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Texas Rangers among teams scouting habits of umpires - ESPN Dallas
"There's so much more data on umpires and it's much easier to track their balls-strikes calling. Guys have more specific reputations because the data is better," Oakland director of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi said.
data  scouting  competitive  edge  baseball  umpires 
may 2010 by sogrady
MLB -- Buster Olney: There are still 266 free agents on the market. See whom your team will sign. - ESPN
"The next nine weeks will be an ugly time for a lot of fringe players, who will wait for the phone to ring with word of job offers. For a lot of older players who have had long and productive careers, the phone probably won't ring. This is not a time when teams are willing to throw a token $1 million offer, or even $700,000, at a guy just because he has put in a decade of good service. Within the front offices of almost all teams, hard decisions are being made based on hard data in a way that we have never seen before." - data driven decision making in action
data  driven  decisionmaking  busterolney  baseball 
december 2009 by sogrady
Good Data and Flawed Conclusions - WSJ.com
Simpson's paradox is interesting and highly relevant to those seeking to draw meaningful conclusions from data
simpsonsparadox  statistics  data  economics  unemployment  baseball  econometrics  fallacies  illusions 
december 2009 by sogrady
Korean HBP Reaction: Seeing is Believing | The Dugout Doctors
i can't say that i've ever seen anything remotely like this. it defies description, and is unquestionably the strangest thing i've seen in baseball.
baseball  korea  weird  via:jsimonds 
november 2009 by sogrady
Against 'Moneyball' | The New Republic
the People's Exhibit A, for the failure of Professional Sports Writing to devote even a modicum of attention to understanding trends and developments affecting the sport they cover
buzzbissinger  baseball  statistics  media  moneyball 
october 2009 by sogrady
Pitchf/x Summit portends bright future - Baseball Prospectus - ESPN
it does indeed. the implications of the data being collected are deeper by the minute
baseball  pitchfx  data  baseballprospectus  metrics  quant 
july 2009 by sogrady
World Series Hopes Hinge on Sleepers Like Mark Bellhorn - WSJ.com
trying to find a needle in a haystack, using numbers and probabilities. and incidentally, i liked Mark Bellhorn.
baseball  markbellhorn  redsox  worldseries  wallstreetjournal 
may 2009 by sogrady
New Pitch-Tracking System May Open Old Wounds With Umpires - NYTimes.com
only in baseball - a sports whose journalists trumpet their ignorance - would a system that provides oversight and performance reviews be a source of such resistance
baseball  metrics  umpires  performance  measurement 
may 2009 by sogrady
King Kaufman - Salon
"Sabermetric analysis is used not just by a wide swath of baseball fans and chroniclers, but also in baseball front offices. It's relied heavily upon by, among others, the Boston Red Sox, who have been one of the most successful franchises in baseball this century, winning two of the last five World Series, and by the Rays, who beat the Sox on the way to the Series last year.
kingkaufman  sabermetrics  statistics  baseball  redsox  davekindred  murraychass  ignorance 
january 2009 by sogrady
Baseball Prospectus | Unfiltered
Someone once asked Rogers Hornsby what he did in the off-season and he famously said “I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”
rogershornsby  quotes  baseball  baseballprospectus  willcarroll 
december 2008 by sogrady
Salon.com | BBWAA votes in Prospectus, Neyer, Law
doesn't make up for last year's snub, but good to see nonetheless.
baseball  bbwaa  keithlaw  robneyer  analysts 
december 2008 by sogrady
Taking control -- The Hardball Times
"To close out, let's try to answer our questions about the dartboard of the opening paragraph. Based on the PITCHf/x results it appears that a fastball thrown at a dartboard placed over home plate will hit the bulls-eye with some part of the ball a little less than 1.5 percent of the time. Fully 46 percent of these pitches would miss the dartboard completely. Just think of that when they tell you about somebody's pinpoint control."
baseball  command  control  hardballtimes  via:rob 
december 2008 by sogrady
IBM | Syndication | Podcast | IBM and the Future of Baseball
not nearly as cool as i thought it would be: extremely basic in its content and approach. it seems aimed solely at people who have no idea that statistics have been applied to baseball. too bad.
