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Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Field Blobs: Linear Weights by… field location!

By Tangotiger

As Homer says of donuts, I say of Linear Weights: “Is there anything they can’t do?” Dave Allen gives us Field Blobs:

My comment:

Dave, fantastic. One request please: show those maps based on the handedness of the batter (or even batter/pitcher). Ideally, we should see the red blobs shifted over, with patches of green more clearly separating them.

(23) Comments • 2009/04/09 • Sabermetrics • Batted_Ball • Linear_Weights

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