During Friday night’s NL East clash between the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies, all eyes will be on the two teams’ respective aces: Stephen Strasburg and Cliff Lee. It’s early going, but both pitchers are having outstanding seasons; Strasburg is second in the major leagues in strikeout percentage, while Lee walks opposing batters at the majors’ second-lowest […]
During Friday night’s NL East clash between the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies, all eyes will be on the two teams’ respective aces: Stephen Strasburg and Cliff Lee. It’s early going, but both pitchers are having outstanding seasons; Strasburg is second in the major leagues in strikeout percentage, while Lee walks opposing batters at the majors’ second-lowest […]
In the eternally running discussion thread “Hey Bill” at billjamesonline.com, the website of sabermetric legend Bill James, the question came up of measuring the growth of sabermetric knowledge. James’s idea? Measure the extent to which teams are taking park factors into account when judging their rosters. But Tom Tango, author of “The Book,” offered another gauge: look at which teams are using good hitters […]
In the eternally running discussion thread “Hey Bill” at billjamesonline.com, the website of sabermetric legend Bill James, the question came up of measuring the growth of sabermetric knowledge. James’s idea? Measure the extent to which teams are taking park factors into account when judging their rosters. But Tom Tango, author of “The Book,” offered another gauge: look at which teams are using good hitters […]
Wednesday night in the NBA, the Toronto Raptors were up 25 points over the Brooklyn Nets late in the third quarter. According to reasonable models, the Raptors had more than a 99.9 percent chance of winning the game. And they did end up winning the game. But does that mean the game was over in the […]
