THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

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Sunday, November 19, 2006

He’s a Star, a Free Agent and, Rarer Yet, Only 26

By Tangotiger, 11:39 AM

A little love from the NY Times’ David Leonhardt:

Matsuzaka is unlike any other free agent on the market this year — or almost any other year. He is 26, an age when a typical pitcher is in his prime and yet usually too young to be a free agent.
...They develop better control over the course of their careers and walk fewer batters in their late 30s than at any other point, Tom M. Tango, a co-author of “The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball,” has found.

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