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Friday, April 25, 2008

Evaluating catchers: Interesting series of studies by Dan Turkenkopf at Beyond the Box Score

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I’m not sure what to make of the data. I think that it is fraught with potential problems, but the results are interesting nonetheless, and a very good first pass by Dan. I am curious to see what the brain trust here thinks of his data.

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2008/4/24/459913/a-strike-is-a-strike-right#comments

(4) Comments • 2008/04/27 • Sabermetrics • Fielding

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