sports  metrics  ibm  future  baseball  statistics  via:michael 
november 2008 by sogrady
Baseball vs. the Stock Market
"It was a really great lesson for me in the power of sports in America. Sports is something that seems to transcend everything else. World events can seem to slow it down but they can never stop it. A lot of us will remember the first game in Yankee Stadium after 9/11 as one of those moments. I’m not really sure what the point of this post of this is, other than this: don’t worry…it will get better. Find something that takes your mind away from the markets or the economy or what ever else gives you heartburn and indulge yourself in it."
baseball  economy  stress  distraction 
october 2008 by sogrady
The genius of Manny Ramirez (cont.) - Joe Posnanski - SI.com
"Bill James, a baseball writer (and Boston Red Sox advisor) who has spent much of his life knocking down baseball myths, believes that Manny Ramirez is such a good hitter, he will purposely get into full-counts when there is a runner on first base. The reason? With a full-count, that runner will be running on the pitch and, as such, will become an RBI when Ramirez hits a double into the gap. 'I've seen it too many times to doubt it,' Bill says." - and this is tragedy of the trade, that surrendering this became both a good idea and a necessity
billjames  mannyramirez  joeposnanski  redsox  baseball 
september 2008 by sogrady
Manny Ramirez: Baseball's Most Innovative Player
regardless of your views on Manny Ramirez, this is a fundamentally dumb article. one of the worst sports related articles i've seen, actually. BusinessWeek should be ashamed. here's hoping the Fire Joe Morgan guys get a hold of this.
businessweek  mannyramirez  baseball  firejoemorgan 
september 2008 by sogrady
Bowden, Beckett, blog - Chad Finn's Touching All The Bases - Boston.com
"Starting Tuesday, I'll be sliding over to Boston.com full-time in the new position of sports news reporter. My main duties, as I understand them now, will be to make sure the site doesn't miss a thing when it comes to reporting that day's relevant Boston sports news, whether it's aggregating national links, writing quick-hit stuff myself, or filling in the gaps when our beat writers are swamped. I'll be busy, but I'll also have a good amount of time each day to write this silly blog." - i couldn't have picked anyone better for the new web gig at Boston.com. this keeps the site relevant to me; if anything, it makes it more so, b/c Finn is outstanding.
chadfinn  boston.com  baseball  redsox 
august 2008 by sogrady
DuPuy's plan would end TV blackouts | MLB.com: News
please, let the asinine and archaic notion of "blackouts" die the miserable death it deserves
bobdupuy  mlb  blackouts  redsox  baseball 
august 2008 by sogrady
New $tadium widens lead in $tandings
good lord. revenues from the new Yankee Stadium are going to _double_? shit
newyork  yankee  stadium  redsox  boston  baseball  economics  bronx 
august 2008 by sogrady
» The hottest anyone has ever been Joe Posnanski
"Sorry. Let me write that again. Over those 28 games, Ted Williams hit .522/.619/.957. I’m open to suggestions. But this is an early choice for the hottest anyone has ever been."
tedwilliams  joeposnanski  baseball  zone  streak  boston  redsox 
june 2008 by sogrady
Op-Extra Guest Columnist - Heading Home - Lovers, Not Fighters - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
this isn't, as it was for Rob Neyer, the best piece i've read on baseball fights - that honor(?) belongs to Bill Simmons' long ago segment on basebrawls' - but it's second. hilarious.
dougglanville  baseball  fights  etiquette  via:robneyer 
may 2008 by sogrady
FIRE JOE MORGAN: 1 Reason I Am Willing to be Baited
"My point is only this: it's very hacky and boring to say that baseball is boring, because anyone who doesn't like baseball is going to say it's boring."
baseball  fjm  kentremendous  humor  boring 
may 2008 by sogrady
Vin Scully clarifies remarks on retirement - Los Angeles Times
though i'm not a Dodgers fan and thus get to hear him but rarely, Scully is a pure joy to listen to. here's hoping he doesn't call it quits.
