Welcome to another edition of Saber rattling. We had a family emergency over the weekend, which kept me from releasing this column sooner. Nevertheless, here…
Author: Christopher Michaels
Saber rattling: My weekly, over the top, attempt to make you fall in love with sabermetrics.
Welcome to another edition of Saber rattling. I still haven’t been fired, so let’s dig in! Last week I introduced the idea that statistics is…
Saber rattling: My weekly, over the top, attempt to make you fall in love with sabermetrics.
Welcome to another edition of Saber rattling. I haven’t been fired yet, so here we go! Today I want to introduce the idea that statistics…
Saber rattling: My weekly, over the top, attempt to make you fall in love with sabermetrics.
Welcome to what I hope will be an enjoyable experience for you. This is the first installment of a series I wanted to write on…
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Predicted Outcomes Runs: pOR2 Technical Report
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Mapping Baseball
Statistics are like a map of baseball, guiding us to a better understanding of the game. This map is no longer the crude and primitive…