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Mize
By Bill James
(Sep 29, 2023)
Hold on just a moment there. . .
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Big Jawn
By Bill James
(Sep 29, 2023)
Hold on just a moment there. . .
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Asking for a friend
By Bill James
(Sep 22, 2023)
Does anyone remember where I published this?
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Pitcher Value Retention
By Bill James
(Sep 01, 2023)
Have injury rates for pitchers actually increased meaningfully?
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Signing with Boston
By Dave Fleming
(Aug 29, 2023)
Some scattered thoughts at the end of a great run.
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Getting Called Over to the Couch
By Daniel Marks
(Jul 30, 2023)
A retrospective of the past 8 years
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Twice in a lifetime
By Bill James
(Jun 11, 2023)
Wrestling with TIgers and St. Louis Cardinals
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A sunset over the hill
By Bill James
(Jun 10, 2023)
BJOL will be closing down
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Re Working Batter Game Scores
By Bill James
(May 30, 2023)
What, is the title not self-explanatory?
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Wertz and Cash
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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So How Many Gold Gloves SHOULD Brooks Robinson Have Won?
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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George Kirby's Adventures in Ratio Land
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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Prime Ages Part III
By Bill James
(May 05, 2023)
Just a short one.
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Prime Ages Part II Extremely Young
By Bill James
(May 04, 2023)
Part 2 of the series begun yesterday
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Prime Ages Part I Super Young
By Bill James
(May 03, 2023)
They weren't even shaving yet.
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The Most Underrated Players of all time
By Bill James
(Apr 27, 2023)
Trying to contribute a little bit to an endless discussion.
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Precursors
By Bill James
(Apr 26, 2023)
The narrowing pathway toward 300.
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Horribly Over Honored Players
By Bill James
(Apr 25, 2023)
Part II of the series that began yesterday. Ready. Aim.
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Honors Vs. Accomplishments, Part I
By Bill James
(Apr 24, 2023)
Creating an analytical pathway toward "Overrated" and "Underrated"
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Bold Predictions for 2023
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 27, 2023)
A slew of prognostications and some minor punditry, in anticipation of Opening Day.
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Hall of Fame Ponderings
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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Where do players come from?
By John Carter
(Mar 20, 2023)
A geographic breakdown of MLB's player origins
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Which Team Will Surprise in 2023?
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 15, 2023)
Hog butcher of the world, tool maker, city of contenders?
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Asking for your assistance
By Bill James
(Mar 08, 2023)
Help?
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Errands
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 05, 2023)
How are the Red Sox looking this year?
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Upcoming Public Appearance
By Bill James
(Feb 27, 2023)
Boston? I thought we were going to Hawaii!!
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Battling the Regression Dragon
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 25, 2023)
Baltimore and Arizona improved a lot last year. Can they do it again?
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Home Grown Teams and Table Scraps Teams
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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The "Gallery" Gets Some "Renown" Of Its Own
By Daniel Marks
(Feb 11, 2023)
Today, JoeBlogs....tomorrow, MLB.com? Also, unravelling the Charley/Charlie Smith mystery.....
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Luis Arraez for Pablo López
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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The Bad News Phillies
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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A shorter burst of glory
By Bill James
(Feb 01, 2023)
Answering someone's question. Anyone.
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Selfish, Contributing, Combination and Weak Hitters
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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Randomness vs. Reason
By Bill James
(Jan 11, 2023)
Reflections on the necessity of forcing everything to add up.
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Response from Tango about Fielding
By Bill James
(Jan 09, 2023)
From Tango
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Texas Hold 'Em
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 02, 2023)
The Rangers are taking an old approach into a new era. Will it work?
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On the Reliability of Park Effects
By Bill James
(Dec 07, 2022)
How much data do you have to study to get reliable Park Effects measurements?
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Night People
By Bill James
(Dec 02, 2022)
Watcching an old movie on TV, baseball in the background
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Stable Values
By Bill James
(Dec 01, 2022)
Other potential uses of this weeks' method
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Position Champions
By Bill James
(Nov 30, 2022)
A few of the dominant players at their positions, over time.
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The Greatest of This, the Greatest of That
By Bill James
(Nov 29, 2022)
Building slowly on the work we did yesterday.
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The Great Player of Year X
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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Franchise All Star Teams (Divisional Era Version) - Part VII - Teams #1-5
By Daniel Marks
(Nov 24, 2022)
Wrapping up the series.....
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Time on the Cross-Multiplication
By Bill James
(Nov 02, 2022)
Continuing the previous discussion, but with a revelation.
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Franchise All Star Teams (Divisional Era Version) - Part VI - Teams #6-10
By Daniel Marks
(Oct 30, 2022)
We've reached the bottom half of the top 10 in the countdown......
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The Cross-Multiplication Issue
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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The Other, Other Triple Crown
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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Franchise All Star Teams (Divisional Era Version) - Part V - Teams #11-15
By Daniel Marks
(Oct 08, 2022)
The countdown continues....
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A response about WAR
By Bill James
(Sep 29, 2022)
Tom Tango's response to earlier comments made here
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Franchise All Star Teams (Divisional Era Version) - Part IV - Teams #16-20
By Daniel Marks
(Sep 24, 2022)
Heading to the midpoint of the countdown.....
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Champions and MVPs
By Bill James
(Sep 23, 2022)
Cleanup on Aisle 3
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How Reliable are Won-Lost Records, Part 5
By Bill James
(Sep 16, 2022)
The Conclusion of the week-long series
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How Reliable are Won-Lost Records, Part 4
By Bill James
(Sep 15, 2022)
Detecting Levels of Greatness Oh, like that's never been done before.
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How Reliable are Won-Lost Records, Part III
By Bill James
(Sep 14, 2022)
The real research.
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How Reliable are Won-Lost Records, Part 2
By Bill James
(Sep 13, 2022)
Explaining the method. No results yet; just the method.
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How Reliable are Won-Lost Records, Part I
By Bill James
(Sep 12, 2022)
Beginning a five-part series about the reliability of pitcher won-lost records.
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Franchise All Star Teams (Divisional Era Version) - Part III - Teams #21-25
By Daniel Marks
(Sep 11, 2022)
The countdown continues....
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August's Defensive Player of the Month
By Mark Simon
(Sep 04, 2022)
Well, I for one did not see this coming.
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Albert Pujols Finishing With A Flourish
By Mark Simon
(Sep 04, 2022)
And he just hit another!
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Michael Harris Sparks The Braves
By Mark Simon
(Sep 04, 2022)
The Braves keep locking up their studly young talent.
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Franchise All Star Teams (Divisional Era Version) - Part II - Teams #26-30
By Daniel Marks
(Sep 03, 2022)
The countdown (and the debate) begins.....
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Run Participation and Runs Created
By Bill James
(Sep 02, 2022)
To what extent are Runs Scored and RBI totals created by surrounding hitters?
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Franchise All Star Teams (Divisional Era Version) - Part I - Kickoff
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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Reliable and Unreliable Stats, Revisted
By Bill James
(Aug 28, 2022)
Responding to Reader's Comments about an earlier article.
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A reliable batting average
By Bill James
(Aug 22, 2022)
How many at bats does it take for a batting average to be meaningful?
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Revisiting the All-Time, All-Star, All-World, Native Son Baseball Tournament
By Daniel Marks
(Jul 12, 2022)
Revisiting a "blast from the past"....
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Guardians of the Defensive Galaxy
By Mark Simon
(Jul 01, 2022)
The Guardians are riding their defense to unexpected success this season.
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Braves Are In The Swing Of Things
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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Having Fun With The Components Of WAR
By Daniel Marks
(Jul 01, 2022)
Looking for players with "6 positives".....
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Two Starts, Two Teams
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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The Better League, 5
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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The Better League, 4
By Bill James
(Jun 09, 2022)
Comparing the leagues by the number and quality of stars in the league.
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The Better League, 3
By Bill James
(Jun 08, 2022)
The effects of integration on the relative strength of the two leagues.
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Better League, 2
By Bill James
(Jun 07, 2022)
A second method to evaluate the strength of a league.
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The Better League, 1
By Bill James
(Jun 06, 2022)
Using the All Star Game and the World Series to compare the leagues.
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On the Relative Quality of Leagues
By Bill James
(Jun 03, 2022)
What would Willie Mays have done in the American League.
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MLB's Best Baserunners
By Mark Simon
(May 26, 2022)
Why does hitting and defense get all the love? Let's talk baserunning!
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MLB's Best Baserunners
By Mark Simon
(May 26, 2022)
Why should hitting and defense get all the love? Let's talk baserunning!
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The Astros Are Playing Some Stellar Defense
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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Major Improvements for Jazz Chisholm and Marlins D
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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Lobbying for Teddy
By Bill James
(May 10, 2022)
Ted Williams and the Supremes.
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The Triple Crown Thing
By Bill James
(May 03, 2022)
Where does the Triple Crown Come From?
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April's Defensive Player of the Month
By Mark Simon
(May 02, 2022)
The crew at SIS names its Defensive Player of the Month for April!
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The Angels Are Looking Good
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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2022 Defensive Runs Saved Leader Candidates
By Mark Simon
(May 02, 2022)
Who can we expect to compete for the 2022's DRS Leader?
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Control of the Strike Zone
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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The Law of Competitive Balance Redux
By Bill James
(Apr 20, 2022)
Trying to move the ball
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Twenty Wins Count Double
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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The Practical Effects of Run Volatility
By Bill James
(Apr 09, 2022)
Is there a meaningful advantage in the pattern of runs scored/game?
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10 Extra Bold Predictions for 2022
By Dave Fleming
(Apr 06, 2022)
After guessing last year's AL MVP, the writer goes full bold for 2022.
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Which Team Will Surprise in 2022?
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 30, 2022)
Finding a squad that will upset the applecart this year.
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Trevor Story's New Homes
By Mark Simon
(Mar 27, 2022)
A closer look at Trevor Story's move to Fenway
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The Defensive Excellence of Matt Chapman & Matt Olson
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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2021's Top Minor League Bat-Missers
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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Putting (Synthetic) Statcast Numbers on Top Minor League Sluggers
By Mark Simon
(Mar 27, 2022)
Mark and Corey take a look at Synthetic Statcast for top Minor League prospects.
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Have yourself a day, Leo Cardenas
By Bill James
(Mar 19, 2022)
This happened.
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The Case for Fan Unions
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 17, 2022)
One group was missing from baseball's recent labor dispute. How will that change?
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On Matt Olson's Decline in Strikeouts
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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The Casey Award and the Queen City Trilogy
By Daniel Marks
(Mar 08, 2022)
Talkin' Bill James, Neyer, and the Poz.....(say hey, say hey.....)
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Seasonal Notation Similarity Scores
By Daniel Marks
(Feb 26, 2022)
Looking at an old friend in a different light....
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The All or Nothing Effect
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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A Fresh Look at NBA Assists
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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On David Ortiz
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 07, 2022)
Three memories of an indelible career.
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2022 BBWAA Prediction Contest - The Results
By Daniel Marks
(Feb 06, 2022)
The results are in.....
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Continuing the One-Team Theme
By Bill James
(Feb 05, 2022)
Responding to a thread in the reader comments
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Which Player Led The NFL In Total Points?
By Mark Simon
(Jan 23, 2022)
The answer might surprise you.
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Best Teams By Total Points
By Mark Simon
(Jan 15, 2022)
What can Total Points tell us about the best teams in the NFL?
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Carlos Correa's Amazing Slides, Dives, and Jumps
By Mark Simon
(Jan 15, 2022)
A novel look at what makes Carlos Correa's defense so special.
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Making The Hall of Fame Case
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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Vagabonds and Homebodies
By Bill James
(Jan 13, 2022)
Does the Hall of Fame favor one-team players?
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2022 Gallery of Renown - Voting Results
By Daniel Marks
(Jan 01, 2022)
The results are in. The two newest members are....
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2021 MLB Year-End Awards
By Mark Simon
(Dec 26, 2021)
These awards really should be recognized by MLB.
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Appreciating Mark Buehrle & Tim Hudson
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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2021 NPB & KBO Fielding Bible Award Winners
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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2022 Gallery of Renown
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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Ballpark 'N Me
By Bill James
(Dec 05, 2021)
Responding to a "Hey, Bill" question.
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Bill James Handbook Excerpt: Projecting Injury Risk
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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Mad Max Joins the Mad Mets
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 02, 2021)
Projecting the Mets $130 million gamble.
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The Nomar Garciaparra All Star Team
By Daniel Marks
(Nov 25, 2021)
Another "team" concept article, this time introducing "Fibonacci Peakness Number".
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Bill James Handbook Excerpt: Shohei Ohtani
By Mark Simon
(Nov 20, 2021)
The Bill James Handbook '22 excerpt we've all been waiting for.
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Bill James Handbook Excerpt: The Favorite Toy
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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Seasons in the Shadows
By Bill James
(Nov 15, 2021)
Giving credit to overlooked seasons of MVP quality.
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The Ballad of Buster Posey
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 10, 2021)
Some early reflections on a great career.
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The Braves Won The Marathon
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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2021 Fielding Bible Awards
By Mark Simon
(Nov 07, 2021)
Mark sums up the 2021 Fielding Bible Award winners.
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Fielding Bible Awards Preview (Part II)
By Mark Simon
(Nov 07, 2021)
And the rest of the 2021 Fielding Bible Award winners are...
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Franchise Strength Re-Estimated
By Bill James
(Oct 24, 2021)
Some revisions to the previous article.
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Fielding Bible Awards Preview (Part I)
By Mark Simon
(Oct 23, 2021)
Our favorite time of the year!
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An Unlikely Defensive Runs Saved Champion
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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Biggest MLB Surprises in 2021
By Mark Simon
(Oct 23, 2021)
Looking back at some of the season's biggest surprises!
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The Strongest Franchises
By Bill James
(Oct 20, 2021)
A 1 to 30 ranking.
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The Fielder Jones All Star Team
By Daniel Marks
(Oct 17, 2021)
Players who tended to "stay in their lane".....
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Note to the Readers
By Bill James
(Oct 14, 2021)
It's a book crunch. I've had them for 45 years now.
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No Biggie
By Bill James
(Sep 27, 2021)
What does one do with a tiny bit of disembodied knowledge?
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Cardinals Lead The Way ... Again
By Mark Simon
(Sep 26, 2021)
The Cardinals have their elite run prevention to thank for an unlikely playoff appearance.
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Marcus Semien's Sensational Season
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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Swing Hard; maybe you'll run into something
By Bill James
(Sep 17, 2021)
Yogi Berra and Javy Baez. Not really the same.
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Super, Dominant, Excellent, Good
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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MLB Defensive Player of the Month for August
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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The Baserunning Ways of the Rays
By Mark Simon
(Sep 06, 2021)
The Rays always find creative ways to win. Base running is one more.
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A Giant(s) Step Forward
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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Tanking
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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A Career Performed Freehan(d) Style
By Daniel Marks
(Aug 29, 2021)
A look back at one of the all-time great catchers
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Value Pattern Similarity
By Bill James
(Aug 13, 2021)
Still sort of have my foot caught in the Joe Morgan trap.
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Addendum to MA-13
By Bill James
(Aug 10, 2021)
A couple of thoughts after I posted the series.
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Response Space for #1 pitchers series
By Bill James
(Aug 09, 2021)
Just space for you to comment
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The Best Players of the Last 50 Years - Part XI - Starting Pitchers (1-10)
By Daniel Marks
(Aug 08, 2021)
The series concludes (at last!) with the top ten.
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Jeff Suppan Sandwiches
By Bill James
(Aug 07, 2021)
I remember Jeff
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The Matchup Data x
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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Explaining the 14 articles
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2021)
Same article as "Hello", for those of you who saw that one.
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So What IS a #1 Starter?
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2021)
A stub of an article
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Murry Dickson
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2021)
Good Ole' Murry
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The Usual and Ordinary #1s
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2021)
An accounting of the guys who make the list.
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Introduction to Matching Aces
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2021)
Just outlining the idea.
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Teams
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2021)
Do all teams have a #1 starter.
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#1 Starters and the World Series
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2021)
Do teams with more #1 starters dominate the World Series?
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The Post-2016 Cubs
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2021)
My tiny flash of insight here.
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The Matchup Data
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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The Toughest and Easiest Competition
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2021)
They run from Zachary to Nagy
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Bob Bruce and Friends
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2021)
Some guys get all the breaks They don't make no mistakes
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The Guys From 1988
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2021)
Because, of course, you probably haven't thought about Teddy Higuera since 1988.
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True Levels
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2021)
A completely new and potentially useless way to rank pitchers.
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Heroes and Bullies
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2021)
and Tyrants and Revolutionaries
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Hello
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2021)
Just an Introductory Note.
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The Teams of the Deacde
By Bill James
(Jul 26, 2021)
Sometimes organized thinking makes things more clear. Sometmes it just muddies the waters.
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The Immortal Gil Hodges
By Bill James
(Jul 21, 2021)
Just trying to think through the problem.
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So What is a Historic Accomplishment?
By Bill James
(Jul 15, 2021)
Asking for your input here.
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Ranking MLB Catchers by Total Runs
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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First Half Defensive Leaders
By Mark Simon
(Jul 12, 2021)
So many great defenders here, especially in LF.
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June's Defensive Player of the Month
By Mark Simon
(Jul 12, 2021)
Meanwhile in Denver, Joshua Fuentes is making everyone forget about his cousin, Nolan Arenado!
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The Best Players of the Last 50 Years - Part XI - Starting Pitchers (11-20)
By Daniel Marks
(Jul 05, 2021)
The countdown continues.....
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Jacob deGrom's Challenge with Context
By Dave Fleming
(Jul 01, 2021)
You're tired of reading about WAR, aren't you? This won't help.
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The Unicorn and the Statistic
By Dave Fleming
(Jun 29, 2021)
Does WAR really understand Shohei Ohtani?
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Stat of the Week: Good & Bad Baserunning Plays
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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Top Baserunning Teams & Players
By Mark Simon
(Jun 21, 2021)
Turns out the NL West also has some great baserunning teams too!
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May's Defensive Player of the Month
By Mark Simon
(Jun 21, 2021)
The NL West boasted some great (and versatile) defenders last month.
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Bad Outs
By Dave Fleming
(Jun 10, 2021)
Can we learn anything from looking at two statistics we usually ignore?
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The Best Players of the Last 50 Years - Part XIII - Starting Pitchers (21- 30)
By Daniel Marks
(May 31, 2021)
The countdown continues.....
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Clyde, Jody and Francisco
By Bill James
(May 27, 2021)
Wally Moses also was 1 and 15. Somehow I forgot to mention that.
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A Review of THE HALL BALL
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 27, 2021)
Have a ball.
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The Aesthetic Issues
By Bill James
(May 25, 2021)
Reprinting an article from 2020, and answering a series of reader questions.
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April's Defensive Player of the Month
By Mark Simon
(May 22, 2021)
Who was April's Defensive Player of the Month??
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Big NFL Winners In First Round
By Mark Simon
(May 22, 2021)
Mark's recap of the first round of the NFL Draft
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R E S P E C T
By Bill James
(May 19, 2021)
Swinging for the fences with nothing on the line.
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20 Seasons of Cy Young
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 18, 2021)
Fun With Excel
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The Other Only Nolan
By Dave Fleming
(May 06, 2021)
What kind of pitcher is Shohei Ohtani?
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The Best Players of the Last 50 Years - Part XII - Starting Pitchers (31-40)
By Daniel Marks
(May 02, 2021)
The countdown continues.....
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Fast-Working Pitchers
By John Dewan
(Apr 25, 2021)
John recognizes an under-appreciated skill.
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The Story of Carlos Rodón's 9th Inning
By Mark Simon
(Apr 25, 2021)
Mark's breakdown of the inning that cemented Carlos Rodon's recent no-no.
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Jacob deGrom Deserves Better
By Mark Simon
(Apr 25, 2021)
The same has been said about so many Mets over the years.
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The Joy of Sox
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 23, 2021)
A review of Erik Sherman's TWO SIDES OF GLORY
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The Best Players of the Last 50 Years - Part XI - Starting Pitchers (41-50)
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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Oh, Bee Pee? (SECOND TRY)
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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Three Letter Codes
By Bill James
(Apr 05, 2021)
Forming groups of players by focusing on skills.
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MLB's Top Defensive Players
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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Is Andy Dalton an Upgrade for Bears?
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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Cardinals Could Be MLB's Best Defensive Team In 2021
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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A Review of Philip Roth's Biography
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 01, 2021)
A long review containing a short section about baseball, including a sort-of tracer
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21 Bold Predictions for 2021
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 31, 2021)
Gazing into the crystal ball for a long-awaited season.
