THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Article for THT Annual 2011

By Tangotiger, 04:10 PM

Did I mention that I submitted my article to Dave last week for the upcoming annual? It’s called: THREE THINGS I FINALLY DECIDED TO FINISH RESEARCHING. I thought I mentioned it, but I don’t see a blog post on it.

Anyway, those things are:
1. The secret to a low average on balls in play
2. Yankees without Mariano Rivera
3. Does a bad season at an old age mean something more than at a young age?

That last one was Jeter-inspired. I had alotta fun doing the research, and there’s some good takeaways.

Buy the book when it comes out. I’ve been contributing an article for each annual for the last 4 years. I’ve been doing it mostly because I like Dave, and I want to support the best sabermetric-centric book around. Hopefully, more saberists will pick up the mantle, because it’s getting harder to find things I can publicly research.

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#1 Xeifrank (see all posts) 2010/09/14 (Tue) @ 17:16

Is item #1 hitter or pitcher centric? My guess is that it is pitcher - but it is not clear.

#2 tangotiger (see all posts) 2010/09/14 (Tue) @ 18:18

Right, pitcher. The secret from a hitter’s perspective would be that it would be you and me.

#3 Rally (see all posts) 2010/09/14 (Tue) @ 23:00

Not for me. You can’t measure my BABIP if I don’t make contact.

I’ll have an article on catcher game-calling, and need to finish up this week.

#4 JEH (see all posts) 2010/09/15 (Wed) @ 11:16

I pre-ordered.

Game calling and BABIP interest me, and I am curious how much emphasis is placed on the defensive positioning and abilities of the other seven players on the field.

#5 (see all posts) 2010/09/15 (Wed) @ 15:00

My guesses:

1. Movement (Mariano’s Cutter).
2. Still lots of regular season wins. Maybe 1-2 fewer championships.
3. Yes.

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THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Article for THT Annual 2011

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