vinscully  baseball  la  dodgers 
may 2008 by sogrady
The Big Lead » Blog Archive » Opening Day Treat: An Interview with ESPN.com Baseball Writer Keith Law
i'm fans of both Keith Law and The Big Lead, so the latter interviewing the former was convenient
espn  keithlaw  thebiglead  baseball  cities  food  interview 
march 2008 by sogrady
Baseball Taps Wisdom of Fans - WSJ.com
Rob Neyer raised some legitimate objections to this in his blog, but i still think it can't hurt, even if it can't help. there are some very, very smart fans out there (e.g. the USS Mariner's Cameron); the challenge is identifying them and their work.
wisdomofthecrowds  community  metrics  scouting  baseball  stlouiscardinals 
march 2008 by sogrady
Hank Steinbrenner: Don't question Yankees' championships
"You think the Red Sox didn't have players doing stuff back then? Give me a break. They just weren't as good as us, and neither was anybody else." - diplomacy, thy name is Hankenstein
hanksteinbrenner  yankees  steroids  redsox  baseball 
january 2008 by sogrady
The Enquirer - MLB hurler seeks shareholders
"Their intent is to ease the financial strain on minor-leaguers who were not high draft picks. Their method is to allow the public to invest in them." - crazy, and unlikely to work in the overwhelming majority of cases, but interesting nonetheless.
ipo  publicoffering  baseball  minorleaguers 
january 2008 by sogrady
ESPN.com - Cyberspace exploration
great to see one of the elder statesmen - not to mention Hall of Famer - of baseball coverage embrace blogs so completely, and actively point to his favorites. kudos, Peter Gammons. oh, and congrats to the blogs mentioned.
baseball  blogging  petergammons 
january 2008 by sogrady
Over the Monster :: A Boston Red Sox Blog
i was at this game, and it was absolutely absurd. a buddy and i booked over to Crossroads afterwards to grab a pint, and the place was go bananas.
baseball  boston  redsox  overthemonster  mannyramirez  walkoff  playoffs  fenwaypark 
january 2008 by sogrady
Boston Red Sox - Red Sox announce start times for games in Japan - Boston.com
"The March 25-26 games against the Athletics in Tokyo both start at 7:07 p.m. Japan time, again, 6:07 a.m. Boston time." - i'm going to have to get up at 4 in the morning to watch the Sox season opener? seriously?
baseball  boston  redsox  seasonopener  2008  japan 
january 2008 by sogrady
No 'roid rage in clubhouses - The Boston Globe
"A few years back, the Krafts thought of bringing a National League team to Foxborough. Can we put that thought back into their heads?" - umm, why? Boston's not a big enough city to support to two franchises. i really just don't get Cafardo.
boston  baseball  nickcafardo 
january 2008 by sogrady
BBTF's Transaction Oracle Discussion :: 2008 ZiPS Projections - Boston Red Sox
couple of these seem a bit off - i'd take the under on Papi, for example and the over on Drew (seriously) - but it otherwise looks very reasonable
boston  redsox  baseball  bbtf  statistics  metrics  zips 
january 2008 by sogrady
TEAM RUDY'S BOMBER BLUNDER
"Some Rudy Giuliani volunteers bused here from New York City struck out as they went door to door in advance of Tuesday's Granite State primary while wearing caps or jackets of the hated New York Yankees." - hahaha. good luck w/ that in NH
newhampshire  boston  redsox  baseball  newyork  yankees  rudygiuliani  politics 
january 2008 by sogrady
Boston Red Sox - Peter Gammons Red Sox chat transcript - Boston.com
tons of interesting tidbits in here, for the baseball fan generally, and the Red Sox fan specifically
boston  globe  redsox  baseball  petergammons  chat 
january 2008 by sogrady
Taking The Plunge
"Yesterday was a big day for me. It was the first day fully devoted to my new job, which is basically this website. It still hasn't fully sunk in - I quit a perfectly good, pretty cool salaried position to run my baseball blog full-time." - awesome
blog  baseball  job  economics 
january 2008 by sogrady
Pedro Martinez proud he's stayed clean
"That was a difficult period for pitchers and it makes me happy that all I have done in baseball has been clean. No one can question me." - i've said it before, and i'll undoubtedly say it again, but you'll never see anyone better than he was at his peak
pedromartinez  baseball  steroids  redsox  pitching 
december 2007 by sogrady
ESPN - The wild and wacky from 2007 - MLB
"Maybe the Phillies should have traded for Mariners rookie Ryan Feierabend. He made three straight starts in June and July in which he gave up nine, zero, then 10 runs." - the 0 game? my Sox. drove me absolutely crazy.
