THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

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2008

July, 2008

• 31 Converting WPA into Wins and Losses

• 31 ABSO-lutely… not!

• 31 How to approach a pitcher who only gives up groundballs?

• 30 Vote: Have you bought The Book?  Did you like it?

• 30 Bronson Arroyo and pitching inside

• 29 What does Daisuke throw in a hitter’s count?

• 29 Platoon splits

• 29 Ibanez, the fielder

• 29 Movies: The Hitcher and remakes

• 29 Effect of the HR derby

• 29 Andrew Zimbalist

• 28 Brian Bannister, Hardball Times, and FIP

• 28 An inside changeup?

• 28 Why I hate numbers in baseball

• 28 I think teams are clueless as to how to tailor their players to their home ballpark

• 28 What exactly does scouting a veteran pitcher do?

• 28 If you were to sign Manny next year, what would you give him, years and dollars?

• 27 Minor to major correlations

• 26 How much do you think adding Marte and Nady to the Yankees is worth in wins…

• 26 What is the deal with how many pitches a starter throws?

• 25 Talking PITCHf/x

• 24 Baseball Prospectus free for all, for now

• 24 This will only hurt a little…

• 24 The Science of Fielding, a Century Ago

• 24 Experience, schmexperience

• 24 Sequels better than the originals?

• 23 Mo, Bill James, and me

• 23 You thought DePodesta was delusional?

• 22 ERA+

• 22 Intraclass correlation

• 21 SOSH Charity Acuction and Raffle

• 21 Late-inning fielding replacement

• 20 Does anyone seriously think that the 2nd Amendment only applies to people in a militia?

• 18 Selling beer to someone who looks under 30, is 22, and the legal age is 18

• 18 Walkabout towns

• 18 Newsweek, Schell, Regression

• 17 That will be 300,000,000$ please… paid in 3 installments

• 17 Converting PITCHf/x into performance stat lines

• 17 Murray Chass: internet writer, NOT a blogger (Update: Likely a hoax; Update: Confirmed as real.)

• 17 Negro Leagues

• 16 Asset Allocation

• 16 Highlights and lowlights from the ASG

• 15 Muzzling players

• 15 Jose Vidro: the race is on

• 15 Multiple Inning Relievers

• 15 July, 2008: the time when paranoia overtook humour in America

• 14 Average Payroll per Position

• 14 Visual FISA

• 14 Why are the Jays in the same division as the Orioles?

• 14 Regression, schmegression

• 14 Journalism, schmournalism

• 14 You know you are a nerd when…

• 14 In-season Marcels

• 12 Psst… wanna work for the Anaheim Ducks?

• 12 Twenty20 Cricket

• 11 JamesEarlJonesification of Yankee Stadium

• 11 Daily Patterns in PITCHf/x

• 11 Vote: Vidro : NO Mariners fans allowed

• 11 Vote: Vidro : ONLY for Mariners fans

• 11 Hockey is tribal

• 11 Why the split between AL and NL?

• 11 Lock this in a vault or put it in a hermetically sealed envelope…

• 10 Willie Bloomquist on the cusp of a MLB record

• 10 Whom would you rather have in your lineup tomorrow?

• 10 WPA is… WPA is not…

• 10 New Olympics site

• 10 MIT Class with MGL and David Gassko

• 09 How much control do pitchers REALLY have?

• 09 Is Paul DePodesta delusional, or did he think his readers might be?

• 09 With all the talk of parity in baseball this year…

• 09 A really good analysis of a trade (CC to the Brewers)

• 08 This time it (still doesn’t) counts

• 08 Would you EVER walk in the tying run in the bottom of the 9th?

• 08 Minor League Database

• 08 Pedro v Sandy

• 08 The article that writes itself

• 08 The Book -  In Stock

• 08 These are the things a manager needs to do to successfully “manage a bullpen:”

• 07 There are some things a manager does that should get him fired on the spot…

• 06 Fox and home park radar guns versus Gameday

• 06 SI Vault: the first Bill James expose