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How The Web Is Predicting Baseball’s Hall Of Fame Voting

The Baseball Hall of Fame will announce this year’s voting results Tuesday afternoon, but clever denizens of the Web have a head start on the process. For the past few years, the analytically inclined corner of the sports world (spearheaded by Baseball Think Factory and other sites) have counted the votes from media members who […]

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How The Web Is Predicting Baseball’s Hall Of Fame Voting

The Baseball Hall of Fame will announce this year’s voting results Tuesday afternoon, but clever denizens of the Web have a head start on the process. For the past few years, the analytically inclined corner of the sports world (spearheaded by Baseball Think Factory and other sites) have counted the votes from media members who […]

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Baseball’s Hot Stove Season Offers More Sizzle Than Substance

For baseball fans, it can be difficult to pass the long months between the World Series and spring training. Football dominates our attention even when MLB games are actually being played, to say nothing of when the NFL is in peak season. But baseball still generates some interest when the weather turns cold, thanks to […]

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Baseball’s Hot Stove Season Offers More Sizzle Than Substance

For baseball fans, it can be difficult to pass the long months between the World Series and spring training. Football dominates our attention even when MLB games are actually being played, to say nothing of when the NFL is in peak season. But baseball still generates some interest when the weather turns cold, thanks to […]

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Cuban Players Already Have Been Gaining Ground In MLB

Even before President Obama’s announcement Wednesday that the U.S. and Cuba were re-establishing diplomatic relations, the countries’ baseball relations were warming. Twenty-five players who were born in Cuba played for a Major League Baseball team in 2014, and together they accumulated 27.5 wins above replacement, according to Baseball Reference’s Play Index. Those are the highest […]

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