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Three Up, Three Down
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 24, 2021)
Some unexpected risers for 2021, and the teams we should be pessimistic about.
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The Case for the Intentional Walk
By Steven Goldleaf
(Mar 20, 2021)
Followup to "Aukward Memories"
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What Matters to You?
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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The Pirates' Rebuild Starts on Defense
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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Aukward memories
By Steven Goldleaf
(Mar 16, 2021)
I know, I know, I said I'd stop doing tracers.....
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The Black Hole
By Bill James
(Mar 14, 2021)
Actual research about the Giants' problems at shortstop in the 1960s.
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3 - 6 - 3
By Bill James
(Mar 12, 2021)
Reporting on someone else's research.
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2021 NFL Draft Preview
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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Just an Update
By Bill James
(Feb 25, 2021)
Scheduling.
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Friends, Torontonians, Countrymen
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 25, 2021)
Do we praise Marcus Semien, or bury him?
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A Portal to the 19th Century
By Steven Goldleaf
(Feb 20, 2021)
a few short steps into the past
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Quick and Dirty Win Shares
By Bill James
(Feb 18, 2021)
Following through on a reader's suggestion
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The Little Bit Short Club
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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Pick a card, any card—or any tiger, dodger, astro, met, or philly.
By Steven Goldleaf
(Feb 10, 2021)
“Come, bustle, bustle, caparison my horse!”
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Who Will Stop Mahomes & Brady?
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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What Makes Nolan Arenado a Great Defender?
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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"Character" analysis
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jan 31, 2021)
In for a schilling, out for a pound.
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The 2022 Hall of Fame Ballot
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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In Memoriam: Hank Aaron
By Mark Simon
(Jan 27, 2021)
Mark pays tribute to Hank Aaron, all-time great.
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A Connecticut Astro in Queen Elizabeth's Colony
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 22, 2021)
What does the future hold for new Toronto outfielder George Springer?
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Champagne for Our Real Friends (and real pain for our sham friends)
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jan 20, 2021)
Just your average book review
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Families of Players--1
By Bill James
(Jan 19, 2021)
Starting a new thing here.
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Relatives
By Bill James
(Jan 17, 2021)
Not that anybody asked. . . .
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White Sox Bolster Their Pitching Staff
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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Clockwise and Counterclockwise
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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Values and Strategy
By Bill James
(Jan 13, 2021)
Expanding on a "Hey, Bill" entry.
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The Allenated Self
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jan 11, 2021)
A review, after a rather discursive start
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College Football National Championship Preview
By Bryce Rossler
(Jan 09, 2021)
Bryce tells us what to watch for during Monday's National Championship game.
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Campaneris and Aparicio
By Bill James
(Jan 09, 2021)
An Overrated/Underrated Exercise
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The Greatest Relievers of All Time
By Bill James
(Jan 05, 2021)
Completing my thoughts
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Gerry Staley, Joe Nathan, Pat Neshek
By Bill James
(Jan 04, 2021)
Part one of a two-part article.
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Re-Thinking the Best Shot Hypothesis
By Bill James
(Jan 01, 2021)
A short article, which you are free to discuss if you are interested.
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2021 Gallery of Renown - Voting Results
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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College Football Playoff Preview
By John Shirley
(Dec 30, 2020)
John breaks down the CFP teams using Sports Info Solutions' advanced football stats.
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Two Brave and Powerful Men
By Bill James
(Dec 30, 2020)
Still working on Under and Overrated
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The Penguin and Mr. Clean
By Bill James
(Dec 29, 2020)
Following up on a reader's suggestion.
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The Perception Deficit Score
By Bill James
(Dec 28, 2020)
Here's a hour out of your week that you'll never get back.
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MLB Year-End Awards
By Mark Simon
(Dec 28, 2020)
Mark hands out some of the most unique awards you'll encounter this season.
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Tracking the Hall of Fame Tracker (2021 Version)
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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Nolan vs. Nolan - A Deep Dive
By Daniel Marks
(Dec 22, 2020)
2 pitching candidates. 1 job opening. Pop quiz, hotshot. What do you do?
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Patrick Mahomes is the Clear MVP
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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2021 Gallery of Renown - Voting Phase
By Daniel Marks
(Dec 19, 2020)
Time for Bill James Online members to cast your votes.
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An Interview with Jim Bouton's (and Dick Allen's) Biographer
By Steven Goldleaf
(Dec 14, 2020)
A little nuts-and-bolts (mostly nuts) discussion on the writing of biographies
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2020 NPB & KBO Fielding Bible Awards
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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Screwballs and Experts—Part Three: Car Talk
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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The Intrigue of Andrelton Simmons
By Mark Simon
(Dec 04, 2020)
What effect does a rough 30-game season have on Andrelton Simmons' value?
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Who Are The Most Worthy Candidates for the Baseball Hall of Fame?
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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The Sheff on the Shelf
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 02, 2020)
Contributing - perhaps - to Bill's critique of WAR.
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Revisiting that game from 1944
By Steven Goldleaf
(Dec 01, 2020)
an update on an old article
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The Real Problem with WAR
By Bill James
(Nov 30, 2020)
It's the process ITSELF that doesn't work.
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Shorthanded and Longhanded
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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Who Is The World's No. 1 Starting Pitcher?
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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Who Hit The Ball Hard Most Often in 2020?
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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The Steal Of The 2020 NBA Draft
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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Searching for Bobby Abreu
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 18, 2020)
An unexpected comparable for an underrated outfielder.
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On Certainty
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 12, 2020)
Thoughts on the White Sox decision to hire Tony LaRussa.
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Billing update
By General
(Nov 11, 2020)
If your account came up for renewal recently, you might want to read this.
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The Doubles Record
By Bill James
(Nov 10, 2020)
Will any active player knock Tris Speaker off the doubles throne?
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Not too shabby
By Steven Goldleaf
(Nov 04, 2020)
re-posting an article from 2017
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The Better Than Best
By Bill James
(Oct 30, 2020)
Sometimes a guy is More than Most.
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Screwballs and Experts—Part Two: Picking Up Where I Left Off
By Steven Goldleaf
(Oct 29, 2020)
A mere year-and-a-half late in getting to "Part Two"
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The Quick Hook Problem
By Bill James
(Oct 27, 2020)
Warm up the showers.
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Thoughts on a (Missed) Classic
By Dave Fleming
(Oct 25, 2020)
I skipped the end of Game 4. That's a problem.
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2020 Fielding Bible Awards Preview (Part 2)
By Mark Simon
(Oct 25, 2020)
Presenting Part 2 of 2020's Fielding Bible Award winners!
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Houston vs. Tennessee
By Bill James
(Oct 19, 2020)
What seems at first blush to be obvious is not always false.
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When Talents Disappear, Part Two
By Steven Goldleaf
(Oct 16, 2020)
The 97% Baseball version
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When Talents Disappear, Part One
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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Strong and Weak MVP Classes
By Bill James
(Oct 13, 2020)
Not all MVP races are created equal.
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Full and Empty Batting Averages
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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The Quiet MVP
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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Rays and Athletics Have Maximized Their Rosters
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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A Galaxy of Royal Stars
By Bill James
(Sep 25, 2020)
Jose Rosada is #77. You were probably wondering.
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Tom Brady Anderson and Willie Miranda
By Bill James
(Sep 20, 2020)
Finishing my answer from Hey, Bill
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Several Teams Have Defensive Streaks On The Line
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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Clayton Kershaw vs. Walter Johnson
By Bill James
(Sep 14, 2020)
A follow-up to yesterday's broken eggs.
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Zack Greinke versus Cy Young
By Bill James
(Sep 14, 2020)
Research which did not completely fail.
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R.I.P. Lou Brock
By John Dewan
(Sep 10, 2020)
John shares a fond memory of the great man who was Lou Brock.
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Batting Order Position Values
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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Estimates
By Steven Goldleaf
(Sep 06, 2020)
Thoughts while bicycling back home
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The Magnificent Third Amberson
By Bill James
(Sep 04, 2020)
A tiny excerpt from an unpublished, uncompleted book.
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Key Defensive Acquisitions At The Trade Deadline
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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Who Was The Top Defensive Player Of The First Half?
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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Peter Piper is now available
By General
(Sep 01, 2020)
Thanks for your patience while we troubleshot the issues.
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Positional Strength Indicator
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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The Importance of Defense
By Mark Simon
(Aug 19, 2020)
Just how important is defense? Click here and Mark will tell ya'.
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Noli Mi Tangere
By Steven Goldleaf
(Aug 16, 2020)
"For Caesar's I am"--a review of Joan Ryan's INTANGIBLES
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The Best Players of the Last 50 Years - Part X - Designated HItters
By Daniel Marks
(Aug 16, 2020)
The series continues, along with some meandering thoughts related to the DH.
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The Case Against Ralph Terry
By Steven Goldleaf
(Aug 11, 2020)
a counter-historical hypothetical
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Carl's Defense
By Bill James
(Aug 10, 2020)
Sabermetric philosophy.
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Early Standouts on Total Runs Leaderboard
By Mark Simon
(Aug 07, 2020)
The Total Runs leaderboard contains some expected names. And two Mariners.
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The Next Saberhagen
By Dave Fleming
(Aug 07, 2020)
The young pitcher you're not paying enough attention to.
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Counting Stars
By Bill James
(Aug 04, 2020)
The Indians of the 1950s
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The 20-Mile Mark
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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To the Infield We Go
By Bill James
(Jul 31, 2020)
Hi Ho, Hi Ho.
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Shift Rates are Climbing Again?
By Alex Vigderman
(Jul 30, 2020)
Wait, MORE shifting???
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The Revenge of Matty Alou
By Bill James
(Jul 30, 2020)
A day off from the Runs Saved.
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The Actual First Basemen in this Study
By Bill James
(Jul 29, 2020)
The nominees for the Keith Hernandez Award are:
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The Process at First Base
By Bill James
(Jul 28, 2020)
The toughest position to analyze.
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Let's Finish the Catchers
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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Who is the Best Defensive Team Entering 2020?
By Mark Simon
(Jul 24, 2020)
Mark argues why the NL West is home to 2020's best defensive team.
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2020 MLB Pitcher Projections
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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Defensive Catchers, Part I
By Bill James
(Jul 24, 2020)
Pat Borders, Smoky Burgess, Bill Freehan, Johnny Bench. . .
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Breaking News
By Bill James
(Jul 23, 2020)
A little more data.
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FINALLY!
By Bill James
(Jul 22, 2020)
We have Runs Saved numbers for the pitchers.
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Which Team Will Surprise in 2020?
By Dave Fleming
(Jul 21, 2020)
Can't we just go with all of them?
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Working it through
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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Overcoming Arachnophobia
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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Nice Play! Nice Play!
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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May the Best Team WIn
By Bill James
(Jul 20, 2020)
Just because people are talking about this
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The Fielding Percentage Part
By Bill James
(Jul 17, 2020)
The much-maligned Error
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Players Choosing To Opt Out
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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Pitchers and Their Best Friends
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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Continuing with the Pitchers
By Bill James
(Jul 15, 2020)
Working on pitchers in the Runs Saved system.
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Runs Saved on Home Runs and One-Base Advancements
By Bill James
(Jul 14, 2020)
Working, working.
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RSAZ, A to Z
By Bill James
(Jul 12, 2020)
Re-starting Runs Saved Against Zero
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2020 MLB Hitter Projections
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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Who Are Some of the Top KBO Hitters?
By Mark Simon
(Jul 07, 2020)
Mark takes a closer look at the KBO hitters swinging a big stick.
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Lemon and Gibby
By Dave Fleming
(Jul 02, 2020)
Running another parallel to unpack defense.
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The Best Players of the Last 50 Years - Part IX - Right Fielders
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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Key Players in NPB
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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Winfield and Evans
By Dave Fleming
(Jun 25, 2020)
Evaluating two players.
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Why We Need Runs Saved Against Zero
By Bill James
(Jun 23, 2020)
Why, yes, I AM hoping to win the Nobel Prize for this article.
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Formed on this Continent
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jun 22, 2020)
Or, in the end, NOT formed on this continent
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One Base Advancement Events
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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followup to "Derring-Do"
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jun 20, 2020)
a tracer on an unimpeachably reliable source
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Walks and HB
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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Component Theory
By Bill James
(Jun 18, 2020)
Continuing the work re-begun yesterday.
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Re-Starting Runs Saved Against Zero
By Bill James
(Jun 17, 2020)
Hi Ho, Hi Ho. It's back to work we go.
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Checking in on the Quality of Defense in KBO
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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Moments in the Sun
By Bill James
(Jun 15, 2020)
Just a couple of little notes.
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Ball Four Revisited
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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Who Are Some of the Top KBO Pitchers?
By Mark Simon
(Jun 11, 2020)
The best pitchers in the KBO right now include some familiar names.
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The 1963 to 1968 Hitting Desert
By Bill James
(Jun 07, 2020)
A quick hit on the research bong.
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Derring-Do That Derring-Don't Show Up in The Box Score
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jun 02, 2020)
A tracer of a more personal nature than most
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Peak and Prime Seasons
By Bill James
(Jun 01, 2020)
Aging research.
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Runner on third, one out, grounder to 3B-man
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jun 01, 2020)
Followup to Joe Pos’s followup on Hosmer’s dash home
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Duke Snider and Rick Monday
By Bill James
(May 31, 2020)
This is not a serious article.
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On BJOL maintenance
By General
(May 30, 2020)
And we're back to normal!
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The Thing With Feathers
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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Conclusion: The Heavyweight Champ of Baseball
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 26, 2020)
conclusion and changes to the system
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A very fast Stan Musial
By Bill James
(May 26, 2020)
Memories of wasted holiday.
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The Heavyweight Champ of Baseball (part 10)
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 25, 2020)
The project, drawing close to the end of its natural life-span
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The End of One Thing and the Start of Something Else (5)
By Dave Fleming
(May 25, 2020)
A conclusion, of sorts.
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Speed and Runs Scored
By Bill James
(May 25, 2020)
The third article in three days on this general topic.
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The Heavyweight Champ of Baseball (part 9)
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 24, 2020)
Resuming the process of finding the three-year OPS+ champ
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More Speed Vs. OBP
By Bill James
(May 23, 2020)
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the basepaths.
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The Best Players of the Last 50 Years - Part VIII - Left Fielders
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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Speed and On Base Percentage
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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What could MLB look like with 82 games and 14 playoff teams?
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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Little Lefties
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 19, 2020)
A peculiar sub-set of players
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Workhorses
By Bill James
(May 19, 2020)
An Index for Managers as to how hard they work their starting pitchers.
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Bill James Online site maintenance
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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BOUTON: a book review
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 11, 2020)
A timely review, for a change.
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Mailer’s OSWALD’S TALE (with some scant attention to James’ POPULAR CRIME)
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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The End of One Thing and the Start of Something Else (4)
By Dave Fleming
(May 05, 2020)
Ugueth Urbina, and a writer's life.
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The Heavyweight Champ of Baseball (part 8)
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 01, 2020)
More of the same, Piled Higher and Deeper
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The Heavyweight Champ of Baseball (part 7)
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 27, 2020)
Re-zooming the series
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The Best Players of the Last 50 Years - Part VI - Third Basemen
By Daniel Marks
(Apr 25, 2020)
The series continues as we move over to the hot corner.
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The End of One Thing and the Start of Something Else (3)
By Dave Fleming
(Apr 23, 2020)
Small exposures.
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My Heart Bleeds Blue Borscht
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 19, 2020)
A heartfelt review
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The Heavyweight Champ of Baseball (part 6)
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 19, 2020)
with a prefatory look at my methodology, and certain of its flaws
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The Heavyweight Champ of Baseball (part 5)
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 17, 2020)
More of the Same
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The Best Defensive Team of the 21st Century
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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The End of One Thing and the Start of Something Else (2)
By Dave Fleming
(Apr 16, 2020)
Ozzie Albies.
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Choices
By Bill James
(Apr 15, 2020)
Asking for your input.
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Choices B
By Bill James
(Apr 15, 2020)
Asking for your input.
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The Heavyweight Champ of Baseball (part 4)
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 15, 2020)
After the war
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Who Deserves to Win?
By Bill James
(Apr 14, 2020)
Once in a lifetime. At least.
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Andrelton Simmons Wins The Tournament of Defensive Excellence
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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Mixed Bag Monday
By Bill James
(Apr 13, 2020)
Or, The Learning Curve Simulator. Mostly it's the latter.
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The Heavyweight Champ of Baseball (part 3 and 1/2)
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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The End of One Thing and the Start of Something Else (1)
By Dave Fleming
(Apr 11, 2020)
Pulaski, Virginia.
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Re-Establishing the Values
By Bill James
(Apr 10, 2020)
Trying to find the Values that work in this system.
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The Best Players of the Last 50 Years - Part IV - Second Basemen
By Daniel Marks
(Apr 09, 2020)
The series continues, this time reviewing second basemen.
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The Global Cheat
By Bill James
(Apr 08, 2020)
Dodging around corners to try to make this thing work.
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The Heavyweight Champ of Baseball (part 3)
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 08, 2020)
Wart Ime
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Edging Forward
By Bill James
(Apr 06, 2020)
Searching for a new Zero-Competence Line
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The Heavyweight Champ of Baseball (part 2)
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 05, 2020)
Through the late 1930s
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The Best Players of the Last 50 Years - Part III - The Swiss Army Knives
By Daniel Marks
(Apr 04, 2020)
The series continues, this time looking at great utility players
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Normal
By Bill James
(Apr 04, 2020)
Shifting Course a Little Bit
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Pause
By Bill James
(Apr 03, 2020)
Catching our breath before we continue.
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The Heavyweight Champ of Baseball (part 1)
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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Keeping the Game Under Control
By Bill James
(Apr 02, 2020)
Let's turn two. Keep him close, Charlie.
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The Big Item on Our Agenda
By Bill James
(Apr 01, 2020)
Getting into Fielding Now.
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The Tournament of Defensive Excellence
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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Which Teams Have Gotten The Most Value From Their Defense?
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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So Much To Learn From The Fielding Bible–Volume V
By Mark Simon
(Mar 31, 2020)
Mark serves up some tasty nuggets from this year's Fielding Bible.
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Building Out the Files
By Bill James
(Mar 31, 2020)
Still workin' on my project.
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The High Cost of the Free Pass
By Bill James
(Mar 30, 2020)
How many people DIDN'T you walk?
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The Best Players of the Last 50 Years - Part II - Shortstops
By Daniel Marks
(Mar 29, 2020)
The "Dan Marks Era" review continues with a look at shortstops.
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Strikeout Runs Saved
By Bill James
(Mar 28, 2020)
Those Boring, Fascist strikeouts
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Saving Private Runs
By Bill James
(Mar 27, 2020)
Moving the ball on the research.
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Legally Stolen Bases
By Bill James
(Mar 26, 2020)
A look at the SB data.
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The Best Players of the Last 50 Years - Part I - Kickoff & Catcher Review
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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The Pre-Season Rookie's League
By Bill James
(Mar 25, 2020)
Play Ball!
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The Mackey Sasser Award
By Bill James
(Mar 24, 2020)
Passed Pitches.
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BALK! BALK!
By Bill James
(Mar 23, 2020)
Silly little plays.
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Rocks
By Bill James
(Mar 22, 2020)
Fielding Percentage. Where we going with this?
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The Pitcher's Best Friend
By Bill James
(Mar 20, 2020)
Continuing the series--I think this is 7.
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Double DER U
By Bill James
(Mar 19, 2020)
Sixth article in the series. The ball is in play.
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Bombs Away
By Bill James
(Mar 18, 2020)
Fifth in the Series
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87 Percent Less Fun than Wild Bitches
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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Duck and Cover
By Bill James
(Mar 17, 2020)
Third in the Series
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Big Walkers
By Bill James
(Mar 15, 2020)
Second article in the series begun yesterday.
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A Pair of Recent Books
By Steven Goldleaf
(Mar 14, 2020)
I just caught up on my baseball reading this past week
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Strikeout Tigers
By Bill James
(Mar 14, 2020)
Research into the best and worst team strikeout totals, normalized.
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Sisters and Resisters
By Steven Goldleaf
(Feb 21, 2020)
Review of THE RESISTERS by Gish Jen. Knopf, $26.95
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Three Looks at the MVPs
By Bill James
(Feb 20, 2020)
How much have modern Analytical stats influenced MVP voting?
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NCAA Transfer Players to Watch in 2020
By Logan King
(Feb 18, 2020)
Logan showcases a few quarterbacks with the potential to be 2020 standout transfers.
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Gerrit Cole's recent comps
By Steven Goldleaf
(Feb 13, 2020)
What do similar pitchers' performances have to say about Cole going forward?
