Got a chuckle out of this:
Controversial Sabermetrician Posits That There Is No Such Thing As Baseball
NEW YORK—Saying that there are no pitchers, fielders, or batters, only numbers and statistics, radical sabermetrician Kyle Osterman theorized Wednesday that there is no such thing as baseball.
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Entries Tagged as 'Advanced Stat Analysis'
The Onion on Sabermetrics
August 8th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Tags: Advanced Stat Analysis · Comedy
It’s a Good Time to Learn About Baserunning
July 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments
At a recent tourney, one Pacific Rim director was bemoaning the lack of statistics employed to analyze baserunning. ”There are so many [expletive] stats to analyze hitting but the only stats for baserunning are stolen bases, caught stealing, and run times. How do you measure aggressiveness? Opportunistic baserunning? Hustle? Runners using cleverness to advance?” It’s [...]
Tags: Advanced Stat Analysis · MLB