September 7
You folks know me, by now. I’m the guy who keeps posting stats and trend lines of stats saying things like Derek Holland isn’t actually a very good pitcher anymore, Tony Barnette is, and…
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Simple Trend Analysis Part One: The Offense
Who wants to do some trend line analysis? Don’t lie to me; no one wants to do trend line analysis. Unfortunately, I’ve already created the charts, so you get to look at them. Trend…
Read more →Defeating the Odds
Baseball is a game of odds. Each situation, each at bat, each pitch is a chess match based on statistics and probabilities, carefully calculated by both players and managers. What pitch is thrown in…
Read more →While I was away…..
It’s nice to be back, I’ve missed you guys (well, most of you). In lieu of writing any meaningful piece on baseball, I present to you a random collection of (mostly) Rangers observations I…
Read more →The Fantasy Value of Rangers Players (Movie Quotes Edition)
Baseball season is upon us. Fantasy baseball season is also upon us. Some of you love the fantasy, some of you think it is for nerds, some of you think I might as well…
Read more →A (Re)Lapse in Judgement
The beauty of sports can be found in the raw emotion of the game. Emotion is found in your team’s success and failures. As a fan, you grow an emotional attachment not only to…
Read more →One More Strike
According to Terrance Mann, the James Earl Jones played character in Field of Dreams, “baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us…
Read more →View from the Bench: Tuesday Morning Notes
Some news and opinion out there this morning: Ken Sherrington addresses Josh Hamilton’s comments, as well as Hamilton’s attempt to clarify what he meant, which probably sounded a lot worse than his initial comments. Richard Durrett…
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