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Monday, July 14, 2008

Regression, schmegression

By Tangotiger, 11:31 AM

Regression analysis is sabermetrics is probably the worst thing that has happened to its discipline. Rather than it being treated as a starting point, it’s treated as the target point. Even smart learned men make this goof. Nowhere is it more evident than in the regression run value of a double, as Patriot shows us here:

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