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By Bill James (Aug 16, 2014)
Revisiting the Man on the Train.
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By John Dewan (Jul 26, 2014)
Not as much as you might expect.
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By Dave Fleming (Jul 22, 2014)
Is there a WAR against backstops?
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By John Dewan (Jul 19, 2014)
The fleet of feet.
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By Bill James (Jul 16, 2014)
From Mickey Lolich to Jeremy Hellickson
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By Dave Fleming (Jul 10, 2014)
Chapman, Cueto, and Seasons of Historic Significance.
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By John Dewan (Jun 27, 2014)
It's the newest thing
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By Bill James (Jun 20, 2014)
The final seven.
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By Bill James (Jun 19, 2014)
Pedro vs. Sandy, Ryan vs. the Big Unit and the Hall of Fame Standards.
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By Bill James (Jun 18, 2014)
Roger Craig, Mike Garcia, and Leader Lists.
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By Dave Fleming (Jun 18, 2014)
Musings on time, meteors, and the AL Central leaders.
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By Bill James (Jun 17, 2014)
The best, the worst, the luckiest, the unluckiest, and Gaylord Perry.
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By Bill James (Jun 16, 2014)
The first seven of 35 parts.
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By Bill James (Jun 13, 2014)
The coming attractions.
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By John Dewan (Jun 11, 2014)
The most effective outfield arms so far.
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By John Dewan (Jun 06, 2014)
Making the plays that once got away.
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By Bill James (Jun 02, 2014)
Richie Sexson and Dave Kingman have never been seen together.
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By John Dewan (May 30, 2014)
What has Beckett begun?
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By Dave Fleming (May 28, 2014)
Winning against winners and losers.
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By Dave Fleming (May 24, 2014)
Musings on a maligned statistic.
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By Bill James (May 23, 2014)
Five Easy Pieces
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By Bill James (May 20, 2014)
Conditions are Favorable, Commander.
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By John Dewan (May 17, 2014)
Checking the early returns
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By Bill James (May 16, 2014)
More fun with pitching stats.
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By Dave Fleming (May 15, 2014)
Joey Votto shifts a paradigm, and we discuss Willie McGee.
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By Bill James (May 13, 2014)
Is there a New Normal?
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By John Dewan (May 10, 2014)
There's a surprising difference between the two leagues.
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By Bill James (May 09, 2014)
One isn't necessarily the other.
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By Bill James (May 07, 2014)
Colbert, 3-D, Conservatives, Kansas.
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By Bill James (May 02, 2014)
Bill has gone to Italy, but before he left us he warbled on for damned near 30 pages about the potential uses of the concept of potential.
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By Bill James (Apr 29, 2014)
Warm and Fuzzy Logic.
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By John Dewan (Apr 26, 2014)
Who's been packing the leather?
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By Bill James (Apr 23, 2014)
A few quick thoughts about the rules.
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By Bill James (Apr 22, 2014)
Persistence of Effectiveness in the Relief Corps
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By John Dewan (Apr 21, 2014)
Getting with the program
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By Bill James (Apr 17, 2014)
Horseshoes, Hand Grenades and Sabermetrics
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By Bill James (Apr 14, 2014)
Some days a pitcher is just ON.
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By Bill James (Apr 10, 2014)
A tiny bit of structured political theory.
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By Bill James (Apr 07, 2014)
The Five Standards approach to identifying the best seasons.
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By Dave Fleming (Apr 06, 2014)
A review of the 2014 MLB Opening Day in Australia.
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By Bill James (Mar 31, 2014)
Just research.
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By John Dewan (Mar 26, 2014)
Reviewing some prior findings.
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By Bill James (Mar 24, 2014)
Can four men share a biography?
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 19, 2014)
Bold predictions for the coming season, mostly featuring Billy Hamilton.
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By John Dewan (Mar 11, 2014)
Guess which team will go from worst to one of the best.
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By Bill James (Feb 26, 2014)
And the best number for a pitcher is...
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By John Dewan (Feb 26, 2014)
The Netherlands set the record for dominance.
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By Bill James (Feb 25, 2014)
What is a pitcher's best number?
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 20, 2014)
Our annual attempt to predict a winner from last season's losing teams.
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 13, 2014)
Who gets into the smallest Hall-of-Fame ever?
