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Weekly Stat Roundup: Holy Fukodome
Here are my offensive rankings from the first week—a fool’s errand indeed. Through Friday, April 3.Name, Team, Position, OPS, OA, RC, RPA, RSA (The math/methodology is at the bottom)...
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San Francisco Giants: Weekly Notes
-A miserable start; Zito got hammered on opening day. His line—5 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, and 1 K, and only two swinging strikes. The tragic thing is, he needed all the luck in the world to get that line...
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Numbers Don't Lie, Vol. 1: The Best Hitters in Baseball
The season has officially begun and I would like to introduce a weekly column that I will devote to ranking the top ten players based on their batting statistics. I have written a few stories about statistics before, and have gotten some mixed feedback...
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How Overrated Is Ichiro Suzuki?
The 2001 baseball season seems like ages ago. It was the year that the Diamondbacks’ veteran left fielder, Luis Gonzalez hit a looping,heart-thumping bloop that finally drew Yankee blood—and ...
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The EYE Statistic: What Is It?
In an article I recently wrote about Jack Cust, I received a few comments about a statistic I used to prop up Cust’s astronomically high strikeout total of 164—in only 507 plate appearances no less...
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Jack Cust, Who Are Ye?
After one season, Jack Cust is still a bit of a vagary to Oakland fans. The unruly statistics from his first full season offer a pungent picture of a player hardwired to do one of ...
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Contemplating The Post-Bonds Era in San Francisco
It has been 16 years since the San Francisco Giants broke camp without their mercurial and churlish left fielder who had come to virtually define their club—for better or worse...
