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About Max MarchiMax is a statistician who does analysis on infectious diseases as a day job. When he is at home his attention shifts toward baseball data.Note: This page displays up to 200 articles at a time. To view a subset of a writer's work, click on one of the following years: 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Max Marchi's ArticlesClick here to view an RSS feed of this writer's articles. In the old days, the game was more excitingJanuary 27, 2012Watch out! The numbers say the game is getting more boring. The 2011 Yogi Berra AwardNovember 23, 2011Looking for the game's ultimate hackers. Baseball at 2:00 a.m.: The postseason from the other side of the pondOctober 13, 2011Or why there are no articles by Max in October Who is playing the percentages? What are the percentages?October 11, 2011To remove or not to remove a rolling starter in the ninth? Extra plays made: Should we change our point of view?August 05, 2011A defensive evaluation conundrum. THT Live: Top games of the week: July 17-23July 24, 2011THT Live: Top games of the week: July 10-16July 17, 2011THT Live: Top games of the week: July 3 to 9July 10, 2011Evaluating catchers: Framing pitches - part 3July 08, 2011Max tries to further improve his estimate on runs saved by virtue of framing pitches THT Live: Top games of the week: June 26-July 2July 03, 2011THT Live: Top games of the week: June 19 to 25June 26, 2011Evaluating catchers: Framing pitches, part 2June 24, 2011Digging further into the skill. THT Live: Top games of the week: June 12 to 18June 19, 2011THT Live: Top games of the week: June 5 to 11June 12, 2011Evaluating catchers: Quantifying the framing pitches skillJune 10, 2011Max estimates the impact a catcher can have by framing pitches effectively. THT Live: Top games of the week: May 28 to June 4June 05, 2011THT Live: Top games of the week: May 22-28May 29, 2011How much should you care for BABIP vagaries?May 27, 2011A simple formula to assess how much a pitcher's ERA can be affected by his BABIP fluctuations THT Live: Top games of the week: May 15 to May 21May 22, 2011THT Live: Top games of the week: May 8 to May 14May 15, 2011(No more) tinkering with LirianoMay 13, 2011Poor control, release inconsistency... and a no-hitter. THT Live: Top games of the week: May 1 to May 7May 08, 2011THT Live: Top games of the week: April 24 to April 30May 01, 2011THT Live: Top games of the week: April 17 to April 23April 24, 2011Dead pull versus inside-outApril 22, 2011Max explores batters' different tendencies in responding to different pitch locations THT Live: Top games of the week: April 10 to April 16April 17, 2011THT Live: Top games: March 31 to April 9April 10, 2011Release point notesApril 08, 2011Mound heights, pitchers' injuries, altered deliveries: a quick tour on pitching release point. Curveball command: once more, with feelingMarch 10, 2011Digging some more into the ability to locate curves. Fine tuning PITCHf/x location dataFebruary 25, 2011Confirming the flaws and the strengths of the system. Curveball commandFebruary 11, 2011Measuring pitchers' ability to hit spots. Fall Classics countdownJanuary 28, 2011In the final article of the series, Max ranks the top five World Series with the help of a statistical tool. World Series at its bestJanuary 14, 2011Automation vs. the human element: a comparison of rankings of the best World Series games. Pennant passionDecember 31, 2010Thrilling Championship Series games First round thrillsDecember 20, 2010Drama in Division Series baseball through the lenses of statistical tools. THT Live: The exciting games spreadsheetDecember 06, 2010More than three decades of exciting gamesDecember 03, 2010Measuring baseball at its most dramatic, with the help of some advanced statistical tools. What makes an exciting game, revisitedNovember 19, 2010Max begins a journey through the last three decades and a half in search of forgotten great games. The 2010 Yogi Berra AwardNovember 05, 2010Looking for the ultimate hacker. Changing repertoiresSeptember 17, 2010When pitchers increase the number of their weapons. THT Live: Bullpen Chart (now on the THT Reports page)September 14, 2010THT Live: Bullpen Chart - Sept. 13September 13, 2010THT Live: Bullpen Chart - Sept. 12September 12, 2010THT Live: Bullpen Chart - Sept. 10September 10, 2010THT Live: Bullpen Chart - Sept. 8September 08, 2010THT Live: Bullpen Chart - Sept. 7September 07, 2010THT Live: Bullpen Chart - Sept. 6September 06, 2010THT Live: Bullpen chart - Sept. 5September 05, 2010The bullpen usage chartAugust 13, 2010How to keep track of who's available. Pitch classification revisitedJuly 30, 2010Max refines his pitch classification algorithm... and gives out a promised spreadsheet. Cano the chokerMay 07, 2010Oh, no! Not another clutch hitting article. Platoon splits 2.0April 23, 2010Max expands on previous works by John Walsh and Dave Allen on platoon splits by pitch type Rider, slurve and… TitanicApril 09, 2010Revisting PITCHf/x pitch classification, with a little help from baseball lore. Two dimensions of catching—and dealing with interactions.March 12, 2010Evaluating the arts of blocking pitches and keeping the runners honest. Range to left, range to rightFebruary 26, 2010Evaluating minor league shortstop defense. Cannons in the bushes: Part 3, the left fieldersFebruary 12, 2010The easiest position among the three? Cannons in the bushes: Part two, the centerfieldersJanuary 29, 2010If only he could hit Cannons in the bushes: rating minor league outfielders’ armsJanuary 15, 2010Some good throwers aren't so good at other things Catching Sabathia: Jorge’s vs Jose’s wayDecember 18, 2009Exploring the game-calling differences between Yankees catchers when C.C Sabathia is on the mound. Pitch run value and countDecember 04, 2009Why we still need to adjust run values for pitch count. THT Live: Medium and short-time pitch memoryNovember 30, 2009The 2009 Yogi Berra AwardNovember 06, 2009Batters who chase pitches way out of the zone. Fast in April, slow in September?October 09, 2009Max explores the effect that workloads early in the season have on a pitcher's fastball speed by the end of the summer. Padres hitters and backward pitchingSeptember 25, 2009Being a rent-a-analyst for one day—for MGL. THT Live: The extinction of Zito’s hard curve: a brief follow-upSeptember 12, 2009The extinction of Zito’s hard curveSeptember 11, 2009The Giants lefty has traded one of his curves for a slider, with good results. We should’ve got the live chickenSeptember 04, 2009Can a fast runner help a fastball hitter? Marco Scutaro’s little thingsAugust 14, 2009He can bunt, he's a good two strikes hitter, he can play D and he runs the bases well. Guarding the linesJuly 31, 2009Max tests the validity of an old baseball credo. Master of foolingJuly 03, 2009A tour inside Johan Santana's change-up and its deception. Take it easy with your colleaguesJune 19, 2009Do pitchers throw differently to other pitchers? Slicing and dicing the strike zone by pitchJune 05, 2009Rules for success from PITCHf/x: Paint the corners, don't hang the breaking balls and fire the high heater. Don’t take the spray pattern lightlyMay 22, 2009Max shows a way to weight batted balls to get closer to an optimal defensive alignment A step in the right directionMay 08, 2009Fine tuning the positioning of fielders according to pitch selection What did Warren Spahn know?April 24, 2009Painting the corners: How important is it for a pitcher? | ||||