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By Bill James (Feb 13, 2014)
Tune in
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By Bill James (Feb 13, 2014)
Garret Richards is the new Ed Walsh
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By Bill James (Feb 11, 2014)
Bedford Falls Welcomes You
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By Bill James (Feb 10, 2014)
Challenging your assumptions about Bedford Falls...
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By John Dewan (Jan 31, 2014)
Has The System lost its touch?
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By Bill James (Jan 29, 2014)
Jack Morris (and Bert Blyleven)
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By Bill James (Jan 28, 2014)
Other Ways of Looking at the Data
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By Bill James (Jan 27, 2014)
Big Games By Teams
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By Bill James (Jan 26, 2014)
The Ten Best Big-Game Pitchers in the Data
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By Bill James (Jan 25, 2014)
Jim Kaat
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By Bill James (Jan 24, 2014)
Naming Names
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By Bill James (Jan 23, 2014)
So who pitched the most Big Games?
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By Bill James (Jan 22, 2014)
The Biggest of Games
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By John Dewan (Jan 22, 2014)
It Matters.
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By Bill James (Jan 21, 2014)
When Exactly Is a Team Virtually Eliminated?
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By Bill James (Jan 20, 2014)
Intro to a new ten-part series.
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By John Dewan (Jan 10, 2014)
Who saved the most runs with their arms?
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By Dave Fleming (Jan 08, 2014)
The results are in for our annual election.
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By Dave Fleming (Jan 07, 2014)
Some scattered memories of a great pitcher.
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By John Dewan (Dec 30, 2013)
Looking at both pitchers and catchers.
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 17, 2013)
Considering the careers of two first baseman.
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 11, 2013)
Trying to make sense of the Yankees off-season.
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By John Dewan (Dec 10, 2013)
Who were 2013's best bunters?
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By Donald Coffin (Nov 27, 2013)
Examining those on and off the ballot.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 27, 2013)
Our sixth year of voting shows a ballot slightly less crowded than the BBWAA version.
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By Bill James (Nov 20, 2013)
The Last Five Candidates
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By Bill James (Nov 18, 2013)
The first seven players
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By Bill James (Nov 18, 2013)
On the new Hall of Fame process
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By Bill James (Nov 18, 2013)
The first of a four-part series.
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By John Dewan (Nov 15, 2013)
What do the numbers say?
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 06, 2013)
Checking in on some bold predictions for 2013.
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By John Dewan (Nov 06, 2013)
How often does it happen?
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By John Dewan (Oct 29, 2013)
The very best at each position.
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By Dave Fleming (Oct 23, 2013)
The best of the Red Sox and Redbirds, as constructed from the rosters of 1946, 1967, 2004, and 2013.
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By John Dewan (Oct 22, 2013)
Which team had the better defense?
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By Dave Fleming (Oct 14, 2013)
Because we can't argue Trout vs. Cabrera every year...
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By John Dewan (Oct 08, 2013)
Outfielders and pitchers
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By Bill James (Oct 07, 2013)
From Kenny Powers to the World Series.
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By John Dewan (Oct 04, 2013)
Today, the catchers and infielders.
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By John Carter (Oct 03, 2013)
Slugger Dud Duos
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By John Carter (Oct 02, 2013)
Part I: What are the odds of a recovery?
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By John Dewan (Sep 25, 2013)
Move over, Andrelton
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By Bill James (Sep 25, 2013)
What does it really take to get a W?
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By John Dewan (Sep 15, 2013)
Break out the stopwatch.
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By John Dewan (Sep 11, 2013)
Let's look at the data.
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By Joe Dimino (Sep 10, 2013)
The rest of the best.
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By Joe Dimino (Sep 09, 2013)
A multi-article review of the top dynasties in football history.
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By Dave Fleming (Sep 07, 2013)
What can we expect from the Cincinnati speedster?
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By Bill James (Aug 28, 2013)
In the end, where does he rate?
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By John Dewan (Aug 20, 2013)
A record has been broken.
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By Dave Fleming (Aug 19, 2013)
Imagining a parallel universe, where A-Rod talks about nano-robots.
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By John Dewan (Aug 15, 2013)
Beyond ERA
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By Bill James (Jul 31, 2013)
Who are you going to believe: Me, or everybody else?
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By Bill James (Jul 30, 2013)
Pitching in a Pinch
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By Bill James (Jul 29, 2013)
Mama Told Me There'd be Days Like This. . .
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By Bill James (Jul 26, 2013)
If a player hits 50 doubles in a season, how many will he hit in a career?
