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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
  by Chris Dial

Holy cow!  For those of you not paying attention, the Tampa Bay Devi, er, Rays are in first place with a solid lead in July.  They finished last MORE...

Posted: July 02, 2008 at 09:11 AM
Ranking the Hall of Merit by Position: Shortstop Ballot
  by John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy

These are the Hall of Merit shortstops to be voted on (in alphabetical order):

Luke Appling Ernie Banks Lou Boudreau Joe Cronin Bill Dahlen George Davis Jack Glasscock Hughie Jennings Home Run Johnson John Henry Lloyd Dick Lundy MORE...

Posted: June 29, 2008 at 08:28 PM
ZiPS Career Projection - Juan Pierre and Johnny Damon
  by Dan Szymborski
I get a lot of requests for these. It should always be noted that projecting what happens to a player down the road is extremely speculative. I programmed my ZiPSCareer spreadsheet to, for these long-term projections, to further reduce playing MORE...
Posted: June 25, 2008 at 03:15 PM
zMLE Worksheets - Important Update
  by Dan Szymborski

I’m uploading my most recent builds of what I use to do minor league translations.  I still consider this a work-in-progress, but the translations are based off a massive project from this past offseason, in which I looked at over MORE...

Posted: June 24, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Ranking the Hall of Merit Shortstops - Discussion
  by John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy

These are the Hall of Merit shortstops to be voted on (in alphabetical order):

Luke Appling Ernie Banks Lou Boudreau Joe Cronin Bill Dahlen George Davis Jack Glasscock Hughie Jennings Home Run Johnson John Henry Lloyd Dick Lundy MORE...

Posted: June 22, 2008 at 07:04 PM
2007 NL OPD (Offense Plus Defense)
  by Chris Dial
What follows is a list of "total player run contribution" for the entire 2007 NL. For defense, it has Defensive Runs Saved at each position a player played, and his total. For offense, it has his Plate Appearances, his Outs MORE...
Posted: June 21, 2008 at 07:30 PM
2007 AL OPD (Offense Plus Defense)
  by Chris Dial
What follows is a list of "total player run contribution" for the entire 2007 AL. For defense, it has Defensive Runs Saved at each position a player played, and his total. For offense, it has his Plate Appearances, his Outs MORE...
Posted: June 20, 2008 at 11:32 PM
Because You Are Bad At It
  by Chris Dial

Willie Randolph gave his own version of how shocked he was he was let go.  Terrific.  He thought maybe some of his coaches would get fired, but not him.  I guess Willie doesn’t read BTF. MORE...

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 09:19 AM
An Oracular Tribute to Bill Bavasi
  by Dan Szymborski
Posted: June 17, 2008 at 04:03 PM
Twenty Games over .500
  by Andere Richtingen

With their 7-4 win over the Blue Jays, the Cubs are now 45-25, a .642 record.  That pencils out to 104 wins over a full season.

I don’t need to tell MORE...

Posted: June 15, 2008 at 09:51 PM

 

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