weird  wacky  baseball  boston  redsox  ryanfeierabend 
december 2007 by sogrady
Fastball, slider, changeup, curveball—an analysis -- The Hardball Times
really thought the slider would have more horizontal break, on average, than it does. but apart from that, fascinating example of what baseball lovers can do with more data. he who has the most data, wins.
baseball  data  volume  pitch-f/x  johnwalsh  hardballtimes 
december 2007 by sogrady
Reliever Dan Naulty from 1999 World Series team spills ugly truth on steroids
see his apology and acceptance of responsibility on page 4, in particular. good to see someone owning up to the damage he's caused via steroids and PEDs.
dannaulty  steroids  peds  baseball  yankees 
december 2007 by sogrady
[adult swim] | Adult Swim Video
absolute comedy. the Michell report as a Red Sox conspiracy, as seen from the eyes of a Yankee fan.
athf  baseball  redsox  yankee  mitchellreport  humor 
december 2007 by sogrady
Chad Finn's Touching All The Bases: I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me
"Given what we now know about the era during which he was the most dominating pitcher we've ever witnessed, the accomplishments of 5-foot-11, 170-pound Pedro Jaime Martinez's accomplishments grow more impressive by the year." - yes they do
pedromartinez  baseball  redsox  pitching  mitchellreport 
december 2007 by sogrady
The dish » BBWAA.
The Baseball Writers Association of America has done little to distinguish itself, but after years of fighting it, they finally gave in and allowed internet only writers in. sadly, two of my favorites, Law and Neyer, were denied entry. for no reason.
baseball  keithlaw  robneyer  bbwaa 
december 2007 by sogrady
MLB Trade Rumors: Crasnick's Latest: Ellsbury, Owings, Eckstein
"The Scott Boras Corporation recently signed two new clients - Jacoby Ellsbury..." - uh-oh
redsox  baseball  jacobyellsbury  scottboras 
december 2007 by sogrady
Surviving Grady: A Diary of Unhealthy Red Sox Obsession
"So, SG Nation, I ask you this: is Santana worth Ellsbury and $150 million?" - no. and if the best pitcher in baseball is not, nobody is.
baseball  redsox  johansantana  jacobyellsbury  trade 
december 2007 by sogrady
Vegas Watch: Bill Simmons Isn't Even Trying Anymore
i'm a Simmons fan, mostly, but his baseball IQ has never been terribly high. knows the hell out of basketball, but he's a casual baseball follower.
billsimmons  sportsguy  baseball  espn  trades 
november 2007 by sogrady
crashburnalley.com » Conlin’s Losing Numbers [UPDATED TWICE: See end]
crusty old Philly sportswriter doesn't look them upstart bloggers: news at 11
baseball  mlb  bloggers  sports  journalism 
november 2007 by sogrady
Boston Red Sox - Loyalty not an act for this Red Sox fan - The Boston Globe
" 'They realize the guy has had a heart attack, and Sean says, 'We've got to get you out of here.' The man had come to the park with a small oxygen tank but still refused to leave. 'The guy says, 'Big Papi is up, and I'm not leaving,' ' " - a true fan
redsox  mattdamon  baseball  fenway 
november 2007 by sogrady
Boston Red Sox - Sorry A-Rod, MVP stands for Most Valuable Papi - Boston.com
the numbers are interesting, but only the most ardent homers would vote for Papi this year. A-Rod carried that team in the early going.
arod  bigpapi  baseball  mvp 
november 2007 by sogrady
Sox and Co. party like champs in Denver - BostonHerald.com
so that's where they were: i can't believe they didn't call me to come hang out
redsox  baseball  worldseries  celebration 
october 2007 by sogrady
ESPN.com: SPORTSNATION - Chat-17786
"Keith Law: (9:17 PM ET ) I'm not important enough for Wikipedia." - i beg to differ. still amazed how many people i expect to have Wikipedia entries that don't.