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By John Dewan (Jul 25, 2013)
Not shifty...shifting!
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By Dave Fleming (Jul 16, 2013)
Taking a look at the Orioles third baseman, and remembering League Park.
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By John Dewan (Jul 12, 2013)
What's the right strategy?
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By Bill James (Jul 12, 2013)
When you're hot you're not, and when you're not, you're hot.
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By Bill James (Jun 30, 2013)
What should you pay, in other skills, for command of the strike zone?
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By John Dewan (Jun 27, 2013)
What's the temperature, Pittsburgh?
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By John Dewan (Jun 20, 2013)
The best newbies to date.
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By Bill James (Jun 19, 2013)
...from Manny Machado to Phil Niekro in 90 seconds.
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By Bill James (Jun 15, 2013)
Is Matt Harvey just a rabbit?
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By Bill James (Jun 11, 2013)
Standard Deviations of OPS.
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By Bill James (Jun 09, 2013)
Do doubles become homers, as a player ages, or do dragon flies become helicopters?
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By Bill James (Jun 04, 2013)
Who is Ted Williams, when Ted Williams isn't there?
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By John Dewan (May 30, 2013)
The biggest contributors so far.
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By Bill James (May 28, 2013)
What do you make of a new acquaintance?
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By Bill James (May 24, 2013)
When you've seen one Hall of Famer, maybe you have seen two.
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By John Dewan (May 23, 2013)
The best and the worst on the basepaths, and a Carlos Beltran retrospective for fun.
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By Bill James (May 21, 2013)
What happens when the umpire has a plane to catch?
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By Dave Fleming (May 19, 2013)
On the Giants, and their unique approach at becoming a dynasty.
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By Bill James (May 16, 2013)
Comparing a trio of .300 hitters.
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By John Dewan (May 14, 2013)
Reckoning the gloves.
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By Bill James (May 13, 2013)
What if Juan Pierre couldn't run, either?
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By Bill James (May 10, 2013)
The Man From the Train is on the loose again.
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By Bill James (May 09, 2013)
Comparing groups of candidates.
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By Dave Fleming (May 04, 2013)
Who are his pitching comparables, relatively speaking.
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By John Dewan (Apr 25, 2013)
Deliveries and pops.
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By John Dewan (Apr 19, 2013)
Yes, teams are getting shiftier.
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By David Kaiser (Apr 19, 2013)
Did the movie capture the true Jackie Robinson?
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By Bill James (Apr 18, 2013)
The parallel lives of the new Mickey Mantle and the new Chuck Klein.
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By Bill James (Apr 09, 2013)
Working through one of the giant murder cases.
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By Bill James (Apr 08, 2013)
...shrinking history.
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By John Dewan (Apr 03, 2013)
Projecting fielding performances by player and team.
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 31, 2013)
Our annual attempt to predict the coming baseball season. Now with 10% more forecast, and 10% less fear.
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By John Dewan (Mar 28, 2013)
Can spring training stats yield a clue?
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 23, 2013)
Getting away from HR, RBI, and BA for a moment. Also: bottle bats.
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 17, 2013)
What should we expect from the Angles outfielder in 2013?
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By John Dewan (Mar 13, 2013)
The Outfielders
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By Bill James (Mar 04, 2013)
Cheddar Cheese and Ping Bodie.
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By John Carter (Mar 02, 2013)
Jose Altuve's place in recent baseball history.
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By Bill James (Mar 01, 2013)
A ground ball a day keeps Dave Duncan away.
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By John Dewan (Feb 27, 2013)
Taking in the infield corners
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 22, 2013)
The famous writer sends us stories from spring training.
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By Bill James (Feb 20, 2013)
The third in a series.
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By John Dewan (Feb 19, 2013)
Leading off, the middle infield.
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By Bill James (Feb 19, 2013)
Applying Hall of Fame standards to managers since the 1950s.
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By Bill James (Feb 18, 2013)
the first of a three-part series about Managing your way to upstate New York.
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 08, 2013)
Which teams have the potential to surprise us this year? Also: a new and completely made-up metric: Team Surprise Score.
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By John Dewan (Feb 08, 2013)
Celebrating a decade's worth of detailed fielding data.
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By Bill James (Feb 04, 2013)
Racism and Crime in The Biggest Little City.