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Mookie Betts Is A Dominant Defensive Player
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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On Mookie Betts
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 12, 2020)
A polemic on decency in the the shadow of a blockbuster trade.
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The Top 100 Right Fielders
By Bill James
(Feb 09, 2020)
I hope this was worth waiting for.
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2020 NFL Draft Preview
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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Swing and a Miss
By Bill James
(Feb 05, 2020)
Acknowledging my mistake.
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"Try to pay attention to the language we all agreed on.”
By Daniel Marks
(Feb 04, 2020)
To snub, or not to snub, that is the question....
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Super Bowl LIV Preview
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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Who's The Next Larry Walker?
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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Small Tracer, Big Tracer
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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Ripping Pos a New One
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jan 17, 2020)
Still no computer, but I can't stop having thoughts.
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Larry Walker: Ink Test
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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The Team of the Decade
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 31, 2019)
Finding a standout team from the last ten years.
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The Fielding Bible All-Decade Team
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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College Football Playoff Preview
By John Shirley
(Dec 27, 2019)
John previews the CFP using some of Sports Info Solutions' advanced analytics.
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Tracking the Hall of Fame Tracker (2020 Version)
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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2019 MLB Year-End Awards
By Mark Simon
(Dec 20, 2019)
More interesting than the MVP, IMO.
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Introducing the PART System to Defensive Runs Saved
By Alex Vigderman
(Dec 18, 2019)
DRS gets an update!
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Unpacking Cole and Rendon's Big Contracts
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 13, 2019)
Can we change how we think about long-term, big-dollar sports contracts?
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Brief Leave of Absence
By Steven Goldleaf
(Dec 08, 2019)
an explanation
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2020 BBWAA Hall of Fame Contest Update
By Daniel Marks
(Dec 06, 2019)
Analyzing the BBWAA Hall of Fame predictions submitted by our member community
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Sweet Lou and Cobra
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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Steve Garvey: A Case of Context
By Paresh Gupta
(Nov 29, 2019)
Steve Garvey, Hall of Famer? Paresh makes a compelling case.
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How I Almost Flunked Out of Grad School
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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Skip Lockwood
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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DisQualiBall
By Bill James
(Nov 23, 2019)
We can't all be geniuses.
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Who Does the Public Want Elected to the Hall of Fame?
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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Improving the MVP System
By Bill James
(Nov 18, 2019)
A short summary of the much longer article about my studies of this issue.
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The Perfect MVP Voting Structure
By Bill James
(Nov 18, 2019)
Research into the MVP voting structure. Not the votes; the structure of the vote.
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A Surprising Win Shares Leader
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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The GOAT Contest
By Steven Goldleaf
(Nov 08, 2019)
An Open Competition
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Strasburg and Scherzer Similarities
By Lindsay Zeck
(Nov 08, 2019)
Lindsay examines some of the many similarities between the Nationals' aces.
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Back to the Future, Part 4?
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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The 2019 Fielding Bible Awards
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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The Quality of Competition Over Time
By Bill James
(Nov 04, 2019)
All 3 parts consolidated into one article. Available to all readers.
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Reggie and the Game Logs
By Bill James
(Nov 04, 2019)
1) Organize the data, 2) Shake it, 3) See what falls out.
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It's a Simple Blown Call
By Bill James
(Oct 31, 2019)
This isn't actually that complicated.
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Introducing the PART System to DRS
By John Dewan
(Oct 29, 2019)
A major improvement to Defensive Runs Saved!
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Whither the Triple?
By Steven Goldleaf
(Oct 26, 2019)
Why has it withered?
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2019 Fielding Bible Awards Preview Part II
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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2019 World Series Features Outstanding Starting Pitching
By Mark Simon
(Oct 25, 2019)
Pitching is the name of the game in this World Series.
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I'm Moving On
By Bill James
(Oct 24, 2019)
Public Announcement
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The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini
By Steven Goldleaf
(Oct 22, 2019)
A review
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2019 Fielding Bible Awards Preview Part I
By Mark Simon
(Oct 17, 2019)
It's Fielding Bible Award season, my favorite time of the year.
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You'll Ryu the Day
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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2019 Bold Predictions, Reviewed
By Dave Fleming
(Oct 12, 2019)
Trying to understand the thinking that motivated a year of bad predictions
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Postseason Impact
By Dave Fleming
(Oct 07, 2019)
Guest contributor Paresh Gupta offers a new method to measure postseason performance.
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2019 Defensive Runs Saved Leaders
By Mark Simon
(Oct 01, 2019)
A look back at this season's best defensive players according to DRS.
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Luis Castillo Making A Name For Himself
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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This Year's Minor League Standouts
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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Who Are The NFL's Top Quarterbacks?
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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Who Was August's Top Defender?
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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My last tracer?
By Steven Goldleaf
(Sep 04, 2019)
For a while, at least
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Being a Good Loser
By Daniel Marks
(Sep 03, 2019)
Taking a look at pitchers who pitched great, but got tagged with a loss.
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Bellinger, Trout Battle For Total Runs Lead
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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World's No. 1 Starting Pitcher Rankings
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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Saberseminar 2019 in Review
By Alex Vigderman
(Aug 20, 2019)
Alex recaps a fascinating weekend of sabermetric insights from Saberseminar 2019.
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August 18 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Aug 18, 2019)
Nobody feels any pain.
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August 16 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Aug 17, 2019)
Houston, we have a poll.
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August 13 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Aug 13, 2019)
Hickenlooper hacks down the Coffee Man.
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August 12 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Aug 12, 2019)
Nothing to see here.
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August 10 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Aug 10, 2019)
Back to the grind.
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Who are the Hottest Teams & Hitters?
By Mark Simon
(Aug 09, 2019)
It's scorching in New York these days.
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August 6 poll report
By Bill James
(Aug 06, 2019)
We will soldier on somehow without Mike Gravel.
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Living is Easy
By Steven Goldleaf
(Aug 06, 2019)
Predicting is hard. A retrospective look at predictions of the future.
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Hunter Renfroe & Chad Pinder were July's Top Defenders
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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Oh, Say Can You cWPA?
By Daniel Marks
(Aug 05, 2019)
Digging into Championship Win Probability Added....
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August 3 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Aug 04, 2019)
Tulsi torches three rivals.
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August 2 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Aug 02, 2019)
Yang has the mojo.
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August 1 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Aug 01, 2019)
Two-day summary; quiet. Debate will surely change SOMETHING.
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July 30 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 31, 2019)
Late in the day, I know.
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July 28 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 28, 2019)
All Quiet on the Western Front.
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July 27 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 27, 2019)
Kamala makes a huge move! Bill makes an argument.
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Four-Finger Singer and His Late Wife, Kate
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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July 25 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 26, 2019)
Julian Castro back to the minors?
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July 24 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 25, 2019)
Better late than never
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July 22 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 22, 2019)
Booker beats the book.
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July 21 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 21, 2019)
Gillibrand up a little.
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July 20 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 20, 2019)
Bandwagon comes to a stop. A pause, at the least.
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July 19 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 19, 2019)
Submitted for your consideration.
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July 18 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 18, 2019)
Inslee on the Outslee
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Long Division
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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July 17 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 17, 2019)
Explaining a little more what I am trying to do.
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July 16 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 16, 2019)
Biden has lost another step.
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July 15 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 15, 2019)
Schultz Schocker.
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July 14 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 14, 2019)
Steyer's Debutante Ball.
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July 13 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 13, 2019)
Added a couple of things to the method.
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July 12 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 12, 2019)
All quiet on the Western Front.
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July 11 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 11, 2019)
The list is different.
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July 10 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 10, 2019)
Quiet day. Delaney moves up.
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All-Star Game Starters vs. Total Runs Leaders
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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Who is June's Defensive Player of the Month?
By Mark Simon
(Jul 09, 2019)
Say Hello to Austin Hedges, June's Defensive Player of the Month.
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July 9 Poll Report
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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July 8 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 08, 2019)
Hickenlooper beats Booker. Really? Are you sure?
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July 7 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 07, 2019)
Quiet poll results. Editor rants.
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July 6 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 06, 2019)
Biden is Slidin' .
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July 5th Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 05, 2019)
The Warren Wagon has come to a rest.
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Fourth of July Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 04, 2019)
It's a Holiday. I still did a report.
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July 3 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 03, 2019)
Michael Bennet dominates a poll of the also-rans.
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July 2 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 02, 2019)
Is Castro catching fire?
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July 1 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jul 01, 2019)
Andrew Yang makes the green list.
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June 30 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 30, 2019)
Debate performance hurts Beto.
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Testing HoF Polling for Recency Bias
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jun 30, 2019)
Testes, one, two, one, two….
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June 29 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 29, 2019)
Kamala Harris has a really good day.
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June 28 Poll Report Yang steps forward
By Bill James
(Jun 28, 2019)
Oh, Brave new world, which has such candidates in it.
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Poll Report and post-debate comments
By Bill James
(Jun 27, 2019)
Booker edges forward.
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In the Beginning, God said: “Let there be grammar!"
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jun 26, 2019)
And there was grammar. And there was grammar issues. And they was bad.
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June 25 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 25, 2019)
Wave good-bye to Wayne.
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Correcting Bias (Bill's June 9th Poll)
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jun 25, 2019)
Totally not about race.
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June 24 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 24, 2019)
When nothing happens, there is no headline on it.
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June 23 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 23, 2019)
We'll be debating soon.
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June 22 Poll Report
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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Cosmic Debris
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jun 21, 2019)
Re-reading some favorites from the 1980s
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Longest Day Pol Report Warren pulls further ahead
By Bill James
(Jun 21, 2019)
For some reason, my Twitter followers do NOT like Bernie Sanders.
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Is the NL East a Two-Team Race?
By Dave Fleming
(Jun 21, 2019)
Looking at the dogfight that isn't (yet).
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June 20 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 20, 2019)
Yang edges up.
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Inside the High-Scoring Padres-Rockies Series
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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June 19 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 19, 2019)
Williamson stumbles for the first time.
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June 17 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 17, 2019)
Very quiet day.
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Runs, RBI and Home Runs
By Bill James
(Jun 17, 2019)
Kicking around an old Runs Produced Formula
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Father's Day Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 16, 2019)
Kamala Klobbers Klobuchar, Klaws Back a few points in the standings.
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June 15 Poll Update
By Bill James
(Jun 15, 2019)
Gillibrand continues her run.
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June 14th Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 14, 2019)
Cory Booker's bad, horrible day.
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Kevin Kiermaier's Amazing Defensive Runs Saved Total
By Mark Simon
(Jun 13, 2019)
Kevin Kiermaier's is worth marveling over. Let's marvel together.
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June 13 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 13, 2019)
John Delaney rallies.
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June 12 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 12, 2019)
Swalwell wins and loses.
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June 11 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 11, 2019)
Inslee is gaining ground.
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Opposition Adjusted Winning Percentage
By Bill James
(Jun 11, 2019)
Just a little study.
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June 10 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 10, 2019)
A few thoughts after a quiet day at the polling station.
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June 9 Poll Report
By Bill James
(Jun 09, 2019)
Gillibrand up almost 40% in the last month.
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Only To You
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jun 06, 2019)
A confession, of sorts
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Who was May's Top Defensive Player?
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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The Walkers
By Bill James
(May 31, 2019)
Why yes, I DID mention Roy Cullenbine again. Thanks for asking.
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Follow up to Streak Study
By Bill James
(May 30, 2019)
Forgot to address this issue yesterday
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Streak Study by good games and bad games
By Bill James
(May 29, 2019)
Research.
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Poll Report May 26
By Bill James
(May 26, 2019)
Kamala pushes Bernie to the edge of the race.
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The Dodgers' Dominant Defense
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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Poll Report May 22, 2019
By Bill James
(May 23, 2019)
A few words of explanation. 5,094.
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An Alternate Approach to Expansion (Part 3)
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 22, 2019)
Conclusions about how to expand leagues in the future
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Measuring Changes in the Quality of Play based on the Decline Rates of Hitters
By Bill James
(May 21, 2019)
Aging research.
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An Alternate Approach to Expansion (Part 2)
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 20, 2019)
The Second Division
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Despite Yet Another Shifting Surge, Hitters Still Aren't Beating It
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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An Alternate Approach to Expansion (Part 1)
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 19, 2019)
Revisiting October 10, 1963
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Runs Created by an Individual Hitter in a Game
By Bill James
(May 18, 2019)
A new method.
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Poll Results May 14 2019
By Bill James
(May 14, 2019)
Warren, Biden gain ground after strong results against Buttigieg and Harris.
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Poll Results 5-10-2019
By Bill James
(May 10, 2019)
Trump slumps.
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Back-of-the-Envelope Thinking
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 10, 2019)
Some notes, preliminary to actually studying the subject (note split infinitive)
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Poll Results 5-9-2019
By Bill James
(May 09, 2019)
Nothing much happening.
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Poll Results 5-8-2019
By Bill James
(May 08, 2019)
Ryan had a bad day.
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Elizabeth Warren Moves Into First Place
By Bill James
(May 07, 2019)
Updating and further explaining the polls.
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Polling Results May 6 2019
By Bill James
(May 06, 2019)
The first published results from my daily Presidential polls.
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Introduction to the Polling System
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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Introduction to the Polling System
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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English As She Is Spoke
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 05, 2019)
A dissenting opinion
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Who's the Defensive Player of the Month for March & April?
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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A Piece of Piffle
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 02, 2019)
A Failed Tracer
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Projecting The Day's Best Value Performers
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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Which Position Is Best in 2019 Draft?
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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What if Jackie Robinson Had Been a Beast?
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 17, 2019)
Or at least a butterfly? The butterfly effect
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What If Jackie Robinson Had Been A Bust?
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 15, 2019)
A Little Alternate History
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Master Melvin
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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Couple of News Items
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 11, 2019)
In today's headlines
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Closing the Deal
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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Shoe Polish Followup
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 06, 2019)
a very brief footnote to my article of March 12th
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The Ernie Banks Principle
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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Cash and Cepeda
By Bill James
(Apr 04, 2019)
While yet I live, 1960s baseball will never die.
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A Nort Shote about Yaz and Kaline
By Bill James
(Mar 28, 2019)
Following up on a Twitter Poll
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Footprints on the Baseball Landscape: My Interview with Greg Gajus
By Daniel Marks
(Mar 27, 2019)
Talking about Bill James, Project Scoresheet, the 1869 Red Stockings, and more...
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Which Team Will Surprise in 2019?
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 27, 2019)
It's not Baltimore. Sorry, Orioles fans.
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Who Were the Overachieving & Underachieving Pitchers in 2018?
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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10 Bold Predictions for 2019
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 23, 2019)
With apologies to Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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Who Were the Overachieving & Underachieving Hitters in 2018?
By Mark Simon
(Mar 21, 2019)
Can Defense-Independent Batting Statistics tell us who overachieved and underachieved in 2018? YES!
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Bob Smith
By Bill James
(Mar 17, 2019)
Memories
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2019 SABR Analytics Conference Recap
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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Tracing the Tracer-master
By Steven Goldleaf
(Mar 12, 2019)
another hole poked in another baseball anecdote
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A most impressive league
By Steven Goldleaf
(Mar 11, 2019)
Applying a little retrospective vision to the NL of the 1960s
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The Bit-Too-Soon 2010's All-Decade Team
By Daniel Marks
(Mar 11, 2019)
Because, why wait until the decade is over? Also, I celebrate a milestone.
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Running on Bryce Harper's Arm
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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A Conclusion in Regard to Baseball Reference WAR
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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Summarizing the comparisons of this series
By Bill James
(Mar 05, 2019)
Trying to look for the big picture.
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My Lunch (sort of) with Rob Neyer
By Daniel Marks
(Mar 04, 2019)
The 2018 CASEY Award winner pays a visit to Reds Country
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Is there a chance that sweeping rules changes will diminish your interest in baseball?
By Steven Goldleaf
(Mar 03, 2019)
Now it’s time for—NEW RULES!
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21st Century Pitchers
By Bill James
(Mar 01, 2019)
Two articles left in the series. After this one.
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The Roger Clemens era
By Bill James
(Feb 28, 2019)
At least we are arguing now about seasons that you remember.
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The Dave Stieb Era
By Bill James
(Feb 27, 2019)
The ninth article in a continuing series.
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The Tom Seaver Era
By Bill James
(Feb 26, 2019)
The best pitchers of the early 1970s, season by season.
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The Pitching Leaders of the 1960s
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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The Rise of Outfield Shifts
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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Game Scores Versus Game Scores (2)
By Bill James
(Feb 22, 2019)
Comparing the two Game Score systems.
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Frank Robinson and Immediate Impact Trades
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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The Early Cy Young Seasons
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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The Carters and the Cunninghams
By Bill James
(Feb 19, 2019)
Something to do while I can't sleep.
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The Bob Feller Era
By Bill James
(Feb 19, 2019)
Fourth article in the series.
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The Grove and Hubbell Era
By Bill James
(Feb 18, 2019)
Third article in a long series.
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How Old is Bryce Harper?
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 18, 2019)
Turning a question around on itself.
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On Collusion
By Bill James
(Feb 15, 2019)
1986 is dead and gone, folks.
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Earl Weaver Percentages vs. Kevin Cash Percentages
By Bill James
(Feb 15, 2019)
Posing a question
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The Target Score
By Bill James
(Feb 15, 2019)
Second set of articles from the series.
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Screwballs and Experts
By Steven Goldleaf
(Feb 15, 2019)
Part One of a possible two-part article
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How Good is Kyler Murray?
By Sports Info Solutions Staff
(Feb 14, 2019)
*Trigger warning to fans of the Oakland A's
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More Data I Must Have More Data
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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From Sports Info Solutions : The Rookie Football Handbook
By John Dewan
(Feb 12, 2019)
Order the Rookie Football Handbook now!
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Remembering Robbie
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 08, 2019)
A quick note on the passing of a legend.
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Top NFL Draft Prospects
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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Distinguishing the SHEEP from the GOAT
By Steven Goldleaf
(Feb 04, 2019)
Separating Stars and Super-stars
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Converting Win Shares Into Winning Percentages
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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Previewing the Super Bowl Offenses
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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On Babe Ruth Lost In Time
By Bill James
(Jan 31, 2019)
Jane Leavy's got her thing; I got mine.
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Congratulations to Bill James and Rob Neyer
By John Dewan
(Jan 25, 2019)
John recognizes two friends, Bill and Rob, on some recent accomplishments.
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The Recency Error
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jan 25, 2019)
...which came between The Georgian Error and the Victorian Error in the UK
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Active Players on a Hall of Fame Path
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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Finding Nimmo
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 18, 2019)
A great hitter hides in the Big Apple.
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The Hall of Fame Value Standard Part 2
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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Cody Parkey and the Chicago Bears' Kicking Woes
By John Dewan
(Jan 12, 2019)
Poor, poor Cody Parkey.
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On Un-Earned Runs
By Bill James
(Jan 11, 2019)
Reconsidering
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The Hall of Fame Value Standard
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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Age Productivity Research
By Bill James
(Jan 09, 2019)
Research
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Infra Dig
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jan 07, 2019)
Sympathy for O'Malley: "Please, allow me to introduce myself...."
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Jack Kralick?
By Bill James
(Jan 04, 2019)
Really?
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Harold Staub and Rusty Baines
By Bill James
(Jan 03, 2019)
Welcome to the Cooperstown, Rusty.
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Displaced Persons follow-up
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jan 02, 2019)
ten days afterwards, some thoughts
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The Harold Baines Hall of Fame Wing for Long and Meritorious Service
By Daniel Marks
(Dec 29, 2018)
Welcome to Cooperstown's newest attraction
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Ban the Shift?
By John Dewan
(Dec 27, 2018)
John presents the arguments against banning or limiting the shift.
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Displaced Persons
By Steven Goldleaf
(Dec 22, 2018)
or Directors of Photography or Decimal Places or Dave Parker or Diastolic Pressure….
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2018 MLB Year-End Awards Part 2
By John Dewan
(Dec 20, 2018)
John hands out awards for some the game's significant though less heralded accomplishments.
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Tracking the Hall of Fame Tracker (2019 Version)
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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2018 MLB Year-End Awards
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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POWER BALL by Rob Neyer
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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2019 BBWAA Hall of Fame Contest Update
By Daniel Marks
(Dec 08, 2018)
Analyzing the BBWAA Hall of Fame predictions submitted by our member community
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The Man Who Broke the Hall-of-Fame
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 04, 2018)
Finding a surprise culprit for the crowded Hall-of-Fame ballot.
