Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Neyer: Computing Manny Machado’s shot at the record
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The Machado (2013) - The Criterion Collection.
Read More...Yesterday, Bill James wrote (subscriber-only) about Manny Machado’s chances of breaking the all-time, single-season double record. Here’s the meat, or rather the top and bottom buns; I snipped out most of the mathematical meat:
Manny Machado has hit 31 doubles through the Orioles’ first 71 games. At that pace he would hit 73 doubles this season, which would break the major league record for doubles in a season, which is 67 (Earl Webb, ...
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1. For the Turnstiles (andeux) posted on September 11, 2012 at 08:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0Only two guys who can hit, Reynolds and Adam Jones
Nick Markakis on the DL making lots of dough
Now we gotta win the AL East with L.J. Hoes
Of course, the nice thing about having a playoff contender with no star players is that losing your best two players probably hurts less than it would most other teams.
I don't even want to know how much you have to pay to get a LJ.
If you have to ask, you can't afford it.
Ryan Adams is an indie darling? In 2012? (or is this New Zealand time?)
I heard on the radio that Hoes went to Rutgers, but maybe I misunderstood what Imus was saying.
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