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By John Dewan (Jan 26, 2013)
49ers by a landslide
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By Dave Fleming (Jan 24, 2013)
Conspiracy theories, WAR, and a search for the link between Blyleven and Clemens.
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By John Dewan (Jan 18, 2013)
Which outfielders had the biggest impact with their arms last year?
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By John Dewan (Jan 11, 2013)
The best hitting catcher in history wasn't too shabby behind the plate, either.
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By John Carter (Jan 04, 2013)
The trends, or lack thereof, in managerial hiring.
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 29, 2012)
A record-breaking turnout....who makes it this year?
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By Bill James (Dec 28, 2012)
Baseball, Basketball, Politics and Abstract Philosophy.
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 27, 2012)
A few snippets from articles I haven't managed to write. With special guest Alou Whittammell.
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By Bill James (Dec 25, 2012)
continuing the previous debate.
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By John Dewan (Dec 22, 2012)
The flash and flush of leather.
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By John Carter (Dec 17, 2012)
A few observations on the Hot Stove action.
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By John Dewan (Dec 17, 2012)
This time, the pitches.
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By Bill James (Dec 12, 2012)
Conceptual fallout from the Wil Myers trade.
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By John Dewan (Dec 08, 2012)
A look inside the book.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 29, 2012)
It's that time of the year again, so get your ballots in.. Also: our 'Hall' is moving...
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By John Dewan (Nov 28, 2012)
Runs, home runs and foul outs.
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By Bill James (Nov 25, 2012)
Seeing Whales in the Clouds.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 15, 2012)
On Trout, Cabrera, WAR...and Bobby Bonilla. Of course.
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By John Dewan (Nov 13, 2012)
Rating the best and the worst.
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By Bill James (Nov 06, 2012)
Ruminating about Politics. Bill is betting he can still find something to say that nobody else has thought of.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 04, 2012)
Looking back on the 2012 that should've been, but mostly wasn't.
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By John Carter (Nov 02, 2012)
How old is the average major league franchise?
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By John Dewan (Oct 25, 2012)
Congrats to the six first-time winners and three returnees.
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By Bill James (Oct 25, 2012)
Fond memories of an old Train Wreck.
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By John Dewan (Oct 24, 2012)
Who was the most successful bunter in the majors?
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By Dave Fleming (Oct 17, 2012)
What did the Division Series tell us about pitching, defense, and hitting? Also: Prince Fielder and 'protection.'
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By Dave Fleming (Oct 05, 2012)
How should teams pitch in Wild Card games?
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By John Dewan (Oct 04, 2012)
This second installment takes in the outfielders and pitchers.
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By Bill James (Oct 02, 2012)
Inspired by John Carter's article.
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By John Carter (Sep 30, 2012)
Where do the Yanks compare in history?
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By Bill James (Sep 26, 2012)
Ted Williams and the Umpires
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By Bill James (Sep 26, 2012)
What if Joe DiMaggio had played in a better park?
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By John Dewan (Sep 21, 2012)
Plus, players who have changed positions.
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By Dave Fleming (Sep 10, 2012)
On the National's controversial decision to bench Stephen Strasburg.
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By John Dewan (Sep 07, 2012)
...and the worst.
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By Dave Fleming (Sep 05, 2012)
The Orioles are outperforming their expected W-L record. How rare is this, and what does it hint at for the future?
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By John Dewan (Sep 02, 2012)
Ranking the bullpens by ERA.
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By Dave Fleming (Aug 26, 2012)
Thoughts on the big deal.
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By Dave Fleming (Aug 25, 2012)
Comebacks, public relations, and delaying the inevitible.
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By Bill James (Aug 21, 2012)
Bill suggests a new suspect for the Zodiac case.
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By Bill James (Aug 20, 2012)
Who would think an Iowa barn could be such a dangerous place?
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By Bill James (Aug 14, 2012)
A detour through a couple of probably unrelated crimes.
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By Bill James (Aug 08, 2012)
Every Season Needs a Triple Crown Winner.
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By Bill James (Aug 07, 2012)
Measuring the connexion.
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By John Carter (Jul 30, 2012)
Picking up on Bill's recent Dyansties article, John goes further back in time.
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By John Dewan (Jul 29, 2012)
Taking a closer look at the numbers.
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By John Dewan (Jul 26, 2012)
Where they don't play baseball anymore.
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By Bill James (Jul 23, 2012)
What is a dynasty, exactly? Bill proposes a method to answer to that question, and rates the 37 dynasties of baseball history.
