Archive for March 2010

Dave Allen just wrote an excellent little primer on how to get Pitch f/x data. He links to a ton of free ways in which you can get the data, and in the comments I link to article to help those with a Mac.

Daniel Moroz has a really deep five part series about the differences in Nick Markakis’s approach at the plate from his stellar 2008 to his much less efficient 2009. Nick’s strikeout rate fell from 19 percent to 15.3 percent but was accompanied by a drop in walk rate from 14.2 percent to 7.9 percent. Not […]

San Diego Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez is currently the subject of about 1,237 trade rumors. The lefty batter with the silky-smooth swing and sweetheart contract doesn’t appear long for San Diego. Last month, Padres CEO Jeff Moorad told the San Diego Union-Tribune that “While I’d be thrilled to have him part of the organization […]

Or rather, talked, for 25 minutes, to longtime Boston sportscaster Bob Lobel in the empty Fenway Park stands on a sunny September day in 1997. For reasons not explained, Lobel put the tape of the interview away for 13 years. Now, a year or so after he lost his anchor job, eight years after Williams’ […]

I’m stunned at the number of baseball books, publications and PDF’s that are available these days. With the advent of smart mobile thingies and electronic reading whats-its, it’s possible to expand beyond a simple blog page and give readers all sorts of new, structured content. Today’s exhibit is the Amazin’ Avenue Annual 2010, which is […]

In a Fangraphs post on February 17th, Joe Pawlikowski asked, “Why Hasn’t Kiko Calero Signed Yet”? The answer that came back dealt with Calero’s health, as he had missed basically all of 2008 and parts of the last three seasons due to injuries, mostly involving his right arm/shoulder. Still, THT Fantasy’s Satchel Price was wondering […]

Hi everyone. This is my first post on The Hardball Times Live and I’m really excited to have to opportunity to post here. I hope you enjoy my work. You can find more of my original research at my personal site. What we’re going to look at today is the relationship between percentage of pitches […]

Come get your free, low-calorie links: –Amazin’ Avenue and Talking Chop are both coming out with annuals this year, as SB Nation’s baseball world keeps getting cooler. I was privileged enough to get a preview of the Amazin’ Annual, and as a Mets fan, I can say it’s true awesomeness. Oh, and our own Dave […]

Madison Bumgarner worked in a Spring Training game for the Giants on Wednesday. He happened to be facing the Mariners in Peoria. Peoria happens to have PITCHf/x installed. This is the sixth game of Bumgarner’s seen by PITCHf/x. Here’s each game, the park, and his average fastball velocity (lumping four- and two-seam varieties together, using […]

This was posted on Tango’s blog earlier today but I thought it was worth re-posting over here as well. This baseball analysis course consists of several brief chapters; the basics, sabermetric principles, offense, pitching, defense, and other stats. Each chapter contains articles relating to the subject. Most of these articles are fairly recent and I’m […]