Further examination of a pitcher’s control of balls in play.

What do Akinori Iwamura, Carlos Gomez, Jermaine Dye, and Jerry Hairston Jr. have in common? Not much, except that they were all equally average in value in 2008.

What pitches benefit from being thrown back to back?

Why settle for last year’s numbers when we have projection systems?

Putting theory into practice.

Ranking schools, schedules, and conferences.

How much more effective is a curveball when preceded by a high fastball?

Baseball has its share of reactionary anti-stathead writers, but we certainly don’t have the market cornered. This from an article in The Times entitled “The 50 worst things about modern football”: 43. Statistics American obsession that is gradually weaving itself into the fabric of our national game. Do you care how many assists Wayne Rooney […]

Never confuse the model for what you’re measuring.

With all apologies to my THT colleagues, Razzball — a most excellent fantasy site, by the way — has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that FanGraphs is the most powerful stat site on the planet. Why? Because they have apparently brought Cory Lidle back from the dead and have a 2009 Marcel projection […]