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By John Dewan (Jul 17, 2012)
Let's take the shift into account before we jump to conclusions.
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By Bill James (Jul 16, 2012)
Updating the Speed Score formula
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By Bill James (Jul 15, 2012)
From 1950 to today.
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By Bill James (Jul 14, 2012)
Who are the number one starters? Number two's? Three's?
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By Dave Fleming (Jun 29, 2012)
We ask the inevitable question.
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By John Dewan (Jun 28, 2012)
Adding a boost to the least productive position in baseball.
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By Bill James (Jun 21, 2012)
Available for free: The Greatest Games. . .and the Greatest Pitchers.
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By John Dewan (Jun 17, 2012)
...and who are the worst?
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By Bill James (Jun 15, 2012)
There's some movement among the top ten pitchers.
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By Bill James (Jun 13, 2012)
The difference between skepticism and cynicism.
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By Bill James (Jun 10, 2012)
...a hard-working sabermetric analysis of the question of how baseball history should be divided into eras--with an actual answer to the question.
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By John Dewan (Jun 08, 2012)
Who's getting the most done with the least?
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By Bill James (Jun 08, 2012)
[snoring noise in background...]
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By Bill James (May 28, 2012)
Murder on an Iowa farm.
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By John Carter (May 25, 2012)
John's final article in his series of milestone performances.
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By Bill James (May 25, 2012)
A team-by-team look at the starting staffs.
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By John Carter (May 24, 2012)
In honor of Moyer and Mo
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By John Dewan (May 23, 2012)
...and we're not talking career comebacks.
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By Bill James (May 23, 2012)
The third in a series
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By John Carter (May 22, 2012)
Hall of Fame pitchers who were still pitching well at 42+
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By John Carter (May 21, 2012)
John returns with the first of several articles highlighting aged hurlers.
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By Bill James (May 19, 2012)
The Man From The Train 2
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By Bill James (May 18, 2012)
The details behind a lesser-known murder case.
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By Bill James (May 17, 2012)
This week's rankings.
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By John Dewan (May 16, 2012)
The hottest trend in baseball.
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By Bill James (May 16, 2012)
Notes while watching the game
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By Bill James (May 10, 2012)
No fair counting Darvish and Strasburg
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By John Carter (May 09, 2012)
Finishing up our survey of the graybeards of baseball.
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By John Carter (May 08, 2012)
A guest article by one of BJOL's members wonders why Omar Vizquel is getting the Moyerific love.
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By Bill James (May 07, 2012)
Research and reflections on the giants of the past.
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By John Dewan (May 04, 2012)
...and the worst.
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By Bill James (May 03, 2012)
Jake Peavy is coming on strong.
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By Bill James (May 02, 2012)
The thrilling conclusion of yesterday's dramatic episode.
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By Bill James (May 01, 2012)
How can we tell if two murders are related?
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By Bill James (Apr 30, 2012)
Looking for more strikeouts? Be Patient.
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By Dave Fleming (Apr 28, 2012)
Checking in with the next generation of stars.
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By Bill James (Apr 26, 2012)
Where does perfection get you?
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By John Dewan (Apr 24, 2012)
The early returns.
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By Bill James (Apr 21, 2012)
Should we run with the Bulls or sweat out the Heat?
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By Bill James (Apr 20, 2012)
Raising Cain!
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By John Dewan (Apr 19, 2012)
There's gold in them numbers.
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By Bill James (Apr 12, 2012)
The latest update
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By Bill James (Apr 07, 2012)
Historical context for the news of the day.
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By Bill James (Apr 06, 2012)
Verlander, Halladay open strong.
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By Bill James (Apr 05, 2012)
Three games into the season, things change.
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By John Dewan (Apr 03, 2012)
The leading indicator of spring training.
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By Dave Fleming (Apr 03, 2012)
To celebrate Opening Day Part II, we're making forty-five bold predictions for the 2012 baseball season.
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By Bill James (Apr 03, 2012)
The World's Number One Starting Pitcher
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By Bill James (Mar 31, 2012)
Stare Decisis, Citizen's United, Connie Hawkins and 130-some Comeback Players of the Year.
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By John Dewan (Mar 30, 2012)
Continuing the conversation.
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By John Dewan (Mar 24, 2012)
An all-in-one stat.
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By Bill James (Mar 23, 2012)
Bill attempts once more to demonstrate that there is nothing so obscure he won't reckon there is some way to measure it.
