THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Vote: Most Outstanding Players of 2008

UPDATE: Pujols wins.  Poll question modified to select SECOND best player.  Further information below.

Monday, September 29, 2008

Vote: How much to pay Cliff Lee?

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

The closing of Yankee Stadium

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Ethics in Baseball

This is a really cool project, a joint-venture with Hardball Times.  Please go to my site where there is a link to Hardball Times to read up on the project, or simply vote right away. 

The reason we are running it on two sites is that we want to control for demographics, since people who go to THT won’t necessarily come here.  Feel free to vote at either site.  It’s really alot of fun.

And, I’ve got some really cool ideas to extend this to other things.  The possibilities are really endless.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Jose Vidro: the race is on

I asked Mariner fans (.599) and non-Mariner fans (.666) what they forecasted in OPS for Vidro the rest of the way.  Marcel also chimed in with a .707.  Check in at Baseball Musings as we track his development, starting from July 14, 2008 to the end of the season, and see who provides the most insight.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Vote: Vidro : NO Mariners fans allowed

Note: Mariner fans vote here.

Vote: Vidro : ONLY for Mariners fans

Note: If not a Mariner fan, vote here.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Vote: How predictive are partial season stats?

Monday, May 19, 2008

Is Cliff Lee on a 6-1 streak, or a 0-1 slump?

Everyone is a yapper, until you are forced to put your money down, or be clear and decisive.  As we saw a few weeks ago, an early start with outworldly K/BB numbers is a harbinger of good things.  But, how good?  That is, how much are you willing to pay for it?  So, if you were a GM and Cliff Lee were a free agent today, how much would you offer him on a 4-yr deal?

Friday, February 01, 2008

Vote: How much life left in Juan Pierre?

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Vote: Who is the Worst Pitcher in MLB?

Monday, October 29, 2007

Vote: How much for ARod

Vote for how many years, and the total contract value, for ARod’s next contract:

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Vote for the Worst Player in MLB

UPDATE: Nov 15, 2006

Congratulations, Willie F. Bloomquist! 

Hardcore fans have seen through your .257 career batting average, and focused on your .312 OBP and extremely ugly .329 SLG.  You can’t even bunt very well (.250 average, which hardly compares to the league leader, Ichiro, at .475, or a crop of decent bunters in the .300-.350 range).  While you know how to steal a base (50 for 58), and are adequate on the field with the glove, you are the epitomy of a replacement-level player.  You also saved yourself too much embarrassment by performing well in the clutch.  But, we don’t expect that to last.

You have come to bat 1000 times already, and played the field an equivalent 250 full games.  You’ve played practically every position on the field, so that we would be spared being given an indelible impression for too long.  Even Robert Downey Jr envies the number of chances you’ve been given.  It’s time for the Mariners brass, and all of MLB, to see you for what you are: the 750th best player in baseball.  Angel Berroa and Cristian Guzman thank you.

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