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Here’s a short post on BBDD about Brian Bannister and how a statistical phenomenon could be affected by knowledge of the phenomenon by one of the actors.

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What’s funny is, Reyes isn’t always this easy to hit. Nothing takes me back to my twenties than guys spitting blood in a bar at 2:30 in the morning. Methinks that today Big Al will be hurting more from last night’s libations than the punch.

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I wrote a post on Big Soccer about the challenges that we face in individual player analysis in soccer as compared to baseball. I guess if I were to suggest a course of action for the statistical community, a soccer version of Bill James “win shares” might be the best idea. This is interesting because […]

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Met up in Tempe with some regulars from BTF for some beer and food. I got to relate to them my stories about the Red Sox, they got to complain about the lunatic who showed up at their table impersonating Voros McCracken. A good time was had by all. And by “all,” I mean “me” […]

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Well the easiest way to get me to root for you is if you give me perks and say nice things about me. My allegiances come cheap that way. So I can’t say I was particularly disappointed with the result of today’s Tigers vs. Royals game. The Royals won 4-0 behind 7 shutout innings by […]

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