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Subjectivity Objectified: Measuring MLB Fans’ »
It doesn’t take a hardcore sabermetrician to realize that the All-Star vote is a sham. After all, the best catcher in the game (Miguel Olivo) received only the 11th-most votes at his position, and Omar Infante made the cut while MVP candidate Ryan Zimmerman had to sit at home (not the fans’ fault, but still). But even if [...]
B/R Poll: Robinson Cano, Miguel Cabrera Lead in »
Tomorrow, we turn our calendars to July. The start of the seventh Gregorian month isn't the precise midway point of the MLB season, but it's a symbolic transition, one that causes fans to say, "Wow, only three months left!" Even if it's not precisely the halfway point, it's still a great time to start thinking about individual awards. Last week, [...]
28 Days Later: Why Derek Jeter’s 2010 Stats »
About a month ago, I wrote an unintentionally controversial article about some puzzling patterns in Derek Jeter’s early season numbers. There were two main contradictions within his statistics: that he was on pace for the best power numbers of his career while posting his highest ground ball rate ever, and that he was posting a career-low [...]
Jeter, Jeter, Numbers Beater: Why Derek’s 2010 »
There’s something quite odd about Derek Jeter. I don’t mean the fact that he’s seemingly ageless, or that he’s actually a somewhat-likeable guy despite being the captain of the most evil group of players ever to walk onto a baseball field. I am referring to the fact that the numbers Jeter has accrued so far this season [...]
The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees: The Real »
Over the last couple weeks, I’ve had trouble expressing myself. While most fans outside New York consider the Yankees’ 2009 World Series win the purely the result of a predatory payroll, it turns out that the sentiment is unpopular among those on the Bombers’ bandwagon. It’s a lesson I’ve learned the hard way; my [...]
Dear John: Lackey Signing Is Betrayal To Red Sox »
“How are the Red Sox any better than the Yankees?” It’s a question I hear often when I walk the streets of Cleveland dressed in Boston paraphernalia. Most of my fellow Indians fans see the two big-market clubs as equally evil; as long as they both buy our players and beat us in the playoffs, it doesn’t matter who is [...]