Showing posts with label Random baseball stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Random baseball stuff. Show all posts

Monday, February 23, 2009

It's Like Raaaiiiaaaaaain on Your Wedding Day...

It's the disappointment of realizing the reliance of 24's writers on recycled plot devices is killing your enjoyment of the show on the same day your copy of Baseball Prospectus 2009 arrives. The usual one-day 24 hour moratorium on details will be observed, with the exception of that link a sentence ago.

"Eeew! [Condoleeza Rice] looks like the black Chloe." - Brittney

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Juice 2: Electric Boogaloo

Random thought while reading Adam's post and seeing when my copy of Baseball Prospectus will ship: what are the false statistical numbers (not just the outlier seasons of guys like Brady Anderson and Luis Gonzalez) going to do to projection systems like PECOTA that rely on career paths of similar players?

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Should we be surprised?

No need for a link here, but: what's your reaction to the Alex Rodriguez steroid story? Should we be angry? Surprised? Unimpressed?

Spring training starts in a week, by the way...