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About Tom M. Tango

Tom has co-authored a baseball strategies book called The Book - Playing The Percentages In Baseball, which is available at Inside The Book. Readers are encouraged to post comments on the author's blog, or to send him an email.


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The Yankees with no Mo

May 05, 2012
A timely excerpt from the 2011 Hardball Times Annual

The color of clutch

February 20, 2009
Tango's projection-based picks outperformed fan selected clutch players in high leverage situations, but not by as much as expected.

Tim Raines’ case for the Hall of Fame

December 04, 2008
How does the Rock compare?

Jack Morris: Babblefest 2009

November 13, 2008
Pundits call Jack Morris the pitcher of the '80s, but how does he stack up with contemporaries Dave Stieb and Bob Welch?

Momentum? Shmomentum!

October 23, 2008
If it exists, what's it worth?

The fans’ scouting report

September 11, 2008
Tango compares fans' fielding judgments with those of a well-known "scout."

Changing on the fly

April 17, 2008
Why MLB needs to take a page from the NHL.

With the game on the line, I want ...

April 03, 2008
... The Great Clutch Project.

Changes in home run rates during the Retrosheet years

February 15, 2008
Why the sudden jump in the '90s? Don't blame Coors.

Fielding aging curves

February 07, 2008
A test case of the shortstop.

Crucial Situations: Part 3

June 29, 2006
Tom's last entry in his Leverage Index series.

Crucial Situations, Part 2

June 05, 2006
More secrets to Leverage Index (LI)

Crucial Situations

May 01, 2006
The secret recipes to Leverage Index

Pitching Around Batters

April 07, 2006
A special excerpt from The Book, courtesy of co-author Tangotiger.

Forecasting 2006

February 20, 2006
How's Marcel doing?

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