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Thursday, May 28, 2009

The Bradley Zone


Inspired by Craig Calcaterra, Dave Allen uses Pitchf/x to see if Milton Bradley has a legitimate gripe about the way umpires are calling his strike zone. The short answer is no.

Next up: a psychological profile of Cubs' pouters.
Posted by Dave Studeman at 10:04am (0) Comments

Random Variation


The Stats Blog looks at how batters are performing when facing a pitcher for the second time. It's interesting, but it's mostly just random noise.
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Win Shares


I've had a few people ask if THT will post Win Shares during the season. I wasn't planning to post them for a few reasons:
  • Win Shares are available at Bill James Online. True, you have to pay $3 a month to see them, but that's a pittance. And after all, Bill did create Win Shares.
  • Bill has changed the Win Shares system to include Loss Shares. This isn't yet reflected in the BJOL stats, but he does write about it frequently. I figure that THT shouldn't publish obsolete work.
  • There are very good alternatives available. Fangraphs has both WPA and WAR, for instance. I highly recommend them.

Finally, I just don't have the energy to calculate and upload the Win Shares on a weekly basis. It takes time.

I do still like WSAB and I know some of you folks do, too. So a compromise: I will post them a couple of times during the season in an Excel spreadsheet for those who pre-purchase the THT Annual. That will ensure that they're still available for you and the workload is manageable for me.
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