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Thursday, August 10, 2006

Scouting, with size

By Tangotiger, 11:33 AM

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/does-size-matter/

I don’t have much to say. Selection bias abound, and Kirby being half the sample gives me reason to pause. I also can’t tell how many players and PA are in each sample. I think the selection criteria should have been modified so that you have an equal number of players and PA in all groups.

That said, it’s always interesting to take a look at the correlation (though not necessarily causation) of size to performance.

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