keithlaw  espn  baseball  analyst  wikipedia 
october 2007 by sogrady
Surviving Grady: A Diary of Unhealthy Red Sox Obsession
if you need proof that ther is no justice in this or any other world, consider the fact that this "fan" had tickets to the game, while i sat at home, afflicted with McCarver
rockies  fans  baseball  worldseries  humor  comedy 
october 2007 by sogrady
Boston Red Sox - Green Monster wedding was stuff that dreams are made of - The Boston Globe
"As the middle of the seventh inning approached, onlookers got into the spirit of the moment. 'They were all excited,' Annette recalled. 'One guy asked where the cake was.' " - too bad my cousin wasn't doing this instead of St Croix
weddings  fenwaypark  baseball  greenmonster 
october 2007 by sogrady
ESPN.com - Blogs - Rob Neyer Blog
"Why not ask the starting pitcher for three or four innings, and no more?" - ironically, this is what i'd like to see Francona do w/ Matsuzaka
mlb  sports  pitching  baseball 
october 2007 by sogrady
ESPN - Helyar: Waiting for Godot, and Rockies tickets - MLB
"The Colorado Rockies clearly are better at hardball than software. The team ran into major snafus with its online sales of World Series tickets before it finally achieved a sellout Tuesday afternoon " - the biggest snafu being my lack of tickets
worldseries  rockies  paciolan  baseball  mlb 
october 2007 by sogrady
Red Sox Hang Outs - Bars, restaurants and fan clubs
where to watch the game if you find yourself far from home; it's accurate, at least from the ones that i've been to
redsox  bars  baseball  sanfrancisco  chicago  newyork  nyc 
october 2007 by sogrady
ESPN - Rockies sell out all games as online sales resume - MLB
" 'The online system, after a slow start, certainly worked very, very well for us,' club spokesman Jay Alves said." - not so well for me, or anyone else i know who tried to get tickets. the Rockies are now on my enemies list.
enemies  rockies  ticketing  worldseries  baseball 
october 2007 by sogrady
Lauren Cooney : Weblog
just remember, Lauren, that any tickets you might be able to obtain if/when the Rockies get their act together should be turned over to RedMonk for...analysis. you can have them back in a week to ten days.
laurencooney  coloradorockies  baseball  tickets 
october 2007 by sogrady
ESPN Page 2 - 50 greatest moments in LCS history
Dave Roberts' steal is number *forty seven*? this is a joke, right?
espn  lcs  postseason  baseball  playoffs 
october 2007 by sogrady
ESPN - End of era? Yanks' exit could mean end for Torre - MLB
"I've talked to Joe actually a lot this year, just never on the field because people don't want to see that," said Francona, Boston's manager. "People who know me know the respect I have for Joe." - a very classy statement from Francona
titofrancona  joetorre  yankees  baseball 
october 2007 by sogrady
The Joy of Sox: Thundersticks
"David Ortiz reached base in 11 of his 13 ALDS plate appearances. He batted .714 average with an .846 on-base percentage and 2.417 OPS." - why we love Ortiz
davidortiz  redsox  playoffs  baseball  alds 
october 2007 by sogrady
ESPN - Neyer: Top five moments in history to relive - MLB
"Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen, Mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood." - great list from Neyer, here. incidentally, the scene from DeLillo's Underworld on Thomson's ball is shockingly well executed.
robneyer  espn  baseball  history 
october 2007 by sogrady
ESPN Page 2 - The Sports Guy: 25 to watch in the AL
"I mean, I'm the biggest homer on the planet and even I don't think Beckett deserves it over Sabathia. Why is this even a debate?" - +1. and then there's Nick Cafardo who had Sabathia *fourth* on his ballot. and people wonder we hate the Boston media.
sportsguy  ccsabathia  cyyoung  baseball 
october 2007 by sogrady
Surviving Grady: A Diary of Unhealthy Red Sox Obsession
good news, everyone (yes, that's a quote): i'll spare you my thoughts on the postseason and defer to the gents over at Surviving Grady who are wittier and far more succinct than yours truly.
survivinggrady  redsox  baseball  playoffs  postseason 
october 2007 by sogrady
Boston Red Sox - Giving credit where it's due - The Boston Globe
if Cafardo thinks Sabathia's honestly been but the fouth best pitcher in the league, he's crazy. and should be replaced.
nickcafardo  ccsabathia  baseball  cyyoung 
september 2007 by sogrady
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