INTRODUCTION The Most Valuable Player (MVP) award always provides a glimpse into how each unique baseball mind operates. Do you prefer the uber successful player…
Saber rattling: My over-the-top attempt to make you fall in love with sabermetrics.
Welcome to another edition of Saber rattling. This isn’t late. I promise… In my last article, I mentioned writing about ‘that annual pitching award’ during…
Saber rattling: My (sometimes) weekly, over the top, attempt to make you fall in love with sabermetrics.
Welcome to another edition of Saber rattling. Another day, another dollar—well, I haven’t seen many dollars yet from this enterprise, so let’s cross our fingers.…
Saber rattling: My (mostly) weekly, over the top, attempt to make you fall in love with sabermetrics.
Welcome to another edition of Saber rattling. Who’s got two thumbs and is still writing for Baseball Almanac? This guy! Before going on, I need…
Saber rattling: My weekly, over the top, attempt to make you fall in love with sabermetrics.
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…
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…
Most(ly) Valuable Players: Reranking the Hall of Fame and other flaws in MLB’s award system.
Not much has changed regarding how players are selected for annual or career awards in Major League Baseball. Maybe you think that’s a good thing.…
Effective but Underrated: Why player evaluations in baseball are still wrong…
Think of any big league player from your childhood you idolized. Chances are he was at least a star on the local or regional level.…