Those of you expecting a trip around the National League’s performances to date will have to wait another day. There’s a long-standing rule in this space that says when a player hits four home runs, we write about it.
There’s some merit to the argument that a few starts can skew a pitcher’s cumulative line, and there have been attempts, such as
Michael Wolverton’s Support-Neutral statistics to better model the maximum impact a single game can have on a pitcher’s value.
One common defense you hear of a pitcher–usually one of the speaker’s favorites–whose season statistics don’t quite measure up is something like: "Yeah, but if you take away the two starts when he got pounded and the manager left him in, his ERA is really good!" There’s some merit to the argument that a few…
Those of you expecting a trip around the National League’s performances to date will have to wait another day. There’s a long-standing rule in this space that says when a player hits four home runs, we write about it. (Hey, if Bud can claim that 60/40 is older than the Blue Jays…) Anyway, as you…
There’s a book out now by Phil Kaplan, who runs a very famous Web site called f—edcompany.com. His book is basically a re-hash of what has run on his site during the past couple of years, as lots of Internet companies predictably cratered. Kaplan’s basic premise is pretty simple–it’s ridiculous to expect to make money…