Wow, no wonder I haven't heard Howard's name much this season.

Quoted: Nobody has ever hit 40+ home runs with a sub-.800 OPS.

Applying rigorous baseball analysis methodologies to politics ... a project by Nate Silver of Baseball Prospectus. Political sabermetrics, basically.

lol

Quoted: Then explains his method of using RBI, which does little or nothing to fix the problem. It's like saying, "Throwing money into your toilet is bad, because if you throw money in your toilet, you won't be able to use it to buy food, or furniture. Instead, you should set it on fire, and toss the ashes into the toilet. That way, the toilet won't clog."

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.

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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Terrific analysis of the potential (likely?) Jeff Weaver deal.

Quoted: Seattle Mariners and general baseball discussion with Jason Michael Barker, David Cameron, Jeff Shaw, and Derek Milhous Zumsteg.