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Why Can’t The Rockies Hit Outside The Rockies?

Welcome to Full Count, our new(!) weekly baseball column. Have anything you want me to write about? Email or tweet me at neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com or @Neil_Paine. With 14 wins and 8 losses, the Colorado Rockies are off to one of their best-ever starts to a season. They lead the NL West, and they’ve more than doubled […]

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Why Can’t The Rockies Hit Outside The Rockies?

Welcome to Full Count, our new(!) weekly baseball column. Have anything you want me to write about? Email or tweet me at neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com or @Neil_Paine. With 14 wins and 8 losses, the Colorado Rockies are off to one of their best-ever starts to a season. They lead the NL West, and they’ve more than doubled […]

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Baseball’s New Leadoff Hitters Don’t Need To Be Speed Demons

Welcome to Full Count, our new(!) weekly baseball column. Have anything you want me to write about? Email or tweet me at neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com or @Neil_Paine. Rickey Henderson. Kenny Lofton. Ichiro Suzuki. Kyle Schwarber? Schwarber may not play exactly like those other great leadoff hitters, but he’s been at the front of the Cubs’ lineup in […]

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Baseball’s New Leadoff Hitters Don’t Need To Be Speed Demons

Welcome to Full Count, our new(!) weekly baseball column. Have anything you want me to write about? Email or tweet me at neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com or @Neil_Paine. Rickey Henderson. Kenny Lofton. Ichiro Suzuki. Kyle Schwarber? Schwarber may not play exactly like those other great leadoff hitters, but he’s been at the front of the Cubs’ lineup in […]

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