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M’s Hire Tom Tango | U.S.S. Mariner

derek — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:02:45 GMT

Having read much of tangotiger's work, this is great news.

Quoted: Derek noted it in passing in his thread on Blengino's BP interview, but it deserves its own post. The Mariners have hired Tom Tango as a consultant to assist

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Columbia pitches 'Moneyball' to Pitt - Entertainment News, Los Angeles, Media - Variety

derek — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:44:17 GMT

Crazy!

Quoted: Brad Pitt is adding to his busy schedule by playing ball for Columbia..Los Angeles, news from the entertainment source: Variety.Columbia pitches 'Moneyball' to Pitt.

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Fun With Justin's Stats - Beyond the Box Score

derek — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:19:36 GMT

Is Adrian Beltre the most valuable defensive player in baseball? It's possible.

Is Raul Ibanez a worse defender than Manny Ramirez? Also possible.

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Our pitch to Antonetti

derek — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:24:07 GMT

+1! +1!

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Beyond the Box Score :: A Sabermetrics Blog

derek — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:04:23 GMT

Heh, the Bavasi hate fest continues.

Quoted: A pitcher who just a year ago was detrimental to his team is now making 12 million annually. In fairness to Silva he did allow more line drives than before in 2006, but this signing is inexcusable for me - pitchers like Ted Lilly, Javier Vazquez, and Gil Meche are making - Silva isn't nearly as good as that trio.

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FIRE JOE MORGAN: I know I'm Going to Make Fun of Someone

derek — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:20:54 GMT

FJM, brilliant as usual.

Quoted: How is that the conclusion?! The conclusion should be: in small numbers of data points, there is bound to be enormous fluctuation. This is like saying: yesterday it was sunny, today it poured. Surely, some Fertility God disapproved of our elk sacrifice.

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Statistically Speaking | MVN - Most Valuable Network » Blog Archive » Searching for the opposite of David Ortiz

derek — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:20:17 GMT

Awesome.

Quoted: The next obvious question is that if David Ortiz embodies clutch ability, then there must be a player who embodies everything that Ortiz isn’t… or a player that isn’t everything that Ortiz is… something like that. I need a poster boy for anti-clutch.

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Statistically Speaking | MVN - Most Valuable Network » Blog Archive » General Theories on the Study of Baseball

derek — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:25:36 GMT

Quoted: I’ve used Monte Carlo simulations, for example, in the analysis of wind speed fluctuations over time AND to generate Win Probability Added statistics for baseball games in the play by play era.

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M’s Hire Tom Tango | U.S.S. Mariner

Columbia pitches 'Moneyball' to Pitt - Entertainment News, Los Angeles, Media - Variety

Fun With Justin's Stats - Beyond the Box Score

Our pitch to Antonetti

Beyond the Box Score :: A Sabermetrics Blog

FIRE JOE MORGAN: I know I'm Going to Make Fun of Someone

Statistically Speaking | MVN - Most Valuable Network » Blog Archive » Searching for the opposite of David Ortiz

Statistically Speaking | MVN - Most Valuable Network » Blog Archive » General Theories on the Study of Baseball

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