Rubbing Mud

The Last Wacky Pitching Plan We Still Haven’t Studied$

by Matthew Trueblood 1/28

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There's a weird trick out there for any team willing to try it before it's too late.

Accelerating Knowledge$

by Matthew Trueblood 1/23

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We don't have all the data for bat swings yet, but we can piece some of it together.

Systematically Knowing a Guy Who Knows a Guy$

by Matthew Trueblood 1/21

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Perhaps the start of a new trend.

The Balance$

by Matthew Trueblood 1/14

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How a team treats its 40-man roster in the offseason can say a lot about them.

El ojo en el cielo

by Matthew Trueblood 1/10

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¿Se beneficiarían los equipos de béisbol restableciendo al coach en el palomar?

The Eye in the Sky$

by Matthew Trueblood 1/09

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Would baseball teams benefit from re-establishing the crow's nest coach?

The Greatest Coconut Snatch in Baseball HistoryB

by Matthew Trueblood 1/07

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The first in a new series.

Sin sustituciones gratuitas

by Matthew Trueblood 11/04

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Quizás el fútbol pueda ofrecer una solución a un problema que ha estado aquejando al béisbol.

No Free Subs$

by Matthew Trueblood 10/31

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Perhaps soccer can provide a solution to a problem that has been nagging at baseball.

The Idea of the Cutter$

by Matthew Trueblood 10/18

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Cutters to opposite-handed batters might not be what we thought they were, to adapt Dennis Green's famous line.

Steven Kwan Can’t Hit .400… Probably$

by Daniel R. Epstein 6/24

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Weren't we just doing this last year with someone?

Nothing Sneaks Past the Royals Infield$

by Matthew Trueblood 5/21

The Royals are preventing runs with the best of them, and the gains have begun in the dirt.

Five Things I Want to See From New Baseball in the New Playoffs$

by Matthew Trueblood 10/02

The postseason always pushes baseball to its limits; this year, we could see some new ones.

Rubbing Mud: Candidates to Throw the Mid-90s Changeup$

by Matthew Trueblood 5/12

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Five pitchers who could benefit from adopting Yu Darvish's approach to pitching backwards.

Yu Darvish and the 96-mph Changeup$

by Matthew Trueblood 5/05

Yu Darvish is doing something different when ahead in two-strike counts, and it's working.

First-Pitch Swingers Receive Major Advantage

by Matthew Trueblood 4/14

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The five highest league OPSes on the first pitch, since pitch-by-pitch data began to be tracked in 1988, belong to the last five seasons.