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The Best of MGL, October 2011
Apparently, Major League Baseball had their postseason last month. I was travelling in Treasure Island, Ontario for work and without internet access, so I missed it. A lot of SABR drama flared up while...
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Brevity Is Great
To thwart those hoping to call me a hypocrite, I’ll cut straight to the chase. Matt Lentzner, in his most recent Baseball ProGUESTus column, wastes several hundred words and a whole article to express...
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We Are Truly Heartless
Yesterday, Brandon Warne took a trip down memory lane, reminiscing on his favorite deaths in baseball history. He couldn’t quite remember them all. But the commenters at FanGraphs were helpful, as...
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Re-Explaining DIPS, Vol. 1
In this new series, I will highlight one of my least favorite SABR tropes, starting off an article by name-dropping Voros McCracken and explaining DIPS. First off, Matt Swartz in his recent,...
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You’re Wrong; No, You Are!
As I’ve mentioned before, the comments section of the Hardball Times is a barren wasteland. But Matt Swartz’s latest treatise on being an idiot with a stats software package attracted some controversy,...
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Yo’ Saberist
TangoTiger: The mocking the saberist is fair game if he chooses to spend an obscene amount of time on this stuff, like we do. The basement thing is so not funny though. Who actually laughs at that? I’d...
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Sabermetric Ministry of Truth
Tangotiger on January 4, 2012: Nate Silver had a headline that read: Why I’d Bet on Santorum (and Against My Model) I thought: NO!!!! Nate, why? Why? The reason should be clear: why HAVE a model that...
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What Is Stupidity? And Which Writers Flaunt It?
Looking to make a quick buck, Bradley Woodrum finally asks the question that we’ve all skipped over, “What is sabermetrics?” Wait, actually, that question has been asked lots of times before. There are...
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S-A-B-E-R-M-E-T-R-I-C-S, Sabermetrics
Deadspin has video of a wonderful scene from this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee. Here’s a recap. Emma Ciereszynski: Hi. Judge: Hi. “Sabermetrics”. E.C.: Sabermetrics. Can I please have the...
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Kyle Boddy in a Nutshell
This isn’t the grand return I would’ve hoped for–and I’m a little behind on reporting this–but over at The Book blog, Tango asks readers to leave a comment with their feelings about FanGraphs (mine are...
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