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About Sal Baxamusa

Sal Baxamusa is a graduate student in chemical engineering. When he's not thinking about or watching baseball, he spends time with his wife or tinkers with chemicals in the lab. He is a native of the Bay Area and currently makes his home in New England. He can be reached at sbaxamusa@gmail.com..


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Sal Baxamusa's Articles

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2007

THT Live: Consistency is inconsistent

December 17, 2007

Consistency is Key (Part 2)

December 17, 2007
Is luck the residue of design when teams beat their Pythagorean records? Sal says no.

Consistency is key

December 03, 2007
...or is it? Sal takes a look at which offenses were the most consistent, and which ones weren't, with a little help from his friend Waloddi Weibull.

THT Live: Hey, somebody gets it!

September 22, 2007

Outsmarting Pythagoras

September 17, 2007
A cautionary tale: do not mess with ancient Greek philosophers/baseball fans.

It’s up to the hitter

September 10, 2007
Do pitchers or hitters control the length of plate appearances? The thrilling dénouement to Sal's series on the length of plate appearances.

In search of efficient pitchers

August 27, 2007
Sal learns that there are no efficient pitchers, only effective ones.

THT Live: The 2007 Fan Scouting Report

August 20, 2007

Strikethrowers and control freaks

August 13, 2007
Do pitchers who control the strike zone force batters to put the ball in play?

The long and the short of plate appearances

August 06, 2007
Sal sifts through Retrosheet data to look beyond averages and evaluate plate appearances through distributions.

Thanks for the memories

July 23, 2007
One pitch? Two pitches? Sal figures out how far back a hitter can remember.

2007 over- and underperformers

July 09, 2007
We review some of the surprising performances in the first half.

Can’t find the strike zone?

July 02, 2007
Sal takes a look at how hitters react to 3-0 pitch counts.

Big Hits and Green Grass: The Biggest Hits of 2007 (Part Three)

June 27, 2007
Next up: The two Eastern divisions.

Big Hits and Green Grass: The Biggest Hits of 2007 (Part Two)

June 11, 2007
The hits that made AL and NL Central fans swoon so far this season.

Big Hits and Green Grass: The Biggest Hits of 2007 (Part One)

June 04, 2007
The highlights of the season so far, using Win Probability Added.

Book Review: The Psychology of Baseball

May 28, 2007
A review of Mike Stadler's new book, The Psychology of Baseball: Inside the Mental Game of the Major Leaguer.

How are closers being leveraged?

May 14, 2007
A look at how closers are being leveraged so far this year.

Game of Risk

May 07, 2007
Sal adds his thoughts to the "new market inefficiency" and outlines a framework for somebody looking to play the market.

April Musings

April 30, 2007
Sal tries not to get too excited (or depressed) about the first month of baseball.

More on mERA+

April 23, 2007
Sal owns up to a mistake, and ties up some loose ends with mERA+.

Moving Beyond ERA+

March 19, 2007
ERA+ is great tool, but it may not telling us the full story when it comes to league and park adjustments.

Five Questions: Oakland Athletics

March 12, 2007
Sal asks his wife for help in assessing the disposition of the 2007 A's.

The Best Team Money Can Buy

March 05, 2007
Sal plays general manager with money that isn't his.

Options and Buyouts

February 26, 2007
Sal takes a look at one-year contracts with team options and finds that maybe - just maybe - teams know what they're doing.

MIT Sloan Sports Business Conference Recap

February 12, 2007
Sal attends the MIT Sloan Sports Business Conference and shares the details of a day spent schmoozing with the more intelligent, more important, and more connected.

More on Pitch Sequences

February 05, 2007
What happens when a batter doesn't offer at the first five pitches? (Besides Sal screaming at the TV to get his freakin' bat off his shoulders.)


The Curious Case of Captain Kirk

January 29, 2007
More about Kirk Saarloos than you ever thought you'd know.

Inside Job (Part 2)

January 15, 2007
Sometimes, you can blast the ball over 400 feet and it won't even leave the yard. Sometimes, they become home runs anyway.

Inside Job (Part 1)

January 08, 2007
A look at the home runs of 2006 that didn't even travel 300 feet!

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