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Leavy Rhymes With Heavy
By Steven Goldleaf
(Dec 03, 2018)
a review of THE BIG FELLA: BABE RUTH AND THE WORLD HE CREATED
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The Rookies of 2018
By Bill James
(Nov 27, 2018)
Finishing the series from a month ago, about rookies.
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How Well Do You Know Your BBWAA? (2019 Version)
By Daniel Marks
(Nov 24, 2018)
Our 3rd annual installment of a Bill James Online member contest
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2018 Bold Predictions, Revisited
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 20, 2018)
How did we do on our predictions for 2018?
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Role Call
By Daniel Marks
(Nov 19, 2018)
A review of pitchers who transformed from ineffective starters to outstanding relievers.
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The Best Player, Revisited
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 15, 2018)
Checking in at the end of a career.
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A Look at NFL & NBA Power Ratings
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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Who are the best defensive free agents?
By Mark Simon
(Nov 07, 2018)
Turning towards free agency, whose glove puts him in line for a big payday?
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Margaret, Are You Grieving?
By Steven Goldleaf
(Nov 07, 2018)
Over Golden Glove Unleaving?
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The Strikeout Push/Pull Effect
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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2018 Fielding Bible Awards
By John Dewan
(Oct 29, 2018)
Presenting the winners of 2018's Fielding Bible Awards!
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Disappointments and Surprises III
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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IMPOSING A NARRATIVE
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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Disappointments and Surprises II
By Bill James
(Oct 24, 2018)
Rookies who looked great but didn't reach the goal.
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On Winning and Inevitability
By Dave Fleming
(Oct 23, 2018)
Musings about the 2018 Red Sox, on the eve of the World Series.
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Disappointments and Surprises 1
By Bill James
(Oct 23, 2018)
Explaining the method
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2018 Fielding Bible Awards Preview Part II
By John Dewan
(Oct 22, 2018)
Time to take a look at 2018's Fielding Bible Award outfield candidates.
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Disappointments and Surprises Intro
By Bill James
(Oct 22, 2018)
Articles to follow
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Portsiders in the Pen
By Daniel Marks
(Oct 20, 2018)
Reviewing lefty relievers, including LOOGYs and the Cuban Missle.
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Extending the Quick Note from Yesterday
By Bill James
(Oct 18, 2018)
Responding to a reader's question.
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Fielding Bible Awards Preview (Part I)
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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Quick Note about Rookies
By Bill James
(Oct 17, 2018)
And Playing Time
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Be the first to own The Bill James Handbook 2019
By John Dewan
(Oct 12, 2018)
The Handbook is here!
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2018 Defensive Runs Saved Leaders
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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What Fans Don't Understand about Waivers
By Bill James
(Oct 02, 2018)
Title is self-explanatory?
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.300 revisited
By Steven Goldleaf
(Oct 01, 2018)
a look backwards, and a little bit forward
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Five Tool Players
By Bill James
(Sep 23, 2018)
Continuing a discussion from Twitter.
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Minor League Defensive Runs Saved End-of-Season Roundup
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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The Curse of All Curses
By Bill James
(Sep 19, 2018)
Expected and Actual World Championships.
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Tommy John Surgery in Major League Baseball
By John Dewan
(Sep 14, 2018)
The facts behind Tommy John surgery.
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Old Blue Eye and the Freak
By Dave Fleming
(Sep 08, 2018)
What can a pitcher's past tell us about their future?
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Who was August's top defensive player?
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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Olympic baseball
By Steven Goldleaf
(Sep 02, 2018)
One way to get me to watch the Olympics
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Soto and Acuna
By Bill James
(Sep 01, 2018)
A longer answer to a Hey, Bill question.
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Shifting is at an all-time high
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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Fra Lippo Lippi
By Steven Goldleaf
(Aug 31, 2018)
Not the Browning Version
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
By Daniel Marks
(Aug 26, 2018)
"Here we are now, entertain us." All about teens in the Majors.....
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Catcher Framing and Winning In Sync
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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Balk
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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The 2018 NL MVP candidates
By Bill James
(Aug 19, 2018)
Poking around in the NL MVP-related data.
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The Diamondbacks' Amazing Defense
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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Munson, Nettles, and Rickey
By Steven Goldleaf
(Aug 09, 2018)
A few memories I thought I'd share
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Even More Willies?
By Steven Goldleaf
(Aug 05, 2018)
An attempt to see if the identical twins might be triplets
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Who was July's top defensive player?
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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The Ten Best Players from Each Decade Not in the Hall of Fame Take Two
By Bill James
(Jul 30, 2018)
Let me try this again.
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The Ten Best Players in Each Decade Who are not in the Hall of Fame
By Bill James
(Jul 30, 2018)
It is what it says it is.
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Good Years and Flat Tires
By Bill James
(Jul 28, 2018)
Just messing around.
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Tru Value
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jul 28, 2018)
More software than hardware
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2018's Top MLB Rookies
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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Privacy and the Past
By Bill James
(Jul 20, 2018)
Re-thinking record keeping.
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Should the Nationals Trade Bryce Harper?
By Dave Fleming
(Jul 18, 2018)
Asking the question no one seems to be asking.
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The 33% Solution
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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MLB All-Star Voting vs. Total Runs Leaders
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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Changes to Starting Pitcher Ranking System
By Bill James
(Jul 03, 2018)
It works well, but it doesn't work PERFECTLY.
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Who were MLB's top defenders in June?
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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Baseball's Biggest Defensive Improvers
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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My Best Imitation of Branch Rickey
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jul 01, 2018)
developing a 17-year-old notion from the Historical Abstract
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The New World Order
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jun 26, 2018)
With reference to how the Old World monkeys used to do it
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Evaluating the Phillies' Infield Shifts
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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Who are the movers and shakers among starting pitchers this season?
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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Best of the Best
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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Who is May's top defensive player?
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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Getting Out of a Hole
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 29, 2018)
Is there an objective trading policy that bad teams should stick to?
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Who is benefiting from pulling fly balls more often?
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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Parker, Rice and Foster
By Bill James
(May 24, 2018)
Addendum; response to reader comment.
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Superstars
By Bill James
(May 24, 2018)
Bill just can't shut up about this Superstar nonsense.
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So Who Is a Superstar?
By Bill James
(May 21, 2018)
A companion article to "So What is a Superstar", posted about two weeks ago.
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In Defense of Bobby Richardson's Defense
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 21, 2018)
Critiquing WAR by a sample size of one
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Is Robinson Cano Already a Hall of Famer?
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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The Hardest-Hitting Minor Leaguers According to Synthetic Statcast
By Alex Vigderman
(May 15, 2018)
Minor league Statcast data! Baseball Info Solutions is at it again.
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3K? Or No Way?
By Daniel Marks
(May 12, 2018)
Reviewing the curious case of Nick Markakis and his pursuit of 3,000 hits.
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The Animal Farmization of Win Shares
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 11, 2018)
Thoughts on Loss Shares
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So What is a Superstar?
By Bill James
(May 10, 2018)
Bryce is not just Brentz anymore.
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Mike Trout's First Rival
By Dave Fleming
(May 09, 2018)
A generation's Mantle finally gets his Mays.
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Who was April's top defender?
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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Moving on to Left Field
By Bill James
(May 03, 2018)
The best left fielders of the early 20th century.
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Top 5 QB Prospects: Performance by Throw Location
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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Shortstops of the last 30 years
By Bill James
(Apr 27, 2018)
You remember these guys. Even if you're young, you remember these guys.
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An Application of My Theory
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 25, 2018)
Trying to see how shocking my time-line bias theory would look in practice
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Wilbur, Mickey, and True Blue
By Daniel Marks
(Apr 25, 2018)
A tale of three lefties
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Shortstop from 1963 to the late 1980s
By Bill James
(Apr 25, 2018)
Continuing the series of articles ranking the best players at each position.
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Shortstops of the 1960s
By Bill James
(Apr 23, 2018)
Resuming the series of articles that I left off in February.
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The Great Oz(zie)
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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The Cohen/MacPhail Thesis
By Bill James
(Apr 11, 2018)
Cubs, Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Cardinals. . . .general research and argument.
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Pitching and the Persistence of Excellence
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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Is There a Draft in Here?
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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What's the Outlook for 2017's Overachieving & Underachieving Pitchers?
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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Which Team Will Surprise in 2018?
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 28, 2018)
Are we still doing this? Yes, we're still doing this.
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Presumptive Value
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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Ten Bold Predictions for 2018
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 22, 2018)
Now featuring 10% Mike Trout content.
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The Outfield Shift Has Arrived
By Alex Vigderman
(Mar 22, 2018)
Defensive shifts are becoming more sophisticated and Alex breaks it down for us.
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To a Friend about the KU Basketball Team
By Bill James
(Mar 20, 2018)
Rock Chalk Talk
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A couple of bigger things
By Steven Goldleaf
(Mar 18, 2018)
A wider look at those two little things I was discussing last time
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Ranking the Top Starting Rotations
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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Diamond vs. Cash
By Daniel Marks
(Mar 14, 2018)
Looking at anomaly seasons......
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A Couple of Little Things
By Steven Goldleaf
(Mar 10, 2018)
Intro to a more complex and controversial article
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The Kid Who Could Only Hit Doubles
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 09, 2018)
A new way of understanding Billy Hamilton.
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Praising Arizona
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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Held and Hansen
By Bill James
(Mar 07, 2018)
Back to the greatest shortstops ever.
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Bill James Handbook 2018 - 50%Off
By John Dewan
(Feb 23, 2018)
Buy the 2018 Handbook for half off today!
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Should the Angels Release Albert Pujols?
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 23, 2018)
Asking an inevitable question.
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Norway Skiing Away with Medals Race
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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What Does Yu Darvish Bring To The Cubs?
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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The Billy Grabarkewitz All Star Team
By Daniel Marks
(Feb 10, 2018)
My apologies to the Ken Phelps All Star Team......
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Does the Public Prefer HItting?
By Bill James
(Feb 08, 2018)
An empirical study of offense and attendance.
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From World War II to Dick Groat
By Bill James
(Feb 08, 2018)
Sections 109 to 112 of the series.
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2018 Winter Olympics Projections
By John Dewan
(Feb 07, 2018)
John previews 2018's Winter Olympics with a projected medal count.
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Appling and Vaughan
By Bill James
(Feb 07, 2018)
Continuing the series.
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.300
By Steven Goldleaf
(Feb 02, 2018)
Or technically .299500
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Starting with Honus
By Bill James
(Feb 01, 2018)
Entries 99-105 of this series.
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Patriots and Eagles: Two Key Insights Into Their High Scoring Offenses
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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Wrapping up Third Base
By Bill James
(Jan 31, 2018)
Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to this.
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Career Home Runs and MVP Awards Shares
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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What's the Deal with Omar?
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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Brain Doodles
By Bill James
(Jan 23, 2018)
Three unrelated thoughts. I wouldn't really call them "thoughts".
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Hall of Fame Twitter Chatter
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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We can call it the Brooks Robinson Era
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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Third Basemen of 1900 to 1950
By Bill James
(Jan 18, 2018)
The dominant third basemen of the first half of the last century.
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Comparing a Player Outside His Era
By Bill James
(Jan 17, 2018)
An exchange of ideas with a friend. My portion is inexplicably long-winded.
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Andruw of Center Field
By Bill James
(Jan 15, 2018)
Because an orderly presentation of an argument is not possible in 280 characters. . .
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Jay Bruce Re-Joins the HMS Mets
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 12, 2018)
Shuffling the deck chairs.
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Bill James Power Ratings — The Saints Are Marching In
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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Hall of Fame Metric Similarity Scores
By Daniel Marks
(Jan 07, 2018)
What happens when Bill James metrics intersect?
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Getting us to the 2017 World Series
By Bill James
(Jan 05, 2018)
More in the series.
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Second Base from Jackie to Joe
By Bill James
(Jan 04, 2018)
Second basemen of the post-war era.
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Baseball I Don’t Care About
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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From Lajoie to Doerr
By Bill James
(Jan 02, 2018)
Second basemen from 1900 to 1948.
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Jim Creighton for Hall of Fame?
By Steven Goldleaf
(Dec 29, 2017)
Why Not? I'll Tell You Why Not.
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From Kent Hrbek to Cupid Childs
By Bill James
(Dec 29, 2017)
Continuing the series
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Why Not Lou?
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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Great First Basemen from Dick Allen to Eddie Murray
By Bill James
(Dec 28, 2017)
Part of a series
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2018 Gallery of Renown - Voting Results
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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2017 Top Minor League Defenders
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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From Jacques Fournier to John Mayberry
By Bill James
(Dec 21, 2017)
Continuing the series.
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Now we get to the Great First Baseman
By Bill James
(Dec 20, 2017)
Continuing the series from last week.
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Catchers of the Last 40 years
By Bill James
(Dec 14, 2017)
Sorry it has taken me a couple of days to post this one.
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Jack Be Durable
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 13, 2017)
Some thoughts on the newest member of the Hall of Fame.
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Yogi's Years
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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Tracking the Hall of Fame Tracker
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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Ranking the Greatest Catchers
By Bill James
(Dec 08, 2017)
Continuing the series begun yesterday.
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The Top Ten Catchers of Whenever
By Bill James
(Dec 07, 2017)
Starting a series of articles. I promise to finish at least the first six.
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Debut Tracers
By Steven Goldleaf
(Dec 06, 2017)
Featuring some tall tales, a glimpse of Marilyn Monroe, and a circumcision.
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2018 BBWAA Hall of Fame Prediction Contest - Summary of Entries
By Daniel Marks
(Dec 06, 2017)
Listing all of the entries, and looking at some summary data
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The Flat Bat Award 2017
By John Dewan
(Dec 02, 2017)
Curious who 2017's best bunters were? Look no further!
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The Time I Almost Batted Against Tom Seaver
By Steven Goldleaf
(Nov 30, 2017)
True story, bro
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How Sabermetrics Has Ruined Baseball
By Steven Goldleaf
(Nov 28, 2017)
OK, non-clickbait title: How Sabermetrics Is Capable of Ruining Baseball
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The Living Hall of Fame
By Bill James
(Nov 27, 2017)
Timeline research.
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A Visit With MLB's Historian
By Steven Goldleaf
(Nov 26, 2017)
Resulting in a thorny literary discussion
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MVP Followup
By Bill James
(Nov 20, 2017)
Addressing side issues related to the Judge/Altuve article I posted earlier.
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2017 NL Cy Young Award
By Daniel Marks
(Nov 19, 2017)
Reviewing the outcome, and some thoughts on what it may (or may not) imply
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Cannon Arms in 2017
By John Dewan
(Nov 17, 2017)
Using Outfield Arm Runs Saved, John looks at 2017's most devastating outfield cannons.
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Judge and Altuve
By Bill James
(Nov 17, 2017)
Two unequal candidates for the American League Award.
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HBP tracers
By Steven Goldleaf
(Nov 15, 2017)
Vivid memories of being struck (or striking someone) with a baseball
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Strong and Weak Classes of MVP Candidates
By Bill James
(Nov 13, 2017)
How do the MVP candidates of 2017 compare to other years?
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2018 Bill James Handbook: Injury Information
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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The 2017 Fielding Bible Awards
By John Dewan
(Oct 31, 2017)
And we present the very best defenders of 2017!
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The Note
By Bill James
(Oct 31, 2017)
About the handwriting in the Ramsey case.
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The Bill James Handbook 2018 ships 11/1
By John Dewan
(Oct 30, 2017)
The title says it all!
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Three Birds, One Stone
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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How Much You'd Like to Bet
By Steven Goldleaf
(Oct 27, 2017)
A fictional look at where the 1919 Sox might have gone wrong
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The Top 100 Relievers of All Time
By Bill James
(Oct 27, 2017)
Statistical ranking.
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Rookie Scores
By Bill James
(Oct 24, 2017)
Outlining a method to sort rookies into levels.
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Are We Watching Any Hall of Fame Hurlers? - Revisited
By Daniel Marks
(Oct 23, 2017)
Revisiting and updating a mid-2016 article
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Who are the 2017 Fielding Bible Award/Gold Glove Contenders? (Part II)
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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Two unrelated Essays
By Bill James
(Oct 18, 2017)
Catchers and Quaterbacks wasting our time. . . .
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Who are the 2017 Fielding Bible Award/Gold Glove Contenders? (Part I)
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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A Quality Start in 1965
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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The Happy Years
By Bill James
(Oct 14, 2017)
Whose turn is it to win now? And how do we know?
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Four thoughts about the creation of facts
By Bill James
(Oct 10, 2017)
A funhouse mirror of fact and fact.
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The Total Runs Leaderboard and the MVP Race
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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Final Report on the 50 True Superstars Project
By Bill James
(Sep 27, 2017)
The list, and notes
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Updates on the 50 Superstars Project
By Bill James
(Sep 23, 2017)
Explaining and updating what we have done.
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May You Stay Forever Young(s)
By Daniel Marks
(Sep 23, 2017)
Having a "Pep" Talk regarding a Hall of Famer.....
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A Review
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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Explaining the 50 Superstars Project
By Bill James
(Sep 21, 2017)
How do we decide who really qualifies?
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Corey Kluber Rises to the Top
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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Tracers
By Steven Goldleaf
(Sep 18, 2017)
One small tracer, and a discussion of tracers in the larger sense
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Ozzie and the MVP
By Dave Fleming
(Sep 16, 2017)
Some thoughts about Ozzie Smith, and the current MVP discussion.
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2017 Shift Slowdown
By John Dewan
(Sep 11, 2017)
John looks at the shifting dynamics of The Shift.
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You and I Have Memories
By Steven Goldleaf
(Sep 09, 2017)
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead.....
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Pitch to Contact
By Bill James
(Sep 08, 2017)
Is it best to pitch to contact?
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Hot Teams and Cold, Dead Subjects
By Bill James
(Sep 05, 2017)
A large study of hot teams and cold teams finds an actual effect.
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From the Rejected Pile
By Steven Goldleaf
(Aug 31, 2017)
A rejected article from the spring, published late this summer
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Of WAR, Walhalla, and the Right to Think
By Daniel Marks
(Aug 29, 2017)
Talking WAR, Norse Mythology, Ian Kinsler, Inherit the Wind....You know, the usual stuff
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Koufax and Wes Ferrell
By Bill James
(Aug 28, 2017)
Responding to things posted by the readers.
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That Great Young Pitcher
By Bill James
(Aug 25, 2017)
How often does a good young starting pitcher suddenly fall off a cliff?
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The Greatest Strikeout Seasons Ever
By Dave Fleming
(Aug 25, 2017)
Using some new math to answer an old question.
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Chris Sale Chases Pedro
By Dave Fleming
(Aug 18, 2017)
Trying to understand strikeouts, contexts, and absolute limits.
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The Best and Worst Defensive Players So Far This Season
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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Cleanup
By Bill James
(Aug 15, 2017)
Finishing up the long series.
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Lady Luck and the 20-Game Winner
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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Trading for Lucroy
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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Luck, and the Cy Young Award
By Bill James
(Aug 11, 2017)
Some years, Cy Young couldn't win the Cy Young Award.
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The Could Be Hall of Famers
By Bill James
(Aug 10, 2017)
Given enough luck, Michael Dukakis could have been President.
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Fortune and Fame
By Bill James
(Aug 09, 2017)
Movie Star Luck
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What W-L Record does the pitcher deserve?
By Bill James
(Aug 08, 2017)
How exactly the numbers get crunched.
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Beltre and the 3,000-Hit Club
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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Tough Luck Seasons
By Bill James
(Aug 07, 2017)
Gloom, Despair, and Agony on me. . .
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The Cooperstown Sox
By Dave Fleming
(Aug 06, 2017)
How many Hall-of-Famers can you find on one team's roster?
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The Someday Knuckleball
By Steven Goldleaf
(Aug 04, 2017)
Fiction, but much more of historical and argumentative value than literary merit.
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Rabbit's Foot Seasons
By Bill James
(Aug 04, 2017)
The luckiest seasons for each franchise. . .
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Lucky Bastards
By Bill James
(Aug 03, 2017)
The luckiest and unluckiest pitchers of all time, in a career.
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The Career Won-Lost Record
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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Deadline Note
By Bill James
(Jul 31, 2017)
Watching the deadline shows.
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The Only Walk-Off, Grand-Slam, Inside-the-Park HR in MLB History
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jul 25, 2017)
Smart or Dumb?
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Defensive Transitions from the Minors
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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All-Star Game Starter Selections vs. Total-Runs Leaders
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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Victory and the Paternity Test Results
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jul 17, 2017)
With nary a mention of the Panda
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All Time AL & NL All Star Rosters
By Daniel Marks
(Jul 16, 2017)
Picking all-time NL & AL all star rosters...but using modern selection rules
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A Modest Proposal to Speed Up the Game While Improving It
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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The Best Baserunning Teams
By John Dewan
(Jul 07, 2017)
The title says it all.
