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2009

July, 2009

• 31 The 8 most disliked people in sports… are not white

• 31 Why the rest of the names MUST be released

• 31 Intent to hit a spot

• 30 NBA scorers intentionally fabricate items

• 30 David Ortiz, come on down!  You are the next contestant of… The Outrage Is Phony!

• 30 WSJ: most and least efficient teams in payroll

• 30 A teachable moment: regression toward the mean; true talent levels

• 29 Javy’s .500 record is way above average

• 29 The impact of the great defenseman

• 29 Who’s on the ice when faceoffs are in the offensive and defensive zones?

• 29 Henry Gates thread

• 29 Bill O’Reilly Math

• 28 CBS News now on the GPS bandwagon

• 28 Life of a scorer

• 28 Changing the rules… in little-league pickup games

• 28 What if… TWO strikes and yer out?

• 28 Deconstructing Brian Bannister

• 28 Shooting percentage, including misses

• 28 Historical component aging curves

• 27 Youngsters throwing curves

• 27 Most people still don’t understand the concept of regression toward the mean…

• 26 The sweet spot of making the playoffs

• 26 I can’t stand bloggers like…

• 26 Brian Bannister experiment

• 26 The uncertainty of save percentages

• 25 How a humidor affects baseballs at Coors Field

• 25 Are in-season PECOTA’s reliable?

• 24 Credit Card Overlimit Fees

• 24 The Baseball Clock

• 24 The Running Men

• 24 Should the Holy Players stand next to the Holy Writers in their quest for loudest phony outrage?

• 23 I am just a man, after all

• 23 What does tOPS+ mean?

• 22 Latest from BEPress

• 22 How many wins are those dollars buying?

• 22 Biill James and Steroids

• 22 “We don’t have that today.”

• 22 “F-ck curing cancer.  I want to watch baseball.”

• 21 I’m on (gulp) Palin’s side

• 21 Graph of the Day request:

• 21 Why the imbalance between AL and NL?

• 21 Radial Bat

• 21 Alan Nathan’s Trajectory spreadsheet

• 21 When it comes down to it, I guess I don’t care about the environment as much as I should.

• 21 Similar batted balls… but different

• 21 Trade Values

• 20 SABR 101

• 20 John Dewan (and research assistant) speak!

• 20 Marv White of SportVision asks:

• 20 “This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.”

• 20 Sanchez and the race to 600 PA

• 19 The Attempt to Eliminate the IBB… in 1920

• 19 Imbalance between NL and AL

• 19 Pitch f/x data

• 19 Spin movements, for the league

• 19 Are there neurotic athletes?

• 16 Donor chains

• 16 Roy Halladay’s surplus value

• 16 Let me have the wisdom to know that I can’t hit, but that I can still contribute with the bat

• 16 A glaring example of how NOT to use a regression analysis

• 16 Does winning a fight in hockey boost your team’s scoring?

• 15 Two pitchers at the same time

• 15 Should you practice with a lighter, heavier, or your game bat?

• 15 Tim Lincecum’s changeup

• 15 Martin Havlat

• 15 And another star athlete admits he might have taken PED

• 15 The three faces of the IBB in the All-Star Game

• 14 PITCHf/x recaps

• 14 Now pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies: Jack Morris!

• 14 Collusion in MLB?

• 14 Betancourt and the Fans Scouting Report

• 14 Albert Pujols

• 14 Managerial firings…

• 13 Situational Hitting and Pitching

• 13 Futures Game PITCHf/x

• 13 Yet another Holy Writer excommunicates himself

• 13 Joe Morgan and Jon Miller (or is it Joe Miller and Jon Morgan)...

• 13 A month and a half ago, we were talking about a juiced ball…

• 12 Beware of self-proclaimed experts

• 12 Goalieflage

• 12 WApR - Wins Above peer-Replacements

• 11 PFX Summit Live Stream

• 10 All f/x all the time

• 10 Don’t know the truth here, but this story is potentially extremely disturbing…

• 09 Computer v Human Umpires

• 09 Membership in the North American Association of Sports Economists

• 08 The greatest LHP of all-time… pitched 80 years ago?

• 08 Is Michael Lewis really a tree in a forest with no one around?

• 08 Best in Freeware

• 08 “Fans don’t care”

• 08 Strip-searching minors

• 08 Predicting injuries

• 07 Michael Jackson Tribute

• 07 Marian Hossa

• 07 Assigning blame

• 07 Talent disparity inter-conference in sports leagues

• 07 Updated WAR

• 07 Sprayability relative to pitch speed, type

• 07 Replacement level players not in MLB, 2009

• 07 Batted Ball Luck

• 07 Draft quality by GMs

• 07 Data quality of PITCHf/x parks

• 07 KJOK Parks Database Updated

• 07 I’m not one to complain about players not hustling, but…

• 06 Rules of baseball - Quiz

• 06 Fielding-independent hitting stats

• 06 Amount of energy to hit a HR in each ballpark

• 06 We have a winner: someone figured out ERA+ the right way

• 06 The best of Primer while I was on vacation?