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By Bill James (Mar 20, 2012)
Bill debates his friends about the value of The Ted Williams Shift.
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By Dave Fleming (Mar 16, 2012)
What does history tell us about the future of the Dodger's first baseman?
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By John Dewan (Mar 14, 2012)
What's the difference between Alfonso Soriano and Jason Bay?
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By John Dewan (Mar 01, 2012)
A look ahead.
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By John Dewan (Feb 27, 2012)
Do fielding stats have staying power?
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By Dave Fleming (Feb 26, 2012)
Which baseball team has the best chance to surprise us in 2012?
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By Bill James (Feb 23, 2012)
What's the range of potential fielding contributions from right fielders?
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By John Dewan (Feb 13, 2012)
Available March 1st!
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By Bill James (Feb 13, 2012)
The 1960s ride forever in what is left of Bill's memory.
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By Bill James (Feb 08, 2012)
Who are the most consistent pitchers in baseball? And how will that batter perform next year?
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By Bill James (Jan 29, 2012)
Not all batting champions are created equal--and sometimes, they start out equal but wind up far apart.​
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By John Dewan (Jan 24, 2012)
Who's going to win the big game?
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By Bill James (Jan 23, 2012)
Are we back to normal?
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By Dave Fleming (Jan 20, 2012)
Could the 2012 Angels have the best rotation in the history of the American League? And what pitching staffs in history are contenders?
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By Bill James (Jan 15, 2012)
How do we measure a player's durability?
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By John Dewan (Jan 12, 2012)
Is there a Park Effect?
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By Dave Fleming (Jan 08, 2012)
Results from the 2012 BJOL Hall of Fame ballot, as voted on by our readers.
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By John Dewan (Jan 06, 2012)
An updated methodology for rating arms in the outfield.
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 27, 2011)
The author of "The Sound and the Fury" discusses the 2012 Hall-of-Fame ballot.
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By Bill James (Dec 26, 2011)
Robin Roberts, Pete Broberg, Scipio Spinks, Nolan Ryan, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Tommy John and Harvey Haddix.
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By John Dewan (Dec 21, 2011)
Is Jason Kubel really better than Arizona's current left fielder?
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By John Dewan (Dec 15, 2011)
Breaking down the results by zone.
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By Bill James (Dec 14, 2011)
Dave Nilsson, Sandy Koufax, Ted Williams, Rick Perry, Michael Jordan, Malcolm Gladwell.
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By Dave Fleming (Dec 13, 2011)
On Ryan Braun's failed substance test, angry villagers, and Neville Chamberlain.
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By Bill James (Dec 11, 2011)
Penn State is asked to defend its handling of Joe Paterno.
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By John Carter (Dec 10, 2011)
The final installment.
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By John Dewan (Dec 09, 2011)
How will the Japanese superstar perform in the majors?
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By John Carter (Dec 09, 2011)
The Draft Rules and 1990s’ Drafts and Busts.
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By John Carter (Dec 08, 2011)
Finishing the 1960's and 1970's.
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By John Carter (Dec 07, 2011)
The first of a four-part series.
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By John Dewan (Nov 30, 2011)
Can a one-sided infield work?
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 30, 2011)
Vote here for the 2012 BJOL Hall of Fame. Who will join Raines, Trammell, and Bagwell this year?
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By Bill James (Nov 23, 2011)
Looking at various issued related to MVP voting.
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By Bill James (Nov 23, 2011)
Revealing the biases of MVP voters.
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By Bill James (Nov 23, 2011)
Explaining how we can measure the biases of MVP voters.
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By John Dewan (Nov 23, 2011)
'Tis the season to be thankful.
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By Bill James (Nov 16, 2011)
What are the chances Kemp will be an All Star at the end of his new contract?
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By John Dewan (Nov 16, 2011)
And if not, who is most likely to reach that milestone?
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 15, 2011)
A countdown of the worst Cy Young Award selections, according to WAR.
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By Bill James (Nov 11, 2011)
Say it three times fast.
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By Bill James (Nov 09, 2011)
A closer look at who is more likely to be intentionally walked, and not baseball.
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By Dave Fleming (Nov 03, 2011)
What should a hitter do during an intentional walk?
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By John Dewan (Oct 31, 2011)
Announcing the 2011 Fielding Bible Award winners, the best fielders in baseball in 2011.
