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2014

September, 2014

• 30 How well did Fangraphs playoff odds work?

• 30 Fans Scouting Report - Last Chance

• 29 Can you hit so well that you can be MVP of the league as DH?

• 29 Talking hitting with Brandon Moss

• 29 Can a rival league ever emerge in one of the 4 major N.A. sports?

• 29 Nationals first and foremost, with Expos as an asterisk

• 28 Does MLBN’s Brian Kenny know what he’s talking about?

• 28 Cy Young 2014 prediction: Inside the mind of the BBWAA voter

• 28 Where does sabermetrics stand on chemistry, leadership and other intangibles?

• 27 “This is your daily reminder that ERA is really, really stupid sometimes.”

• 27 Wild Card Games before they were officially called that

• 27 First inning differences, between home and away

• 27 Is Harold Reynolds right?

• 26 After Kershaw, has Cole Hamels been the best performing pitcher in the NL?

• 26 Tie-breakers, without playing a game

• 26 Blest be the Jeter that binds

• 26 Get paid 20MM$ to NOT play?

• 26 When physics and hockey (Large Hadron) Collide

• 25 Ben Lindbergh is trying to get every pundit fired

• 25 Jeter and Polanco’s tomatoes

• 24 Almost attained bonuses

• 24 Inside the Pirates saber-office

• 23 Did Felix just invite Kluber in the Cy Young room?

• 23 Why do we evaluate pitchers primarily by runs they allow, but not batters by runs they score?

• 22 John Oliver, Math, and debunking claims of Miss America?

• 22 NL Cy Young: Race for 4th place

• 21 Negative Runs Created

• 21 Intent v Recklessness

• 21 Meaning of “leaving early” and “tagging up”

• 20 Bullpen Strategies

• 20 Bonds Rambling Appeal

• 19 Clutch Viewing

• 18 How many runs would we have with 4-out innings?

• 18 Silliness of positions

• 17 Fans of different teams see the same player the same way (usually)

• 17 Child Rearing v Child Abuse

• 17 SABR SDI

• 17 Fans have spoken: the best fielders in baseball are…

• 17 Is a team’s road record more indicative of their talent level than their home record?

• 16 Is the penalty box the greatest rule in sports?

• 16 Why has the success rate of placekickers increased so rapidly so quickly?

• 16 Where can I find DBacks fans?

• 16 Deadspin has a huge baseball following

• 15 Situational Wins (WPA/LI) might be the right answer to your question

• 15 Earliest-born player who’d be at least a league-average player

• 14 Do you ignore UZR and other fielding metrics?  Then evaluate with your eyes.

• 14 Change in Run Expectancy by Runner-Type

• 13 Are you ready for some TOUCH football?

• 12 How many teams have been mathematically eliminated? ACTUAL math, not lazy math.

• 12 Can baseball flourish with three games a week?

• 12 Propecia (hair loss retoration drug) banned by WADA

• 12 BsR and BsR

• 11 Math 3, Inertia 4

• 11 Stanton’s Extension

• 11 Does it matter what Janay Palmer wants?

• 11 Federal v State: deregulating sports wagering

• 11 WPA and timing

• 11 Ode to Zobrist

• 10 My collision rule

• 10 WAR theory, part 2: role of positional adjustments

• 10 Myth of “Hitting Stats Represent what player did, but Fielding Stats ESTIMATE what they did”

• 10 Correcting misconceptions of WAR: part 1

• 09 WAR theory, part 1: role of uncertainty

• 08 Improving WAR by admitting things we don’t know into its own bucket

• 08 Park Factors

• 08 You make me laugh!  But, be funnier still!

• 07 Fans Scouting Report 2014

• 07 Can you have too much agreement?

• 07 Will Felix Hernandez set a new MLB record?

• 07 NBA Hawks owner voluntarily releases racially-charged email

• 07 Listen to MGL

• 07 Cueto and Kluber continue their challenge for the Cy Young

• 06 How do presumed replacement-level players actually end up performing?

• 06 When a player’s HR and HBP exceeds their UBB

• 05 If Kershaw missed the month of September instead of April, is there any chance he’d get MVP support?

• 05 Concussion Hangover Effect

• 04 Effect of fastball velocity on pitcher performance

• 04 Revisiting the 9th inning 3-run save results

• 04 Time v Pace

• 04 Do pitchers pitch better after giving up a HR?

• 04 Physics of Reply Reviews

• 03 When to pull your goalie?

• 03 Kershaw’s sub 2 in ERA and FIP

• 02 Mo who?

• 02 Is Johnny Cueto getting no respect from the oddsmakers?