With 9.26% of the Cardinals season elapsed already and the Cubs already mathematically eliminated (SORRY, I CAN’T HELP IT!) I thought I’d uncover a few interesting stats/facts about the Birds on the Bat.
Yadier Molina – Yadi leads the league in “At-Bats per Strikeouts” That’s the rate of failure at the plate calculated by dividing the [...]
Who cares I say!!!
Well before you slam me via e.mail or Digg let me say that I could care less the color of Jackie Robinson’s skin, Roberto Clemente’s, Ichiro Suzuki’s, Dave Nilsson’s or even Larry Walker’s. Now, my examples are thoughts of “non-Americans” but the measure is the same. It’s about [...]
“Everywhere I play, even now, people still yell, ‘Bartman! Bartman!’ I feel really bad for the kid,” Alou told Associated Press columnist Jim Litke.
“You know what the funny thing is?” he added a moment later. “I wouldn’t have caught it, anyway.”
Via ESPN
I’m a big fan of Moneyball, the excellent book by Michael Lewis. One of the big factors or stimulus’ of the book deals with Bill James. Bill is a founding member of Sabermetrics.
I’m also a big fan of Freakanomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. In many ways the two [...]
Yes it’s time to gloat, because even if the Cards didn’t win at least the Cubbies lost.
So without further ado I would like to introduce you to an annual ritual or statement that I make every year and usually after the first game of the year.
“Well, the Cubs lost today, so I hear [...]