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By John Dewan (Oct 27, 2011)
The 2011 Flat Bat Award winner
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By John Dewan (Oct 26, 2011)
On the basepaths and in the field, there is no better keystone combo.
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By Bill James (Oct 25, 2011)
Ten topics ranging from Adam to Zanesville. Adam Dunn. Ohio.
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By Bill James (Oct 22, 2011)
Reflections on the chaos in Wall Street and on Yawkey Way.
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By John Dewan (Oct 12, 2011)
A ranking of the majors' top baseball players according to how well they ran the bases.
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By John Dewan (Sep 21, 2011)
Covering pitchers and outfielders.
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By John Dewan (Sep 19, 2011)
It's time to talk end-of-the-year awards.
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By Bill James (Sep 19, 2011)
Why didn't I invent this 20 years ago?
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By Bill James (Sep 14, 2011)
One part sabermetrics, two parts cultural reference, three parts argument.
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By John Dewan (Sep 09, 2011)
Introducing a new feature of the Bill James Handbook.
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By Bill James (Sep 07, 2011)
A short work of fiction.
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By Dave Fleming (Sep 07, 2011)
Bret Saberhagen, 1994. And...'Grasshopper' Whitney.
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By Bill James (Sep 04, 2011)
And what should be done about it?
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By John Dewan (Aug 30, 2011)
Using Total Runs to rank the players.
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By Bill James (Aug 30, 2011)
The William Taylor murder, via King Vidor
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By Bill James (Aug 26, 2011)
Reflections on the passing of Mike Flanagan and the strikeouts of Mark Reynolds.
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By John Dewan (Aug 23, 2011)
Stat of the Week: first basemen with the most scoops of errant throws.
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By Dave Fleming (Aug 22, 2011)
Just what do we mean by 'most valuable' anyway?
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By Bill James (Aug 19, 2011)
Some final thoughts on a zero-based methodology for fielders.
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By Bill James (Aug 18, 2011)
How we can compute fielding runs saved off a base of zero, instead of above/below average.
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By Bill James (Aug 17, 2011)
The media, politics and scheduling the NCAA.
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By Dave Fleming (Aug 16, 2011)
Examining the career (and future) of the Red Sox second baseman.
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By Bill James (Aug 16, 2011)
"Stopper" had a different meaning back in the 1960's. Here's a review of the decade's best at stopping their team's losing streaks.
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By John Dewan (Aug 12, 2011)
We're not talking just stolen bases.
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By Bill James (Jul 27, 2011)
Honest Abe sizes up past teams and today's hitters.
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By Bill James (Jul 25, 2011)
Abe Lincoln's Cy Young score, year by year
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By John Dewan (Jul 22, 2011)
Which catchers are best at blocking balls in the dirt?
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By John Dewan (Jul 13, 2011)
How often does that leadoff walk score?
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By Bill James (Jul 11, 2011)
What do you get when you just use four scores?
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By Dave Studenmund (Jul 07, 2011)
Our new website will be here soon.
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By John Dewan (Jul 06, 2011)
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By John Dewan (Jun 29, 2011)
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By Dave Fleming (Jun 27, 2011)
Might there be a specific reason Gary Carter has developed brain cancer?
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By John Dewan (Jun 23, 2011)
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By Bill James (Jun 20, 2011)
All of your Power Game Score questions answered.
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By Bill James (Jun 20, 2011)
More about Power Game Scores, including the greatest power pitchers of all time.
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By Bill James (Jun 19, 2011)
Using Game Scores to measure a pitcher's power
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By John Dewan (Jun 13, 2011)
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By John Dewan (Jun 07, 2011)
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By Dave Fleming (Jun 02, 2011)
From Posey to Youkilis...
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By John Dewan (May 27, 2011)
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By Bill James (May 26, 2011)
More strikeouts and more walks.
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By Bill James (May 26, 2011)
Remembering
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By Bill James (May 23, 2011)
Walker Cooper, that is. And just plain walks.
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By Dave Fleming (May 11, 2011)
Do younger brothers tend to do better than their older brothers?
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By John Dewan (May 06, 2011)
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By Bill James (May 05, 2011)
The list
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By Bill James (May 04, 2011)
The methodology
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By Dave Fleming (May 02, 2011)
Carlos Santana, Bud Norris and...Rick Dempsey?
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By Bill James (Apr 16, 2011)
Concerning starting pitching, Verizon and Earnshaw Cook
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