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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

And yet another WPA site

By Tangotiger, 06:38 AM

Another one to add to your list:
http://www.gubanichplague.com/?page_id=6

I definitely don’t like the way the baserunning (non-PA) is being handled. I would have either had a “team baserunning” bucket, or split the credit among all baserunners, or just the lead baserunner, etc. But, not hand it out to the batter.

Otherwise, a very fine site.

This is also a very useful resource:
http://www.walkoffbalk.com

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