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Miguel Montero - The Truth Shall Set You Free
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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You Say You Want a Revolution?
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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Postseason Pendulums - Part 2 - The "Walk Offs"
By Daniel Marks
(Jun 25, 2017)
How do postseason games end? A historical review.
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Scherzer On Top
By John Dewan
(Jun 20, 2017)
Max Scherzer sits atop Bill's World's #1 Starting Pitcher Rankings.
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Coming Home
By Dave Fleming
(Jun 20, 2017)
Thoughts on a return.
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The Right Weight
By Bill James
(Jun 19, 2017)
Follow up research to yesterday's article.
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Scherzer's Time
By Bill James
(Jun 19, 2017)
Is Scherzer really better than Kershaw?
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We Don't Need to Abolish the Shift
By John Dewan
(Jun 14, 2017)
Abolish the shift? Not so fast.
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Why David Halberstam Committed More Errors Than Lou Brock
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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Who Will Throw the Next No-Hitter?
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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The Most Normal Player Ever
By Bill James
(Jun 02, 2017)
A paint by numbers careers.
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A Little Too Long to be a Tweet
By Bill James
(May 31, 2017)
Thoughts on four different subjects. . .
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Postseason Pendulums - Part 1 - The Greatest Comebacks
By Daniel Marks
(May 31, 2017)
"Flipping the odds" in the postseason....the most improbable comebacks
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Nail Clippings
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 28, 2017)
leftover observations, with some Jim Bunning (R.I.P.) remarks
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For Want Of A Nail
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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Twins Turnaround
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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Modern Baseball Writing
By Rob Neyer
(May 23, 2017)
But don't speak too soon, 'cause the ball's still in spin. . ..
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Your Current and Final Won Lost Record
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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A New Generation of Stars
By Bill James
(May 17, 2017)
Has baseball REALLY entered a new generation of stars?
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Disabled List Usage
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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Better than the team
By Bill James
(May 08, 2017)
Starting pitcher evaluation. What, we've done that?
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A Day at the Beach
By Bill James
(May 07, 2017)
What happens to a team after they have a day off?
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Who's Hot and Who's Not... According to Bill James
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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The Best and Worst Defensive Teams So Far
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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Aging Patterns
By Bill James
(Apr 24, 2017)
Aging in Baseball Studies
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The Hall of Super-Stars
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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Xavier University Business School Speech
By Bill James
(Apr 21, 2017)
Just getting it on the record.
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Luke Appling and Kirby
By Bill James
(Apr 19, 2017)
Not every player in every season does what you would expect him to do. . .
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Shifts Happen
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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Boston University Speech
By Bill James
(Apr 17, 2017)
Just putting a speech on record.
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Player Biographies
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 16, 2017)
Another group project
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Flawed Logic
By Bill James
(Apr 12, 2017)
Cicero, Vacuum Cleaners and Frank Sullivan.
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Top 10 United Airlines Excuses
By Bill James
(Apr 11, 2017)
Is there a Doctor on the airplane?
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Lineups
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 10, 2017)
How a Poet Fills Out a Lineup Card
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Young Guns in the Rotation
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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Panda and the Batting Title
By Dave Fleming
(Apr 03, 2017)
Trying to fit all of the bold in one prediction.
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Matt Kemp and the Limits of WAR
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 29, 2017)
Did the Braves Slugger Matter Last Year?
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Out Ratio vs. Catch Probability
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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The WBC and the 11th Inning Rule
By John Dewan
(Mar 21, 2017)
John takes a look at the implications of the WBC's extra inning rules.
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What If We Sent the Players Back to College? (Basketball Version)
By Daniel Marks
(Mar 20, 2017)
Yes, we do basketball here too. Presenting my own idea of March Madness.....
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It was thirty years ago today
By Steven Goldleaf
(Mar 17, 2017)
that Bill James taught us how to play
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The early Mets’ unseen and unused advantage over the rest of the NL
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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Which Team Will Surprise Us in 2017?
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 09, 2017)
Finding a winner in last year's pile of losers.
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Voting
By Steven Goldleaf
(Mar 08, 2017)
What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Huh. Say it again.
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Good Seasons and Poor Seasons for Pitchers
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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What do We Expect a Hitter to Do Next Year?
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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The Man Had a Good Year
By Bill James
(Mar 06, 2017)
A study of teams as combinations of players having good years and bad years.
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Who Will Be The 2017 Statistical Leaders?
By John Dewan
(Mar 01, 2017)
A preview of 2017's league leaders according to the Bill James Projections.
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Itsy-Bitsy HoF voting results
By Steven Goldleaf
(Feb 28, 2017)
All the votes are in! Well, 18 of them.
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Dream On
By Daniel Marks
(Feb 25, 2017)
In response, revisiting "Field of Dreams"
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Up-the-Middle Defense Projections
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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American Literature and the Squeeze Play
By Steven Goldleaf
(Feb 23, 2017)
Where Have You Gone, Jean-Louis Vergez?
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The Hall of Fame’s Original Sin
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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Kyle Schwarber at Catcher
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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Untitled 2-17-2017
By Bill James
(Feb 17, 2017)
Two parts baseball, one part movies.
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The Two Sides of the Yankee Syndrome
By Bill James
(Feb 14, 2017)
Play Ball. Really.
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Pirates’ Outfield Configuration
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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RBI Men
By Bill James
(Feb 06, 2017)
From Cabrera to Caleb.. .
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The Death of the Gate-Keeper
By Steven Goldleaf
(Feb 06, 2017)
Re-thinking the binary nature of the Hall-of-Fame
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The All Important Closer
By Bill James
(Feb 03, 2017)
Research regarding a question of general interest. Please read.
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Hall of Fame Reflections
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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Edgar, Grandpa and the Moose
By Bill James
(Jan 30, 2017)
Thought droppings.
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Bagwell-for-Andersen
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 30, 2017)
Revisiting an all-time blunder.
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How the Democrats Can Win Kansas
By Bill James
(Jan 27, 2017)
Don't hang me; I am just trying to be helpful.
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Pitch Framing – Which is it Gonna Be, Atlanta?
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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Trading for Defense
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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We Got Standards
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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A Rockie Road to the Hall of Fame
By Daniel Marks
(Jan 17, 2017)
Is there an uncomfortable relationship between Colorado and Cooperstown?
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More Etymology and Less Baseball
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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With or Without Yo(gi)
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 13, 2017)
Some further thoughts about catchers and winning.
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The Decline of an Elite Defender
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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Bob Turley, Stan Lopata, Ed Charles
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jan 10, 2017)
More about etymology than baseball
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My Mother, Drunk or Sober
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jan 07, 2017)
A polemic against loyalty
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Young Pitchers'll Break Your Heart (Part Five)
By Steven Goldleaf
(Dec 31, 2016)
Conclusion (I hope).
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The Case Against Tough
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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Cannon Arms in 2016
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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Another BBWAA Hall of Fame Update
By Daniel Marks
(Dec 23, 2016)
More trends and updates, courtesy of "The Hall of Fame Tracker"
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Dryfax and Kousdale
By Steven Goldleaf
(Dec 20, 2016)
The dry facts? More like soaking-wet speculation.
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Yoan Moncada’s 12 K’s in 19 ABs
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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The new CBA
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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Young Pitchers'll Break Your Heart (Part Four)
By Steven Goldleaf
(Dec 14, 2016)
Further confirming my thesis (with a snag along the way)
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Pudge Ponderings
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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Jorge Posada for the Hall
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 07, 2016)
Sometimes asking a question isn't nearly as fun as shouting an answer.
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A Different Thought Process
By Craig Wright
(Dec 03, 2016)
Craig's follow up to his previous article, Fixing a Presidential Election.
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The Flat Bat Award 2016
By John Dewan
(Dec 01, 2016)
Who were the best bunters in 2016? John does some math to find out!
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Forgetes Cespedes
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 30, 2016)
Did the New York Mets get the right guy?
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Young Pitchers’ll Break Your Heart, part 3.5
By Steven Goldleaf
(Nov 26, 2016)
I forgot to goof around with the players’ names last time.
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Porlander and Vercello
By Bill James
(Nov 22, 2016)
Justin Verlander is not actually 8 foot 2 inches tall.
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Informational Note
By Bill James
(Nov 21, 2016)
Trying to keep the record clear.
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Fixing a Presidential Election
By Craig Wright
(Nov 21, 2016)
A serious and carefully worded article from Craig Wright on the 2016 Presidential Election.
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Talent Acquisition in the Free Agent Era
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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Braves “New” Pitchers
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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Porcello, Verlander, and Trump
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 18, 2016)
On the stories we tell ourselves.
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The "Oh, Grow Up" Election
By Bill James
(Nov 16, 2016)
The title is sufficient introduction.
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Young Pitchers'll Break Your Heart (Part Three)
By Steven Goldleaf
(Nov 11, 2016)
The 1976 iteration
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Young Pitchers'll Break Your Heart (Part Two)
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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Watch Bill Speak Live From Web Summit in Lisbon
By Bill James
(Nov 09, 2016)
Bill talks baseball and the future of analytics in Lisbon, Portugal with Ger Gilroy.
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Hey Bill Questions
By Bill James
(Nov 08, 2016)
An apology for a temporary technical issue with Hey Bill.
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2017 Bill James Handbook Projections
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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The Cubs are arguing with the Mets.
By Steven Goldleaf
(Nov 07, 2016)
An argument without words.
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The 2016 Fielding Bible Awards
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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Who are the 2016 Fielding Bible Award / Gold Glove Contenders? (Part II)
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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All of Yaz, why not play all of Yaz?
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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All of Yaz, why not play all of Yaz?
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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Who are the 2016 Fielding Bible Award / Gold Glove Contenders? (Part I)
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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Winners
By Bill James
(Oct 07, 2016)
A Sabermetric Amber Flashing Light
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Extreme Seasons
By Daniel Marks
(Oct 07, 2016)
What makes a season "extreme"? And how does 2016 stack up?
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Great Scott!
By Steven Goldleaf
(Oct 04, 2016)
A thousand words of tracer
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Broken Tackle Leaders
By John Dewan
(Sep 30, 2016)
What can a new football stat tell us about evaluating running backs?
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Jose Fernandez
By John Dewan
(Sep 27, 2016)
Greatness and joy remembered
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Beyond Monthlies
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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Monthlies
By Steven Goldleaf
(Sep 04, 2016)
An excellent way NOT to look to stats for significance.
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Shift Update
By John Dewan
(Sep 03, 2016)
The trend continues
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Politics, Parlor Tricks, Paradigms, Practicality, Purists, Philosophy, and Principles
By Steven Goldleaf
(Aug 28, 2016)
And where “Baseball” figures into all of that….
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The Best Names of the Olympics
By John Dewan
(Aug 23, 2016)
Gold medals in the Name Game.
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Olympic Projections Update
By John Dewan
(Aug 16, 2016)
The latest in medals.
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Bob Dylan: One on One
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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Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Ken Hunts
By Steven Goldleaf
(Aug 10, 2016)
A Variation on the Ontiveri
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Par une Bizarre Coincidence
By Steven Goldleaf
(Aug 08, 2016)
As Tyrone Slothrop liked to say…
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Olympic Medal Predictions
By John Dewan
(Aug 03, 2016)
Game it in Rio.
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Are We Watching Any Hall of Fame Hurlers?
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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Give Me More Willies
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jul 25, 2016)
Far more information about Stargell and McCovey than you can use in three lifetimes.
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No Boots, No Walking
By John Dewan
(Jul 17, 2016)
Featuring the unlikely combo of Tim Anderson and Nancy Sinatra.
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All-Star Game Starting Lineup vs. Total Runs All-Star Team
By John Dewan
(Jul 13, 2016)
Stats vs. Fans
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Who Will Throw the Next No-Hitter?
By John Dewan
(Jul 05, 2016)
Where have all the no-hitters gone?
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Six and Seven
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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Mythifying Tom: Tom Boswell and the Creation of Myth
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jun 25, 2016)
I’m cleaning up these ancient manuscript chapters as fast I can….
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What if?
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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Should sportswriters write about politics?
By Rob Neyer
(Jun 20, 2016)
It depends!
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“Ich bin ein Clevelander”
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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The White Sox’s Defensive Decline
By John Dewan
(Jun 17, 2016)
The untold story behind the ChiSox's struggles.
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Getting into Bed Before the Room Gets Dark
By Daniel Marks
(Jun 15, 2016)
The lighter side of Ali, highlighted by the Ali-Cosell-Crystal triangle
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Give Me the Willies: Part Two of All Fastball-Happy Families Are Alike
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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Stoppers
By Bill James
(Jun 06, 2016)
Short, non-descript research.
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Fernandez versus Cole
By Dave Fleming
(Jun 01, 2016)
A minute-by-minute account of a non-classic baseball game.
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My Newest Friend
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 27, 2016)
An afternoon with Ted in March of 1944
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On Centuries and Chickens
By Dave Fleming
(May 26, 2016)
What is the most forgotten 'peak' in baseball?
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Who are the Rookie of the Year candidates?
By John Dewan
(May 25, 2016)
The early returns.
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Two Brief Questions For You
By Steven Goldleaf
(May 16, 2016)
One on ballcaps, the other on bullcrap
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Why Shifting Does Work
By Ben Jedlovec
(May 07, 2016)
Let's look at the big picture
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"Strange But True" turns 50
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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How Good Have the Cubs Been So Far?
By John Dewan
(Apr 30, 2016)
In a word, great.
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The Ball in Play
By Bill James
(Apr 28, 2016)
Batting Averages when the Ball is In Play
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The Best and Worst Defensive Teams Thus Far
By John Dewan
(Apr 24, 2016)
It's never too early for some cutting-edge fielding stats.
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Indicative Impressions
By Daniel Marks
(Apr 23, 2016)
Alliteration, anyone? An article all about Signature Significance, Indicative Impressions, and Vincent Velasquez.
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Starting Pitcher Notes
By Bill James
(Apr 19, 2016)
Talkin' Baseball. .. Ian, Noah and the Jake. . .
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Your Lucky Day
By Steven Goldleaf
(Apr 16, 2016)
It finally arrived!
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Early Season Shift Leaders
By John Dewan
(Apr 16, 2016)
Everyone's doing it.
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Creating Baseball Fiction with Numbers
By Bill James
(Apr 12, 2016)
Is it possible to create fiction out of digits?
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The Fictional Baseball Encyclopedia
By Bill James
(Apr 12, 2016)
20 stories are not JUST 20 stories.
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40 Un-Bold Predictions for 2016
By Dave Fleming
(Apr 04, 2016)
Bucking the trend towards absurdity.
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How Baserunners Alter the Way Teams Shift
By John Dewan
(Mar 31, 2016)
Of runners and fielders
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Underrated is Overrated
By Steven Goldleaf
(Mar 12, 2016)
Do we have any followers of the American League here? Excellent!
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The Best Projected Defensive Infield and Outfield
By John Dewan
(Mar 08, 2016)
Which teams will flash the most leather this year?
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Hold the Artichoke
By Daniel Marks
(Mar 06, 2016)
Because a writer writes, and I can't believe I had this conversation
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Who Will Be The 2016 Statistical Leaders?
By John Dewan
(Mar 03, 2016)
Time to gaze into the crystal ball.
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Which Team Will Surprise in 2016?
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 02, 2016)
Looking for a surprise team in 2016.
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Trump. As in Rump.
By Bill James
(Feb 23, 2016)
What has $4.5 Billion and worse hair than a two-year-old onion?
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The Most Improved Pitch Framers
By John Dewan
(Feb 22, 2016)
Catching that extra edge.
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Men of a Certain Age (Bracket)
By Daniel Marks
(Feb 20, 2016)
Taking a look back at position players and their values in various age brackets
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Does Pitching Matter?
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 18, 2016)
On the shifting correlation between quality pitching and the World Series.
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The Laughing Devil's Final Tag
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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Cespedes' Twin
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 09, 2016)
Finding a parallel for the Mets outfielder.
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Is Segura An Improvement Over Ahmed?
By John Dewan
(Feb 05, 2016)
Let's look at the total performance.
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All Fastball-Happy Families Are Alike. Or Aren’t They?
By Steven Goldleaf
(Feb 04, 2016)
Small Sample-Size Theater: Part One of a Look at Families of Pitchers
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2015 National League Game Scores
By John Dewan
(Jan 31, 2016)
The highs and lows
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The Ray Searage Effect
By John Dewan
(Jan 27, 2016)
Magic in Pittsburgh
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The Contacct Theory and the Power Theory
By Bill James
(Jan 21, 2016)
The Game it Is a'changin'
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God Is Not Great
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jan 20, 2016)
(apologies to Christopher Hitchens)
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Anatomy of a Classic
By Bill James
(Jan 14, 2016)
The KU/Oklahoma Triple Overtime Game
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On Valuing Closers as Hall of Fame Candidates
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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Relief Pitcher Leaderboards
By John Dewan
(Jan 08, 2016)
Going beyond Saves.
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2016 BJOL HOF Results
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 06, 2016)
The results of our eighth annual effort to parallel the BBWAA.
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Relief Pitchers and the Hall
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 05, 2016)
Trying to evaluate the careers of relief pitchers.
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Good Luck!
By Steven Goldleaf
(Jan 01, 2016)
All's Well That Ends Well
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Veeck as in Dreck
By Steven Goldleaf
(Dec 26, 2015)
In which we strap a beloved baseball autobiography to a polygraph machine for Christmas.
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Finding Balance
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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Looking for J-Hey
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 15, 2015)
Trying to find comparables to the newest Cub OF.
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Ender Inciarte Was Not A Throw In
By John Dewan
(Dec 15, 2015)
The Braves picked up a good one.
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More Log5 stuff
By Bill James
(Dec 14, 2015)
Article responds to an off-site publication.
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The Log5 Method, Etc, Etc, Etc.
By Bill James
(Dec 11, 2015)
A long, long theoretical article.
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On Raffy and Consistency
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 04, 2015)
Some musings on Rafael Palmeiro.
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Just Dropped In To See What Position My Position Was In
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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The Royals’ Low Strikeout Rate
By John Dewan
(Dec 02, 2015)
When less is more.
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Followup to "Eddie Gaedel v. MLB"
By Steven Goldleaf
(Nov 30, 2015)
A short tale fleshing out my previous piece about little people in MLB
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“Who Created All the Stars?” (part 3)
By Steven Goldleaf
(Nov 24, 2015)
Finally, the long-awaited conclusion to the series!
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The Three Man Starting Rotation
By Bill James
(Nov 20, 2015)
Article advocates an alternative to the currently dominant method of running a pitching staff.
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2016 BJOL HOF Ballot
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 20, 2015)
Get your vote on.
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Analysis of the Ominous Animus That Results From a Lack of Unanimous Acceptance From an Enormous, Homogeneous Populace. And Should They Be Anonymous?
By Daniel Marks
(Nov 19, 2015)
Try saying that three times fast....
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The Andrelton Simmons Trade
By John Dewan
(Nov 17, 2015)
You don't often see an elite defender traded.
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“Who Created All The Stars?” (part 2)
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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Eight Men Above
By Daniel Marks
(Nov 10, 2015)
Examining teams that were able to field 8 positions above the median
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Stolen Base Times Revisited
By John Dewan
(Nov 09, 2015)
A little explanation.
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Fearless Predictions Fearlessly Reviewed
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 09, 2015)
A (second) apology to Paul Simon for this.
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Royal Revolution
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 05, 2015)
What makes the Royals so good?
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The 2015 Fielding Bible Awards
By John Dewan
(Nov 01, 2015)
The envelope please.
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Goal Achievement
By Daniel Marks
(Oct 27, 2015)
A Soccer Tale of a Different Kind of Winner
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Stolen Base Times
By John Dewan
(Oct 26, 2015)
A new feature in the next Bill James Handbook
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A Season of Tournaments
By Bill James
(Oct 26, 2015)
What If (2)?
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Hitters Who Should Be Shifted More Often
By John Dewan
(Oct 22, 2015)
Some players are just shiftless
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“Who Created All the Stars?” (Isaiah 40:26), Or “How The Leppert Got His Spot”
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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Who are the 2015 Fielding Bible Award / Gold Glove Contenders? (Part II)
By John Dewan
(Sep 29, 2015)
Kevin Kiermaier, anyone?
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The First Major League Game I Ever Saw
By Bill James
(Sep 28, 2015)
Nostalgia.
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Who are the 2015 Fielding Bible Award / Gold Glove Contenders? (Part I)
By John Dewan
(Sep 25, 2015)
There could be some changes in who gets called up to the podium.
