Beyond the Box Score

Testing Pythag Brackenthebox takes a look at how many wins are gained by adding and subtracting 10 runs to teams with various levels of runs scored and runs allowed over at Viva El Birdos....

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Chris Moore have a Bayesian hot dog with me. Could there be a reason why Tom Glavine always seemed to get the outside call?  The longest disquisition of athlete handedness I have ever read. The previous comment is intended as a compliment. Curtis Granderson, take heart!...

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After pitching for the Giants in 2007, Scott Atchison became a free agent signed a minor-league deal with the Boston Red Sox. The Sox sold Atchison's contract to the Hanshin Tigers and he pitched the last two seasons in Japan...

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Sam Page at Amazin' Avenue tells the story of the year he attended the Winter Meetings. Don't wait until you are sick of reading rumors to read this and you won't be sorry...

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Joe Mauer had a great season, even though he missing a few games.  He got me thinking of which players had great seasons going, but were cut short by injury or a shorter season.  I decided to ignore regression (I wanted to name the article "F___ Regression," but I don't think it would have flown t...

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The latest issue of the journal Bayesian Analysis contains a series of articles on Bayesian modeling of hitting in baseball. It includes a contribution by Phil Birnbaum. S...