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It’s Noon on May 23rd and it’s 60 degrees in Phoenix, Arizona. Considering that most pool temperatures were 20 degrees higher than that a few days ago…

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The Premiership side with by far the most American players is in the process of possibly completing a monumental dodge of relegation. After a 2-0 win against Birmingham, Fulham finds themselves out of the bottom three relegation spots for the first time since the very beginning of the season. They still have one more game […]

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I have a new post up on Baseball Digest Daily about the verbal tirade Buzz Bissinger launched against Deadspin’s Will Leitch on Bob Costas’ HBO navel gavzing exercise the other night.

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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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Baseball’s true opening day is on Monday, but the domestic soccer season gets underway in an hour as MLS begins its 13 season of existence. I guess it’s just a personal preference, but when a baseball fan who also likes soccer learns that I’m a bit of a soccer guy myself, that fan often asks […]

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Nick Piecoro has a piece in today’s Arizona Republic about Stephen Drew’s upcoming season in which I get a mention. I really appreciate that some of the sportswriters now see statistical work as a means to explain what it is many people actually see during the games (like Drew hitting into a little bad luck). […]

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