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NO MORE FAKE IGNMENT! WE WANT REAL IGNMENT!
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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Kevin Kiermaier - Historic Defensive Season?
By John Dewan
(Sep 14, 2015)
At least from 2003.
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A Weird and Petty Beauty
By Bill James
(Sep 11, 2015)
About Politics, and Hair.
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Musical Chairs Playoffs
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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Washington's Nuclear Option
By Dave Fleming
(Sep 09, 2015)
What can the Nats do to salvage a disappointing season?
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The New Originals
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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DH for Defense
By John Carter
(Sep 09, 2015)
See if you can spot the pattern.
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An Award Obtained Without the Requisites of Fairness or Due Process
By Bill James
(Sep 04, 2015)
COmmentary on the Tom Brady case.
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Recent Game vs. Full Season Performance for Pitchers
By Bill James
(Sep 01, 2015)
A short research piece about the predictive significance of recent starts by pitchers.
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Who Are The 2015 MVP Candidates?
By John Dewan
(Aug 31, 2015)
Let us count the runs.
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The Invisible Ace in the American League
By Dave Fleming
(Aug 31, 2015)
Another pitcher underrated by traditional metrics, and the big issue facing baseball.
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Willfulness At Work
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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Cannon Arms in 2015
By John Dewan
(Aug 28, 2015)
It's been a good year for throwing out runners.
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A Gigantic Conundrum for the Commissioner to Solve
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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Midgets' Class-Action Suit vs. MLB
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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Midgets' Class-Action Suit vs. MLB
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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What a Month for the White Sox
By John Dewan
(Aug 07, 2015)
At the bat and in the field...
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Discontinuing Continuation
By Bill James
(Aug 07, 2015)
Essay arguing for limits on "continuation" rules in baseball.
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Thrown From a Moving Vehicle
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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Murder on the Bookshelf
By Bill James
(Jul 31, 2015)
Reviewing two books about famous crimes.
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Curtis Granderson Defense-Independent Batting Statistics
By John Dewan
(Jul 26, 2015)
The numbers behind the numbers.
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The Well Chosen All Star Team
By Bill James
(Jul 16, 2015)
About the effectiveness of different ways of choosing the All Star team.
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An All-Star Proposal
By Dave Fleming
(Jul 14, 2015)
A modest proposal to improve the Summer Classic.
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Infield Hits by Speed Score
By John Dewan
(Jul 08, 2015)
Does it help to be fast?
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Who Will Throw the Next No-Hitter?
By John Dewan
(Jun 11, 2015)
A list of the most probable improbables.
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2015 Booms and Busts
By John Dewan
(May 30, 2015)
Surprises and Disappointments.
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Billy Hamilton and the Limits of Talent
By Dave Fleming
(May 27, 2015)
When is a blessing a curse? When you play for the Reds.
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Starting Rotations April 30, 2015
By Bill James
(May 01, 2015)
Pulling our Starting Pitcher Rankings into team rotations
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Kershaw vs. Bumgarner
By Dave Fleming
(Apr 23, 2015)
Some observations about a game of baseball.
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Home Runs and Home Run Robberies
By John Dewan
(Apr 17, 2015)
Just call it a home run double play.
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50 Ways to Predict a Season
By Dave Fleming
(Apr 03, 2015)
Bold predictions about the coming season, caught on vinyl.
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On Wickets and Overs
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 26, 2015)
Some reflections on the sport of cricket
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Could Jonathan Lucroy Be As Good As Yadier Molina?
By John Dewan
(Mar 08, 2015)
Leveraging one really good skill.
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Responding to Bill James’ Misunderstanding of Defensive Runs Saved
By John Dewan
(Mar 07, 2015)
Getting into the details of advanced fielding systems.
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Who Will Be The 2015 Statistical Leaders?
By John Dewan
(Feb 27, 2015)
Pass the crystal ball, please.
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Which Team Will Surprise in 2015?
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 26, 2015)
Trying to find a contender from last year's losing teams.
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Fixin' Baseball
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 20, 2015)
Some thoughts on strikeouts, rule changes, and the 1987 Cardinals.
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Shift or Get Off the Pot
By John Dewan
(Feb 15, 2015)
An excerpt from the upcoming Fielding Bible-Volume IV.
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The Most Pitcher & Hitter Friendly Umpires
By John Dewan
(Jan 17, 2015)
Turning our microscope to the men behind the plate.
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Zobrist in Oakland
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 15, 2015)
The A's acquire the most A's-ish player in baseball.
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The Best Baserunning Team in MLB
By John Dewan
(Jan 11, 2015)
Circling the bases.
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Are Defensive Runs Saved Predictive?
By John Dewan
(Dec 31, 2014)
Maybe those new defensive stats are more predictable than we thought.
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2015 BJOL HOF Results
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 30, 2014)
The pitching-heavy results from this year's BJOL election.
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Winning the Strike Zone And Winning the Rest of the Game
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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The Downside of the Recent Padres Acquisitions
By John Dewan
(Dec 21, 2014)
Bats are good, but how about gloves?
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The Flat Bat Award 2014
By John Dewan
(Dec 06, 2014)
Bunting is making a comeback.
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Fixing the Hall of Fame (One More Time)
By Bill James
(Dec 05, 2014)
A subject that never grows old.
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Mark Buehrle – One of the Most Durable Pitchers of All Time
By John Dewan
(Dec 01, 2014)
He just keeps pitching and pitching and pitching....
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2015 BJOL HOF Ballot
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 25, 2014)
Our seventh attempt to do better than the BBWAA.
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Giancarlo Stanton's Big Contract
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 22, 2014)
Finding comparables for the Marlins franchise player.
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Is Madison Bumgarner the World's #1 Starting Pitcher?
By John Dewan
(Nov 17, 2014)
Something we'll be tracking next year at BJOL.
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Giants Defensive Positioning a Big Assist in Game 7 Victory
By John Dewan
(Nov 06, 2014)
Playing where they're hit.
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The 2014 Fielding Bible Awards
By John Dewan
(Nov 01, 2014)
Please keep your acceptance speeches short.
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Who Gives a Shift?
By John Dewan
(Oct 23, 2014)
We did not just say that!
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Rotation Emperors
By Bill James
(Oct 22, 2014)
The Cal Ripkens of the Mound.
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50 Fearless Forecasts, Reconsidered
By Dave Fleming
(Oct 21, 2014)
Looking back on events from 2014 that mostly didn't happen.
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Four Note Nothing
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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Contact, Speed, and the 2014 Royals
By Dave Fleming
(Oct 09, 2014)
A few questions about the Royals approach to offense.
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Stability
By Bill James
(Oct 09, 2014)
This game rocks (back and forth).
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Who are the 2014 Fielding Bible Award / Gold Glove Contenders? (Part II)
By John Dewan
(Oct 08, 2014)
Taking stock of the outfielders and pitchers.
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The Greatest Bench Players of All Time
By Bill James
(Oct 03, 2014)
What's in an oxymoron?
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Who are the 2014 Fielding Bible Award / Gold Glove Contenders? (Part I)
By John Dewan
(Oct 02, 2014)
Once around the infield.
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Where Have You Gone, Derek Jeter?
By Dave Fleming
(Sep 19, 2014)
Some musings about icon-ness, and the Yankee shortstop.
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Pitchers with the Best and Worst Run Support
By John Dewan
(Sep 18, 2014)
Take a look behind those won-lost records.
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Which teams have come on in the second half?
By John Dewan
(Sep 10, 2014)
What have they done for you lately?
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Hot and Cold Teams
By Bill James
(Sep 05, 2014)
Back of my neck is gettin' dirty and gritty.
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Player Skills Age
By Bill James
(Aug 27, 2014)
Are Bob Dylan and Pete Rose REALLY the same age?
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Old Ideas
By Bill James
(Aug 23, 2014)
Oldies but goodies.
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Top Defensive Players for 2014
By John Dewan
(Aug 22, 2014)
Who's at the top of the list?
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Are the Royals Smarter Than Everyone Else?
By Dave Fleming
(Aug 19, 2014)
A reader asks about the front-running Kansas City Royals.
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Trenton Corners
By Bill James
(Aug 16, 2014)
Revisiting the Man on the Train.
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How Do Shifts Affect League-Wide BABIP?
By John Dewan
(Jul 26, 2014)
Not as much as you might expect.
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Where are the Great Catchers?
By Dave Fleming
(Jul 22, 2014)
Is there a WAR against backstops?
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The Best and Worst Baserunners in 2014
By John Dewan
(Jul 19, 2014)
The fleet of feet.
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Starting Pitcher Fatigue
By Bill James
(Jul 16, 2014)
From Mickey Lolich to Jeremy Hellickson
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The (Individually) Historic Reds
By Dave Fleming
(Jul 10, 2014)
Chapman, Cueto, and Seasons of Historic Significance.
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Shifts Against Right-Handed Hitters
By John Dewan
(Jun 27, 2014)
It's the newest thing
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The 10 Levels Study: Fifth Hit
By Bill James
(Jun 20, 2014)
The final seven.
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The 10 Levels Study: Fourth Hit
By Bill James
(Jun 19, 2014)
Pedro vs. Sandy, Ryan vs. the Big Unit and the Hall of Fame Standards.
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The 10 Levels Study: Third Hit
By Bill James
(Jun 18, 2014)
Roger Craig, Mike Garcia, and Leader Lists.
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The First-Place Kansas City Royals
By Dave Fleming
(Jun 18, 2014)
Musings on time, meteors, and the AL Central leaders.
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The 10 Levels Study: Second Hit
By Bill James
(Jun 17, 2014)
The best, the worst, the luckiest, the unluckiest, and Gaylord Perry.
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The 10 Levels Study I
By Bill James
(Jun 16, 2014)
The first seven of 35 parts.
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The 10 Levels Study
By Bill James
(Jun 13, 2014)
The coming attractions.
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Cannon Arms in 2014
By John Dewan
(Jun 11, 2014)
The most effective outfield arms so far.
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The Most Improved Defensive Teams
By John Dewan
(Jun 06, 2014)
Making the plays that once got away.
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A Hitter’s DNA
By Bill James
(Jun 02, 2014)
Richie Sexson and Dave Kingman have never been seen together.
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How Many More No-Hitters This Year?
By John Dewan
(May 30, 2014)
What has Beckett begun?
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A Doc, Two Dons, and a Moose
By Dave Fleming
(May 28, 2014)
Winning against winners and losers.
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Defending the Win
By Dave Fleming
(May 24, 2014)
Musings on a maligned statistic.
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Observational Sabermetrics
By Bill James
(May 23, 2014)
Five Easy Pieces
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Game Specific Run Effects
By Bill James
(May 20, 2014)
Conditions are Favorable, Commander.
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Rookie of the Year – Tanaka or Abreu?
By John Dewan
(May 17, 2014)
Checking the early returns
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41 Starts
By Bill James
(May 16, 2014)
More fun with pitching stats.
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Leadoff Protection
By Dave Fleming
(May 15, 2014)
Joey Votto shifts a paradigm, and we discuss Willie McGee.
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The Normal Number of Injuries
By Bill James
(May 13, 2014)
Is there a New Normal?
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Can the National League Reverse a 10-Year Trend?
By John Dewan
(May 10, 2014)
There's a surprising difference between the two leagues.
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Openers and Aces
By Bill James
(May 09, 2014)
One isn't necessarily the other.
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Bilgewater
By Bill James
(May 07, 2014)
Colbert, 3-D, Conservatives, Kansas.
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Potential
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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Linear Logic and a Horse’s Patooty
By Bill James
(Apr 29, 2014)
Warm and Fuzzy Logic.
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Who Are the Best and Worst Defensive Teams So Far?
By John Dewan
(Apr 26, 2014)
Who's been packing the leather?
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ROOLES
By Bill James
(Apr 23, 2014)
A few quick thoughts about the rules.
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Ten Levels of Relief
By Bill James
(Apr 22, 2014)
Persistence of Effectiveness in the Relief Corps
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Shifts Still on the Rise
By John Dewan
(Apr 21, 2014)
Getting with the program
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There is Losing, and then there is Losing
By Bill James
(Apr 17, 2014)
Horseshoes, Hand Grenades and Sabermetrics
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The 1 Percenters
By Bill James
(Apr 14, 2014)
Some days a pitcher is just ON.
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The Self-Reliance Spectrum
By Bill James
(Apr 10, 2014)
A tiny bit of structured political theory.
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Climbing the Stairway to Sandy Koufax
By Bill James
(Apr 07, 2014)
The Five Standards approach to identifying the best seasons.
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Report Card: Sydney Opening Day
By Dave Fleming
(Apr 06, 2014)
A review of the 2014 MLB Opening Day in Australia.
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On Pitcher Durability
By Bill James
(Mar 31, 2014)
Just research.
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Can Spring Training Statistics Predict Breakout Power Seasons?
By John Dewan
(Mar 26, 2014)
Reviewing some prior findings.
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Four Sluggers
By Bill James
(Mar 24, 2014)
Can four men share a biography?
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50 Fearless Forecasts, 2014
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 19, 2014)
Bold predictions for the coming season, mostly featuring Billy Hamilton.
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Who Will Be The Best Defenders in 2014?
By John Dewan
(Mar 11, 2014)
Guess which team will go from worst to one of the best.
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On the Relative Importance of Pitching Categories II
By Bill James
(Feb 26, 2014)
And the best number for a pitcher is...
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Sochi Olympics - Dominant Countries
By John Dewan
(Feb 26, 2014)
The Netherlands set the record for dominance.
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On the Relative Importance of Pitching Categories
By Bill James
(Feb 25, 2014)
What is a pitcher's best number?
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Which Team Will Surprise in 2014?
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 20, 2014)
Our annual attempt to predict a winner from last season's losing teams.
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The Five
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 13, 2014)
Who gets into the smallest Hall-of-Fame ever?
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Hey, I’m on the Radio
By Bill James
(Feb 13, 2014)
Tune in
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Combined Use Scores for Pitchers
By Bill James
(Feb 13, 2014)
Garret Richards is the new Ed Walsh
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Small Towns and Tolerance
By Bill James
(Feb 11, 2014)
Bedford Falls Welcomes You
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Small Towns and Mating
By Bill James
(Feb 10, 2014)
Challenging your assumptions about Bedford Falls...
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Super Bowl Predictor System
By John Dewan
(Jan 31, 2014)
Has The System lost its touch?
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Big Game Pitchers, Part X
By Bill James
(Jan 29, 2014)
Jack Morris (and Bert Blyleven)
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Big Games Pitchers, Part IX
By Bill James
(Jan 28, 2014)
Other Ways of Looking at the Data
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Big Game Pitchers, Part VIII
By Bill James
(Jan 27, 2014)
Big Games By Teams
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Big Game Pitchers, Part VII
By Bill James
(Jan 26, 2014)
The Ten Best Big-Game Pitchers in the Data
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Big Game Pitchers, Part VI
By Bill James
(Jan 25, 2014)
Jim Kaat
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Big Game Pitchers, Part V
By Bill James
(Jan 24, 2014)
Naming Names
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Big Game Pitchers, Part IV
By Bill James
(Jan 23, 2014)
So who pitched the most Big Games?
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Big Game Pitchers, Part III
By Bill James
(Jan 22, 2014)
The Biggest of Games
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Throwing Strikes
By John Dewan
(Jan 22, 2014)
It Matters.
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Big Game Pitchers, Part II
By Bill James
(Jan 21, 2014)
When Exactly Is a Team Virtually Eliminated?
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Big Game Pitchers
By Bill James
(Jan 20, 2014)
Intro to a new ten-part series.
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Cannon Arms in 2013
By John Dewan
(Jan 10, 2014)
Who saved the most runs with their arms?
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2014 BJOL HOF Results
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 08, 2014)
The results are in for our annual election.
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Appreciating Mike Mussina
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 07, 2014)
Some scattered memories of a great pitcher.
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Teams that Best Controlled the Running Game
By John Dewan
(Dec 30, 2013)
Looking at both pitchers and catchers.
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Raffy and the Big Hurt
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 17, 2013)
Considering the careers of two first baseman.
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Robinson Cano to the Mariners
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 11, 2013)
Trying to make sense of the Yankees off-season.
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The Flat Bat Award 2013
By John Dewan
(Dec 10, 2013)
Who were 2013's best bunters?
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Is the Expansion Era ballot all it could be?
By Donald Coffin
(Nov 27, 2013)
Examining those on and off the ballot.
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2014 BJOL HOF Ballot
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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The Expansion Era Ballot Part IV
By Bill James
(Nov 20, 2013)
The Last Five Candidates
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The Expansion Era Ballot Part III
By Bill James
(Nov 18, 2013)
The first seven players
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The Expansion Era Ballot Part II
By Bill James
(Nov 18, 2013)
On the new Hall of Fame process
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The Expansion Era Ballot
By Bill James
(Nov 18, 2013)
The first of a four-part series.
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Who Was the Real AL MVP?
By John Dewan
(Nov 15, 2013)
What do the numbers say?
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50 Fearless Forecasts, Reviewed
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 06, 2013)
Checking in on some bold predictions for 2013.
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Making a Great Defensive Play Then Leading Off the Next Inning
By John Dewan
(Nov 06, 2013)
How often does it happen?
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The 2013 Fielding Bible Awards
By John Dewan
(Oct 29, 2013)
The very best at each position.
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BOS-STL World Series Super Teams
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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Boston-St. Louis World Series
By John Dewan
(Oct 22, 2013)
Which team had the better defense?
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Salvador Perez: A.L. MVP
By Dave Fleming
(Oct 14, 2013)
Because we can't argue Trout vs. Cabrera every year...
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Who are the 2013 Fielding Bible Award / Gold Glove Contenders? (Part II)
By John Dewan
(Oct 08, 2013)
Outfielders and pitchers
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East Bound and Backward
By Bill James
(Oct 07, 2013)
From Kenny Powers to the World Series.
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Who are the 2013 Fielding Bible Award / Gold Glove Contenders? (Part I)
By John Dewan
(Oct 04, 2013)
Today, the catchers and infielders.
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Star Crashes II
By John Carter
(Oct 03, 2013)
Slugger Dud Duos
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Star Crashes
By John Carter
(Oct 02, 2013)
Part I: What are the odds of a recovery?
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Simmons Has Company
By John Dewan
(Sep 25, 2013)
Move over, Andrelton
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The Winning Combination
By Bill James
(Sep 25, 2013)
What does it really take to get a W?
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Who are the Slowest Players in Baseball?
By John Dewan
(Sep 15, 2013)
Break out the stopwatch.
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Does Playing Shallow Work?
By John Dewan
(Sep 11, 2013)
Let's look at the data.
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Professional Football Dynasties Part 2
By Joe Dimino
(Sep 10, 2013)
The rest of the best.
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Professional Football Dynasties Part 1
By Joe Dimino
(Sep 09, 2013)
A multi-article review of the top dynasties in football history.
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Projecting Billy Hamilton, 2.0
By Dave Fleming
(Sep 07, 2013)
What can we expect from the Cincinnati speedster?
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Andruw
By Bill James
(Aug 28, 2013)
In the end, where does he rate?
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Best Single-Season Runs Saved Totals
By John Dewan
(Aug 20, 2013)
A record has been broken.
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Breaking News on the Baseball Scandal
By Dave Fleming
(Aug 19, 2013)
Imagining a parallel universe, where A-Rod talks about nano-robots.
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Opponent OPS
By John Dewan
(Aug 15, 2013)
Beyond ERA
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Is Phil Hughes the Greatest Pitcher of All Time?
By Bill James
(Jul 31, 2013)
Who are you going to believe: Me, or everybody else?
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Tough Games, and Not So Tough
By Bill James
(Jul 30, 2013)
Pitching in a Pinch
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Tough Stretches and Soft Patches
By Bill James
(Jul 29, 2013)
Mama Told Me There'd be Days Like This. . .
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Career Highs Vs. Career Length
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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Who's Shifting and Who's Not
By John Dewan
(Jul 25, 2013)
Not shifty...shifting!
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Manny Machado's Doubles
By Dave Fleming
(Jul 16, 2013)
Taking a look at the Orioles third baseman, and remembering League Park.
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Edwin Encarnacion and Shifts
By John Dewan
(Jul 12, 2013)
What's the right strategy?
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Hot Hand Question
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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Abe and Manny
By Bill James
(Jun 30, 2013)
What should you pay, in other skills, for command of the strike zone?
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The Pirates and Hot Streaks
By John Dewan
(Jun 27, 2013)
What's the temperature, Pittsburgh?
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Rookie Total Runs and DRS Leaders
By John Dewan
(Jun 20, 2013)
The best newbies to date.
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Two Quick Hits
By Bill James
(Jun 19, 2013)
...from Manny Machado to Phil Niekro in 90 seconds.
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The First Few Starts
By Bill James
(Jun 15, 2013)
Is Matt Harvey just a rabbit?
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Deviants At Work
By Bill James
(Jun 11, 2013)
Standard Deviations of OPS.
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Game Scores and Won-Lost Records
By Bill James
(Jun 09, 2013)
Do doubles become homers, as a player ages, or do dragon flies become helicopters?
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Ed Charles, Willie Mays and Nolan Ryan
By Bill James
(Jun 04, 2013)
Who is Ted Williams, when Ted Williams isn't there?
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Who Has The Most Total Runs in 2013?
By John Dewan
(May 30, 2013)
The biggest contributors so far.
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Rookies
By Bill James
(May 28, 2013)
What do you make of a new acquaintance?
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Yaz and Billy
By Bill James
(May 24, 2013)
When you've seen one Hall of Famer, maybe you have seen two.
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Who Are the Top Baserunners in Baseball?
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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The Final Game Effect
By Bill James
(May 21, 2013)
What happens when the umpire has a plane to catch?
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The Changing Gigantics of SF
By Dave Fleming
(May 19, 2013)
On the Giants, and their unique approach at becoming a dynasty.
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Ashburn and the Bro’s
By Bill James
(May 16, 2013)
Comparing a trio of .300 hitters.
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Who Are the Best and Worst Defensive Teams So Far?
By John Dewan
(May 14, 2013)
Reckoning the gloves.
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Physician, Heal Somebody Else
By Bill James
(May 13, 2013)
What if Juan Pierre couldn't run, either?
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The Lyerly Family
By Bill James
(May 10, 2013)
The Man From the Train is on the loose again.
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The 300-Win Pool
By Bill James
(May 09, 2013)
Comparing groups of candidates.
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Finding José Fernández’s Family
By Dave Fleming
(May 04, 2013)
Who are his pitching comparables, relatively speaking.
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Timing Pitchers and Catchers To Prevent Stolen Bases
By John Dewan
(Apr 25, 2013)
Deliveries and pops.
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Shifting Into High Gear
By John Dewan
(Apr 19, 2013)
Yes, teams are getting shiftier.
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Jackie Robinson and 42
By David Kaiser
(Apr 19, 2013)
Did the movie capture the true Jackie Robinson?
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Bobby Callison and Johnny Murcer
By Bill James
(Apr 18, 2013)
The parallel lives of the new Mickey Mantle and the new Chuck Klein.
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Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald
By Bill James
(Apr 09, 2013)
Working through one of the giant murder cases.
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Experiment in summary
By Bill James
(Apr 08, 2013)
...shrinking history.
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Who Will Be The Best Defenders in 2013?
By John Dewan
(Apr 03, 2013)
Projecting fielding performances by player and team.
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50 Fearless Forecasts
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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Who Are This Year's Potential Breakout Players?
By John Dewan
(Mar 28, 2013)
Can spring training stats yield a clue?
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The Musial Triple Crown
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 23, 2013)
Getting away from HR, RBI, and BA for a moment. Also: bottle bats.
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Mike Trout: Runs > Games
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 17, 2013)
What should we expect from the Angles outfielder in 2013?
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Best Defensive Players of the Decade (Part III)
By John Dewan
(Mar 13, 2013)
The Outfielders
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Scattershot
By Bill James
(Mar 04, 2013)
Cheddar Cheese and Ping Bodie.
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Getting Shorty
By John Carter
(Mar 02, 2013)
Jose Altuve's place in recent baseball history.
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The Analogy of the Fisherman
By Bill James
(Mar 01, 2013)
A ground ball a day keeps Dave Duncan away.
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Best Defensive Players of the Decade (Part II)
By John Dewan
(Feb 27, 2013)
Taking in the infield corners
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Ernest Hemingway: The Spring Training Stories
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 22, 2013)
The famous writer sends us stories from spring training.
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The Hall of Fame Progress Of the Active Managers
By Bill James
(Feb 20, 2013)
The third in a series.
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Best Defensive Players of the Decade (Part I)
By John Dewan
(Feb 19, 2013)
Leading off, the middle infield.
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The Standards of a Hall of Fame Manager Part II
By Bill James
(Feb 19, 2013)
Applying Hall of Fame standards to managers since the 1950s.
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The Standards of a Hall of Fame Manager
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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Which Team Will Surprise in 2013?
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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Best Defensive Teams of the Decade
By John Dewan
(Feb 08, 2013)
Celebrating a decade's worth of detailed fielding data.
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Archie Skimmerhorn
By Bill James
(Feb 04, 2013)
Racism and Crime in The Biggest Little City.
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The Super Bowl Prediction System
By John Dewan
(Jan 26, 2013)
49ers by a landslide
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A Sabermetric Case for Jack Morris
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 24, 2013)
Conspiracy theories, WAR, and a search for the link between Blyleven and Clemens.
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Cannon Arms in 2012
By John Dewan
(Jan 18, 2013)
Which outfielders had the biggest impact with their arms last year?
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Should Mike Piazza be in the Hall of Fame?
By John Dewan
(Jan 11, 2013)
The best hitting catcher in history wasn't too shabby behind the plate, either.
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Is Your Manager Experienced?
By John Carter
(Jan 04, 2013)
The trends, or lack thereof, in managerial hiring.
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2013 BJOL HOF Results
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 29, 2012)
A record-breaking turnout....who makes it this year?
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And a Merry Post-Christmas To You All
By Bill James
(Dec 28, 2012)
Baseball, Basketball, Politics and Abstract Philosophy.
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Cleaning Out the Attic
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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Sea Creatures and Land Animals
By Bill James
(Dec 25, 2012)
continuing the previous debate.
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The Best and Worst Defensive Teams in 2012
By John Dewan
(Dec 22, 2012)
The flash and flush of leather.
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Pitch Framers and Readily Available Overachievers
By John Carter
(Dec 17, 2012)
A few observations on the Hot Stove action.
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Bill James Handbook 2013 Leaderboards (Part II)
By John Dewan
(Dec 17, 2012)
This time, the pitches.
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On the Differences Between Pitching Prospects and Hitting Prospects
By Bill James
(Dec 12, 2012)
Conceptual fallout from the Wil Myers trade.
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Bill James Handbook 2013 Leaderboards
By John Dewan
(Dec 08, 2012)
A look inside the book.
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2013 BJOL HOF Ballot
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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The Best and Worst Hitters Parks
By John Dewan
(Nov 28, 2012)
Runs, home runs and foul outs.
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Wit
By Bill James
(Nov 25, 2012)
Seeing Whales in the Clouds.
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On the 2012 MVP Debate
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 15, 2012)
On Trout, Cabrera, WAR...and Bobby Bonilla. Of course.
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The Best Double Play Combos
By John Dewan
(Nov 13, 2012)
Rating the best and the worst.
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The Prattleground States
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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45 Bold Predictions, Revisited
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 04, 2012)
Looking back on the 2012 that should've been, but mostly wasn't.
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Aging Franchises
By John Carter
(Nov 02, 2012)
How old is the average major league franchise?
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The 2012 Fielding Bible Awards
By John Dewan
(Oct 25, 2012)
Congrats to the six first-time winners and three returnees.
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The Closer By Committee
By Bill James
(Oct 25, 2012)
Fond memories of an old Train Wreck.
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The Flat Bat Award 2012
By John Dewan
(Oct 24, 2012)
Who was the most successful bunter in the majors?
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Pitching, Offense, and 'Protection'
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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Sudden Death Games
By Dave Fleming
(Oct 05, 2012)
How should teams pitch in Wild Card games?
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Who are the Fielding Bible Award / Gold Glove Contenders? (Part 2)
By John Dewan
(Oct 04, 2012)
This second installment takes in the outfielders and pitchers.
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Infields
By Bill James
(Oct 02, 2012)
Inspired by John Carter's article.
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ARod, Jeter, Cano, Tex, and Other Four-Year Infields
By John Carter
(Sep 30, 2012)
Where do the Yanks compare in history?
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Who are the Fielding Bible Award / Gold Glove Contenders?
By John Dewan
(Sep 27, 2012)
Part 1
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Ted
By Bill James
(Sep 26, 2012)
Ted Williams and the Umpires
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Joe
By Bill James
(Sep 26, 2012)
What if Joe DiMaggio had played in a better park?
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The White Sox, Tigers and Defense
By John Dewan
(Sep 21, 2012)
Plus, players who have changed positions.
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Shutting Down Strasburg
By Dave Fleming
(Sep 10, 2012)
On the National's controversial decision to bench Stephen Strasburg.
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The Decade's Best Baserunners
By John Dewan
(Sep 07, 2012)
...and the worst.
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The Orioles Battle Pythagoras
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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The Best Bullpens in Baseball
By John Dewan
(Sep 02, 2012)
Ranking the bullpens by ERA.
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Red Sox/Dodger MegaTrade: Is This Real Life?
By Dave Fleming
(Aug 26, 2012)
Thoughts on the big deal.
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Clemens' Komeback
By Dave Fleming
(Aug 25, 2012)
Comebacks, public relations, and delaying the inevitible.
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The Zodiac and Mr. Simmons
By Bill James
(Aug 21, 2012)
Bill suggests a new suspect for the Zodiac case.
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The Man From the Train Part VI
By Bill James
(Aug 20, 2012)
Who would think an Iowa barn could be such a dangerous place?
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The Man From the Train Part V
By Bill James
(Aug 14, 2012)
A detour through a couple of probably unrelated crimes.
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The Triple Crown Score
By Bill James
(Aug 08, 2012)
Every Season Needs a Triple Crown Winner.
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Strike Zone Control and Wins
By Bill James
(Aug 07, 2012)
Measuring the connexion.
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Pre-National League Dynasties
By John Carter
(Jul 30, 2012)
Picking up on Bill's recent Dyansties article, John goes further back in time.
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Is Hanley Ramirez an Upgrade for the Dodgers?
By John Dewan
(Jul 29, 2012)
Taking a closer look at the numbers.
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London Olympics—USA Predicted to Win Back Medals Title From China
By John Dewan
(Jul 26, 2012)
Where they don't play baseball anymore.
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Dynasties
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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Brett Lawrie—Best Defensive Third Baseman in Baseball?
By John Dewan
(Jul 17, 2012)
Let's take the shift into account before we jump to conclusions.
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Fast Fish and Slow Fish
By Bill James
(Jul 16, 2012)
Updating the Speed Score formula
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The Fastest Player in Baseball
By Bill James
(Jul 15, 2012)
From 1950 to today.
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Starting Pitcher Current Rankings: July 13, 2012
By Bill James
(Jul 14, 2012)
Who are the number one starters? Number two's? Three's?
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Can Mike Trout hit .400?
By Dave Fleming
(Jun 29, 2012)
We ask the inevitable question.
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Mr. Youkilis Goes to Chicago
By John Dewan
(Jun 28, 2012)
Adding a boost to the least productive position in baseball.
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The Greatest of Games
By Bill James
(Jun 21, 2012)
Available for free: The Greatest Games. . .and the Greatest Pitchers.
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Who Are the Top Baserunners in Baseball?
By John Dewan
(Jun 17, 2012)
...and who are the worst?
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Colby Ousts the King
By Bill James
(Jun 15, 2012)
There's some movement among the top ten pitchers.
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Clemens, Wisconsin, and the L3PI
By Bill James
(Jun 13, 2012)
The difference between skepticism and cynicism.
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Dividing Baseball History into Eras
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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The Most Efficient Teams in Baseball
By John Dewan
(Jun 08, 2012)
Who's getting the most done with the least?
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Boredom Prevails
By Bill James
(Jun 08, 2012)
[snoring noise in background...]
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The Man From the Train, Part IV
By Bill James
(May 28, 2012)
Murder on an Iowa farm.
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The First Players From Each Baseball-Playing Nation
By John Carter
(May 25, 2012)
John's final article in his series of milestone performances.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings, May 24, 2012
By Bill James
(May 25, 2012)
A team-by-team look at the starting staffs.
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Other Pitchers Who Pitched Well in their Old Age
By John Carter
(May 24, 2012)
In honor of Moyer and Mo
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Kings of the Comebackers
By John Dewan
(May 23, 2012)
...and we're not talking career comebacks.
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The Man From the Train, Part III
By Bill James
(May 23, 2012)
The third in a series
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In Honor of Mariano Rivera
By John Carter
(May 22, 2012)
Hall of Fame pitchers who were still pitching well at 42+
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In Honor of Jamie Moyer: The Oldest Pitchers Ever
By John Carter
(May 21, 2012)
John returns with the first of several articles highlighting aged hurlers.
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The Man From The Train 2
By Bill James
(May 19, 2012)
The Man From The Train 2
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The Man From the Train, Part I
By Bill James
(May 18, 2012)
The details behind a lesser-known murder case.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings: May 17, 2012
By Bill James
(May 17, 2012)
This week's rankings.
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Shifty Business
By John Dewan
(May 16, 2012)
The hottest trend in baseball.
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Notes on the Red Sox/Mariners Game, May 15
By Bill James
(May 16, 2012)
Notes while watching the game
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Ten Pitchers Who are Fighting to Be Considered #1 Starters
By Bill James
(May 10, 2012)
No fair counting Darvish and Strasburg
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Other Non-pitchers Drinking from the Fountain of Youth
By John Carter
(May 09, 2012)
Finishing up our survey of the graybeards of baseball.
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Middle Infielders Drinking from the Fountain of Youth
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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T Rexes 3
By Bill James
(May 07, 2012)
Research and reflections on the giants of the past.
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Who Are the Best Defensive Teams So Far?
By John Dewan
(May 04, 2012)
...and the worst.
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World’s #1 Starting Pitcher: Current Rankings
By Bill James
(May 03, 2012)
Jake Peavy is coming on strong.
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Linking Crimes, Part II
By Bill James
(May 02, 2012)
The thrilling conclusion of yesterday's dramatic episode.
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Linking Crimes, Part I
By Bill James
(May 01, 2012)
How can we tell if two murders are related?
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I. The Strikeout Push Effect
By Bill James
(Apr 30, 2012)
Looking for more strikeouts? Be Patient.
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Trout, Harper, Altuve
By Dave Fleming
(Apr 28, 2012)
Checking in with the next generation of stars.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings, April 26, 2012
By Bill James
(Apr 26, 2012)
Where does perfection get you?
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Is the Miguel Cabrera Third Base Experiment Working?
By John Dewan
(Apr 24, 2012)
The early returns.
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The Mathematics of the NBA Playoffs
By Bill James
(Apr 21, 2012)
Should we run with the Bulls or sweat out the Heat?
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Starting Pitcher Rankings, April 19, 2012
By Bill James
(Apr 20, 2012)
Raising Cain!
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How Meaningful are the First Ten Games?
By John Dewan
(Apr 19, 2012)
There's gold in them numbers.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings, April 12, 2012
By Bill James
(Apr 12, 2012)
The latest update
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Trayvon II
By Bill James
(Apr 07, 2012)
Historical context for the news of the day.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings April 6, 2012
By Bill James
(Apr 06, 2012)
Verlander, Halladay open strong.
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Updated Starting Pitcher Rankings 4-5-2012
By Bill James
(Apr 05, 2012)
Three games into the season, things change.
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Who Are This Year's Potential Breakout Players?
By John Dewan
(Apr 03, 2012)
The leading indicator of spring training.
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45 Bold Predictions for 2012
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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The World’s Number One Starting Pitcher
By Bill James
(Apr 03, 2012)
The World's Number One Starting Pitcher
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The Comeback Players of the Year
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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To Shift or Not To Shift
By John Dewan
(Mar 30, 2012)
Continuing the conversation.
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The Best Players of 2011 Based on Total Runs
By John Dewan
(Mar 24, 2012)
An all-in-one stat.
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Comebacks
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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John, Ben, David, and the Ted Williams Shift
By Bill James
(Mar 20, 2012)
Bill debates his friends about the value of The Ted Williams Shift.
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James Loney: 2012 HR Champ?
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 16, 2012)
What does history tell us about the future of the Dodger's first baseman?
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The Impact of Good Plays and Misplays
By John Dewan
(Mar 14, 2012)
What's the difference between Alfonso Soriano and Jason Bay?
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Who Will Be the Best Defenders in 2012?
By John Dewan
(Mar 01, 2012)
A look ahead.
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How Well Do Advanced Defensive Statistics Correlate?
By John Dewan
(Feb 27, 2012)
Do fielding stats have staying power?
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Which Team Will Surprise in 2012?
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 26, 2012)
Which baseball team has the best chance to surprise us in 2012?
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Evans and Parker, Defense 1986
By Bill James
(Feb 23, 2012)
What's the range of potential fielding contributions from right fielders?
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The Fielding Bible Volume III Preview
By John Dewan
(Feb 13, 2012)
Available March 1st!
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1960s Catchers
By Bill James
(Feb 13, 2012)
The 1960s ride forever in what is left of Bill's memory.
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Con Sis 10C
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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Light and Heavy Batting Champions
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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The Super Bowl Prediction System
By John Dewan
(Jan 24, 2012)
Who's going to win the big game?
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Typical League-Leading Figures
By Bill James
(Jan 23, 2012)
Are we back to normal?
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Horsemen of the Halo-pocalypse
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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Negative Durability Points
By Bill James
(Jan 15, 2012)
How do we measure a player's durability?
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Playing the Oufield in Camden Yards
By John Dewan
(Jan 12, 2012)
Is there a Park Effect?
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2012 BJOL HOF Results
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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Cannon Arms in 2011
By John Dewan
(Jan 06, 2012)
An updated methodology for rating arms in the outfield.
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HOF Ballot: William Faulkner
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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Snakebite Games and Missing DiMaggio
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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Diamondbacks Sign Kubel - I Don't Get It
By John Dewan
(Dec 21, 2011)
Is Jason Kubel really better than Arizona's current left fielder?
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Bunting for a Hit
By John Dewan
(Dec 15, 2011)
Breaking down the results by zone.
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Going Out on Top
By Bill James
(Dec 14, 2011)
Dave Nilsson, Sandy Koufax, Ted Williams, Rick Perry, Michael Jordan, Malcolm Gladwell.
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Ryan Braun, Steroids, Grendel
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 13, 2011)
On Ryan Braun's failed substance test, angry villagers, and Neville Chamberlain.
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The Trial of Penn State
By Bill James
(Dec 11, 2011)
Penn State is asked to defend its handling of Joe Paterno.
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The All-Time Greatest Expansion Picks-Part 4
By John Carter
(Dec 10, 2011)
The final installment.
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Yu Darvish
By John Dewan
(Dec 09, 2011)
How will the Japanese superstar perform in the majors?
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The All-Time Greatest Expansion Picks-Part 3
By John Carter
(Dec 09, 2011)
The Draft Rules and 1990s’ Drafts and Busts.
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The All-Time Greatest Expansion Picks-Part 2
By John Carter
(Dec 08, 2011)
Finishing the 1960's and 1970's.
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The All-Time Greatest Expansion Picks-Part 1
By John Carter
(Dec 07, 2011)
The first of a four-part series.
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Is the Ted Williams Shift Effective?
By John Dewan
(Nov 30, 2011)
Can a one-sided infield work?
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2012 BJOL Hall of Fame Ballot
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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The MVP Vote Bias Detector Part 3
By Bill James
(Nov 23, 2011)
Looking at various issued related to MVP voting.
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The MVP Vote Bias Detector Part 2
By Bill James
(Nov 23, 2011)
Revealing the biases of MVP voters.
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The MVP Vote Bias Detector Part I
By Bill James
(Nov 23, 2011)
Explaining how we can measure the biases of MVP voters.
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Stats To Be Thankful For
By John Dewan
(Nov 23, 2011)
'Tis the season to be thankful.
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Is Matt Kemp Worth it?
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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Has the 300-Game Winner Become Extinct?
By John Dewan
(Nov 16, 2011)
And if not, who is most likely to reach that milestone?
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The Worst According to WAR(P) - CY Edition
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 15, 2011)
A countdown of the worst Cy Young Award selections, according to WAR.
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3000, 3000, 3000
By Bill James
(Nov 11, 2011)
Say it three times fast.
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Baseball, and Not Baseball
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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When A Strike Ain't Comin'
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 03, 2011)
What should a hitter do during an intentional walk?
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The 2011 Fielding Bible Awards
By John Dewan
(Oct 31, 2011)
Announcing the 2011 Fielding Bible Award winners, the best fielders in baseball in 2011.
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Flat Bat Award 2011
By John Dewan
(Oct 27, 2011)
The 2011 Flat Bat Award winner
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Andrus and Kinsler
By John Dewan
(Oct 26, 2011)
On the basepaths and in the field, there is no better keystone combo.
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Two Thousand Words, No Subject
By Bill James
(Oct 25, 2011)
Ten topics ranging from Adam to Zanesville. Adam Dunn. Ohio.
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The Liberal Coach and the Conservative Athlete
By Bill James
(Oct 22, 2011)
Reflections on the chaos in Wall Street and on Yawkey Way.
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Chase Utley: Best Baserunner in MLB
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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Who are the Fielding Bible Award/ Gold Glove Contenders? (Part II)
By John Dewan
(Sep 21, 2011)
Covering pitchers and outfielders.
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Who are the Fielding Bible Award/ Gold Glove Contenders? (Part I)
By John Dewan
(Sep 19, 2011)
It's time to talk end-of-the-year awards.
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The World's #1 Starting Pitcher
By Bill James
(Sep 19, 2011)
Why didn't I invent this 20 years ago?
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Six Shooter
By Bill James
(Sep 14, 2011)
One part sabermetrics, two parts cultural reference, three parts argument.
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Pitch Repertoire
By John Dewan
(Sep 09, 2011)
Introducing a new feature of the Bill James Handbook.
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Mr. Pederson's Legacy
By Bill James
(Sep 07, 2011)
A short work of fiction.
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Great, Forgotten Seasons #1
By Dave Fleming
(Sep 07, 2011)
Bret Saberhagen, 1994. And...'Grasshopper' Whitney.
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The Death of the Honest Businessman
By Bill James
(Sep 04, 2011)
And what should be done about it?
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Who are the MVP Candidates?
By John Dewan
(Aug 30, 2011)
Using Total Runs to rank the players.
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Casting Accusations
By Bill James
(Aug 30, 2011)
The William Taylor murder, via King Vidor
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Mike and Paul and Mark and Carlos
By Bill James
(Aug 26, 2011)
Reflections on the passing of Mike Flanagan and the strikeouts of Mark Reynolds.
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First Baseman Scoops
By John Dewan
(Aug 23, 2011)
Stat of the Week: first basemen with the most scoops of errant throws.
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Panda for MVP
By Dave Fleming
(Aug 22, 2011)
Just what do we mean by 'most valuable' anyway?
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Runs Saved Against Zero Afterthoughts
By Bill James
(Aug 19, 2011)
Some final thoughts on a zero-based methodology for fielders.
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Runs Saved Against Zero
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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Mulligan Stew
By Bill James
(Aug 17, 2011)
The media, politics and scheduling the NCAA.
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(Mis)Appreciating Pedroia
By Dave Fleming
(Aug 16, 2011)
Examining the career (and future) of the Red Sox second baseman.
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1960s Stoppers and Opposition Pitcher Quality
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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Who are the Top Baserunning Teams?
By John Dewan
(Aug 12, 2011)
We're not talking just stolen bases.
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Abe Lincoln 3
By Bill James
(Jul 27, 2011)
Honest Abe sizes up past teams and today's hitters.
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Abe Lincoln Votes For
By Bill James
(Jul 25, 2011)
Abe Lincoln's Cy Young score, year by year
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Catchers Blocking the Ball in the Dirt
By John Dewan
(Jul 22, 2011)
Which catchers are best at blocking balls in the dirt?
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The Dreaded Leadoff Walk
By John Dewan
(Jul 13, 2011)
How often does that leadoff walk score?
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Abe Lincoln Scores
By Bill James
(Jul 11, 2011)
What do you get when you just use four scores?
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Something's Still Coming
By Dave Studenmund
(Jul 07, 2011)
Our new website will be here soon.
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The Surging Yankees
By John Dewan
(Jul 06, 2011)
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Who are the Runs Saved Leaders? (Part II)
By John Dewan
(Jun 29, 2011)
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Gary Carter, Cancer
By Dave Fleming
(Jun 27, 2011)
Might there be a specific reason Gary Carter has developed brain cancer?
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Who are the Runs Saved Leaders? (Part I)
By John Dewan
(Jun 23, 2011)
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Power Game Scores Part III
By Bill James
(Jun 20, 2011)
All of your Power Game Score questions answered.
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Power Game Scores Part II
By Bill James
(Jun 20, 2011)
More about Power Game Scores, including the greatest power pitchers of all time.
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Power Game Scores
By Bill James
(Jun 19, 2011)
Using Game Scores to measure a pitcher's power
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Gem: A Pitching Masterpiece
By John Dewan
(Jun 13, 2011)
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Quality Start Revisited
By John Dewan
(Jun 07, 2011)
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24 Players - May Musings
By Dave Fleming
(Jun 02, 2011)
From Posey to Youkilis...
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Who's Hot and Who's Not
By John Dewan
(May 27, 2011)
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More Strikeouts, More Walks
By Bill James
(May 26, 2011)
More strikeouts and more walks.
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Paul Splittorff
By Bill James
(May 26, 2011)
Remembering
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On Walker and Walks
By Bill James
(May 23, 2011)
Walker Cooper, that is. And just plain walks.
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Evaluating Pitcher Accuracy with Catcher Charting
By John Dewan
(May 20, 2011)
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Jeff Weaver's Kid Brother
By Dave Fleming
(May 11, 2011)
Do younger brothers tend to do better than their older brothers?
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Padres hitting .218!
By John Dewan
(May 06, 2011)
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The Greatest Team in Baseball History Part II
By Bill James
(May 05, 2011)
The list
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The Greatest Team in Baseball History
By Bill James
(May 04, 2011)
The methodology
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21 Players - April Addendums
By Dave Fleming
(May 02, 2011)
Carlos Santana, Bud Norris and...Rick Dempsey?
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Does it make sense to "waste" a pitch with an 0-2 count?
By John Dewan
(Apr 29, 2011)
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Who are the best defensive teams of 2011 so far?
By John Dewan
(Apr 20, 2011)
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Starters
By Bill James
(Apr 16, 2011)
Concerning starting pitching, Verizon and Earnshaw Cook
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Little Stuff
By Bill James
(Apr 13, 2011)
Including Who's Who in Baseball, politics and Opening Day matchups.
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Contender or Pretender? The Predictive Value of the First Ten Games of the Season
By John Dewan
(Apr 12, 2011)
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Is the Greek God of Walks Still Patient?
By John Dewan
(Mar 31, 2011)
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2011 AL Preview
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 30, 2011)
What's in store for the American League this year?
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2011 NL Preview
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 27, 2011)
The East, the West and the Central.
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Who's the Next Jose Bautista? Predicting 2011's Breakout Players
By John Dewan
(Mar 25, 2011)
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N. Crabcakes & the Triple Crown
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 23, 2011)
Can you guess which two players we're talking about?
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Brian Wilson's Pitch Locations
By John Dewan
(Mar 18, 2011)
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Omars and Ozzies (Part II)
By Bill James
(Mar 16, 2011)
Continuing the list of shortstops most similar to Omar and Ozzie.
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Which Team Will Surprise in 2011?
By Dave Fleming
(Mar 13, 2011)
It's in the American League, it's in the Central Division, it's...
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Omars and Ozzies (Part 1)
By Bill James
(Mar 08, 2011)
Which players were most similar to Omar and Ozzie?
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Who will be the best defensive teams in 2011?
By John Dewan
(Mar 03, 2011)
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Introducing the Bill James Baseball IQ App
By John Dewan
(Feb 25, 2011)
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Single Game Winning Percentages
By Bill James
(Feb 24, 2011)
How would you assign a team a winning percentage for a single game?
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The Next Blyleven (?)
By Dave Fleming
(Feb 23, 2011)
Which pitcher will get the next sabermetric push into the Hall of Fame?
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Please Stop Saying That
By Bill James
(Feb 22, 2011)
Stupid S*** That I Wish People Would Stop Saying
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How Important is Hitting the Catcher's Target?
By John Dewan
(Feb 18, 2011)
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Platoon Tendencies
By John Dewan
(Feb 11, 2011)
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Something's Coming
By Dave Studenmund
(Feb 03, 2011)
Wait for it...
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The Least Likely
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 31, 2011)
Who were the least likely record-setters and award winners?
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Flat Bat Award 2010
By John Dewan
(Jan 31, 2011)
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The Super Bowl Prediction System – Steelers in an Upset
By John Dewan
(Jan 24, 2011)
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The 2011 Hall of Fame Ballot (Part IV)
By Bill James
(Jan 20, 2011)
The top end of the ballot
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Top Pitching Performances of 2010
By John Dewan
(Jan 20, 2011)
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The 2011 Hall of Fame Ballot (Part III)
By Bill James
(Jan 19, 2011)
Examining the third tier of Hall of Fame eligibles
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The 2011 Hall of Fame Ballot (Part II)
By Bill James
(Jan 18, 2011)
The second tier of eligible players.
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The 2011 Hall of Fame Ballot (Part I)
By Bill James
(Jan 17, 2011)
How Bill ranks the 2011 class--the first of four parts.
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Best Players, Pyramid
By Bill James
(Jan 12, 2011)
Talking about some of the best batting seasons of all time and the structure of the minor leagues.
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What's Wrong with the D'Backs?
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 12, 2011)
They weren't good, yes, but why weren't they good?
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2011 BJOL HOF Results
By Dave Fleming
(Jan 05, 2011)
Who got the votes from BJOL readers?
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Jewett
By Bill James
(Jan 03, 2011)
An excerpt from Bill's new book, Popular Crime.
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Rafael Betancourt and Dennis Eckersley
By John Dewan
(Dec 22, 2010)
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The Most Overrated Player in Baseball
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 19, 2010)
and Underrated. Pitchers, too. Who do you pick?
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Thirty-Three Rotations*
By Bill James
(Dec 15, 2010)
The 33 Best Starting Rotations in baseball history.
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The Winner of the Cliff Lee Sweepstakes
By John Dewan
(Dec 14, 2010)
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Eight Bits
By Bill James
(Dec 12, 2010)
Is the doubles record still in play? ...and seven other bits.
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CBB 4
By Bill James
(Dec 10, 2010)
Ranking the best swing men in college basketball.
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Three Strikes
By Bill James
(Dec 10, 2010)
Predicting RBIs, each team's best starts of the year and late careers
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Filet Mignon vs. Mashed Potatoes
By Keith Scherer
(Dec 09, 2010)
Vida Blue or Wilbur Wood?
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CBB 3
By Bill James
(Dec 09, 2010)
Ranking the best shooting guards in college basketball
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How much does Adrian Gonzalez help the Red Sox?
By John Dewan
(Dec 09, 2010)
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CBB 2
By Bill James
(Dec 08, 2010)
The best combo guards in the country
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The Best Point Guards in the NCAA (CBB 1)
By Bill James
(Dec 07, 2010)
Ranking the best players in college basketball
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Denton True Weights
By Bill James
(Dec 06, 2010)
Trends in Cy Young award voting
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BJOL 2011 Hall of Fame Ballot
By Dave Fleming
(Dec 02, 2010)
Send us your vote!
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Sympathy for the Captain
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 28, 2010)
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STA, TSA, Chemicals and Felix
By Bill James
(Nov 27, 2010)
The Steve Trachsel award, among other things.
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MVP and Rookie of the Year – Who Should Have Won?
By John Dewan
(Nov 24, 2010)
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Wins, Twins and Tipping
By Bill James
(Nov 19, 2010)
Just what the title says: Felix's wins, twin talents and, um, tipping
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Gold Gloves as They Should Have Been
By John Dewan
(Nov 16, 2010)
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The Worst According to Warp - MVP Edition
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 09, 2010)
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The Traded Away All Star Teams
By Bill James
(Nov 08, 2010)
Which teams have produced, traded away and squandered the most talent?
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Election, 2010
By Bill James
(Nov 03, 2010)
The state of political reporting
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Who Should Win the Hardware?
By Dave Fleming
(Nov 02, 2010)
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The 2010 Fielding Bible Awards
By John Dewan
(Nov 01, 2010)
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Trick or Treat! Scary Stats for Halloween
By John Dewan
(Oct 29, 2010)
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2010 World Series: Non-Essential Breakdown
By Dave Fleming
(Oct 27, 2010)
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Blame the Park: Power Outage in Minnesota
By John Dewan
(Oct 21, 2010)
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2010 NLCS - 8 Questions
By Dave Fleming
(Oct 12, 2010)
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And the Winner Is...
By Bill James
(Oct 04, 2010)
The final round of the Brooks Robinson Tournament
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(Aug 03, 2006)
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Is Ozzie's "Bunting School" really needed?
By John Dewan
(Jul 26, 2006)
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Who's hitting better—National League pitchers or American League pitchers?
By John Dewan
(Jul 20, 2006)
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What happens if they walk, but you don't?
By John Dewan
(Jul 07, 2006)
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Is Livan Hernandez' arm about to fall off?
By John Dewan
(Jun 23, 2006)
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Is every newspaper and website in the country wrong?
By John Dewan
(Jun 13, 2006)
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Which pitchers are the best at holding runners?
By John Dewan
(Jun 08, 2006)
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The fewest RBI of all time?
By John Dewan
(May 31, 2006)
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How often does a team miss a sure-fire double play?
By John Dewan
(May 26, 2006)
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Can the Dodgers score runs even though they play in one of baseball's worst hitters parks?
By John Dewan
(May 18, 2006)
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Are the same pitchers who win the Gold Glove year after year deserving?
By John Dewan
(May 12, 2006)
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True or False: No team last in the league in walks has ever won a World Championship.
By John Dewan
(May 04, 2006)
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Who are the best first baseman at saving potential throwing errors by their fellow infielders?
By John Dewan
(Apr 20, 2006)
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What do teams with great one-run game records do the next year?
By John Dewan
(Apr 13, 2006)
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How does the White Sox five-man rotation stack up?
By John Dewan
(Apr 05, 2006)
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Who is hot enough this Spring to carry it into the regular season?
By John Dewan
(Mar 28, 2006)
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More pitches per plate appearance equals more runs - - true or false?
By John Dewan
(Mar 22, 2006)
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Who wins the 2005 Flat Bat Award?
By John Dewan
(Mar 16, 2006)
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Is Derek Jeter overrated?
By John Dewan
(Mar 03, 2006)
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How effective were fifth starters in 2005?
By John Dewan
(Feb 22, 2006)
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Who are the best young hitters in baseball?
By John Dewan
(Feb 09, 2006)
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Can you predict the Super Bowl winner?
By John Dewan
(Feb 01, 2006)
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Who has the best infield defense?
By John Dewan
(Jan 27, 2006)
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Who had the best outfield defense last year?
By John Dewan
(Jan 18, 2006)
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Who threw the most 100+ MPH pitches?
By John Dewan
(Jan 06, 2006)
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The best defense of all time?
By John Dewan
(Dec 21, 2005)
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How deep is starting pitching in baseball?
By John Dewan
(Dec 14, 2005)
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Are there fewer HR since steroid testing began? (A Reprise)
By John Dewan
(Dec 07, 2005)
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What's so magic about 100 pitches?
By John Dewan
(Nov 23, 2005)
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Who Were the Best Relief Pitchers in 2005?
By John Dewan
(Nov 16, 2005)
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Did the White Sox win because of "Small-Ball"?(A Reprise)
By John Dewan
(Nov 02, 2005)
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How often does a team win when they're up 2-0 in the World Series?
By John Dewan
(Oct 25, 2005)
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How does Albert Pujols compare to other players at age 25 throughout baseball history?
By John Dewan
(Oct 18, 2005)
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Guillen vs. Scioscia - - Who pulls his starter and who likes to stay with them?
By John Dewan
(Oct 12, 2005)
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What's Corey Patterson's place in Cub history?
By John Dewan
(Sep 29, 2005)
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How do major league hitters fare against curveballs?
By John Dewan
(Sep 22, 2005)
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Which players have hurt their clubs most when missing games this year?
By John Dewan
(Sep 14, 2005)
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How do the 2005 White Sox compare to the last World Series team in Chicago?
By John Dewan
(Sep 01, 2005)
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How rare is Scott Podsednik's drop-off to zero home runs (in 383 at-bats) after having hit 12 last year?
By John Dewan
(Aug 26, 2005)
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Does hitting lots of HR mean your average HR distance is long?
By John Dewan
(Aug 11, 2005)
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Which run in a game is most important?
By John Dewan
(Aug 04, 2005)
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Cubs pitchers aren't pitching that well, but can they hit?
By John Dewan
(Jul 22, 2005)
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What is preventing Derrek Lee from leading all the Triple Crown categories at the All-Star break?
By John Dewan
(Jul 14, 2005)
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Is Derek Jeter Mr. Clutch while A-Rod only puts up the big numbers when it doesn't count?
By John Dewan
(Jul 07, 2005)
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Are there fewer HRs since steroid testing began?
By John Dewan
(Jun 30, 2005)
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Do closers lose intensity in non-save situations?
By John Dewan
(Jun 23, 2005)
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Are the White Sox Winning Because of “Small-Ball”?
By John Dewan
(Jun 16, 2005)
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Does two-out hitting really mean anything?
By John Dewan
(Jun 09, 2005)
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How can the injuries to the Cubs' starters be a good thing?
By John Dewan
(Jun 02, 2005)
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What's the 30-60-90 rule of saves?
By John Dewan
(May 19, 2005)
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Does a sacrifice bunt have any value?
By John Dewan
(May 05, 2005)
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Is the percentage of runs scored via home runs down this year?
By John Dewan
(Apr 28, 2005)
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Can a team last in on-base percentage get to the playoffs?
By John Dewan
(Apr 21, 2005)
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Intentional walks—what's the over/under? On average, are they called over or under once per game?
By John Dewan
(Apr 14, 2005)
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Who are the projected batting and pitching leaders for 2005?
By John Dewan
(Apr 07, 2005)
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Is Spring Training performance a good predictor for the regular season?
By John Dewan
(Mar 30, 2005)
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How do today's sluggers compare against yesterdays?
By John Dewan
(Mar 23, 2005)
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Are throws to first to hold the runner a waste of time?
By John Dewan
(Mar 16, 2005)
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Who's better—Alex Rodriguez or Bobby Abreu?
By John Dewan
(Mar 09, 2005)
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Who are the top 10 projected hitters for the 2005 season?
By John Dewan
(Mar 02, 2005)
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Can you recognize this pattern? Bako, Bako, Blanco, Blanco, Bako, Blanco
By John Dewan
(Feb 23, 2005)
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Did the Cubs and Sox improve their relief staffs in the offseason?
By John Dewan
(Feb 16, 2005)
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How do the skills of Japanese hitting stars translate to Major League Baseball?
By John Dewan
(Jan 26, 2005)
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Who wins the 2004 Flat Bat Award?
By John Dewan
(Jan 19, 2005)
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Who leads the NBA in turnovers/minutes played?
By John Dewan
(Jan 12, 2005)
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How does newly-elected Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg rank against his fellow second basemen in the hall?
By John Dewan
(Jan 05, 2005)
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Which happens more often in baseball: a foul ball or a called strike?
By John Dewan
(Dec 29, 2004)
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How effective are fifth starters in a pitching rotation?
By John Dewan
(Dec 22, 2004)
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Is it conditioning or is it steroids?
By John Dewan
(Dec 15, 2004)
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Was the 2004 National League All-Star team selected well by the fans?
By John Dewan
(Dec 08, 2004)
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Was the 2004 American League All-Star team selected well by the fans?
By John Dewan
(Dec 01, 2004)
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How will Matt Clement's replacement, Glendon Rusch, fare for the Chicago Cubs?
By John Dewan
(Nov 24, 2004)
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How much scoring is done in the NFL by the defense and special teams?
By John Dewan
(Nov 17, 2004)
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What would happen if the Gold Glove team played the team of Silver Sluggers?
By John Dewan
(Nov 10, 2004)
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Roger Clemens went 18-4 for the Astros—how his season compare with his previous five seasons with the Yankees?
By John Dewan
(Nov 03, 2004)
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Are the two best teams in baseball represented in this year's World Series?
By John Dewan
(Oct 27, 2004)
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What are the chances of a team coming back from being down 0-3 to win a best of seven series?
By John Dewan
(Oct 20, 2004)
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Who scores more runs, a team that strikes out a lot, or one that doesn't strike out?
By John Dewan
(Oct 13, 2004)
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Is quality start really a quality stat?
By John Dewan
(Oct 06, 2004)
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How often does a pitcher hit “better” than he pitches during a season?
By John Dewan
(Sep 29, 2004)
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Has there been anyone since Babe Ruth to have a career batting average higher than his career ERA?
By John Dewan
(Sep 22, 2004)
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Which parks are the easiest in which to hit home runs?
By John Dewan
(Sep 15, 2004)
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