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A PREDICTION ON HOW INSTANT REPLAY WILL CHANGE BASEBALL.
A PREDICTION ON HOW INSTANT REPLAY WILL CHANGE BASEBALL. One of the reactions to increasing instant replay for baseball is that it will change certain conventional rulings by umpires. Most mentioned is the phantom touching of second base by the … Continue reading
A SUGGESTION FOR SABERMATRICIANS—STANDARDIZING WAR.
A SUGGESTION FOR SABERMATRICIANS—STANDARDIZING WAR. WAR is controversial—among sabermatricians as well as among members of the old guard. One reason is that WAR takes fielding measurements into account—and there is no agreement at all about how that should be done. … Continue reading
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TROUT VERSUS CABRERA—2013 (COMMENT).
TROUT VERSUS CABRERA—2013 (COMMENT). Dick Weisfelder commented: “What does sabermetrics tell us about this year’s races for MVP?” Last year there was a debate in the baseball world over the choice of Most Valuable Player in the American League—a debate … Continue reading
HOW JOHN UPDIKE WATCHED BASEBALL.
HOW JOHN UPDIKE WATCHED BASEBALL. I have to go on my memory on this because I have not been able to find the passage on the internet. I recall an essay by John Updike where he described how he used … Continue reading
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THE PACE OF BASEBALL IS JUST FINE.
THE PACE OF BASEBALL IS JUST FINE. This article by Benjamin Hoffman in the New York Times appears to be about the new instant replay rules. However, Hoffman dwells not on the improvement from getting decisions right but on whether … Continue reading
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GOOD NEWS—MORE INSTANT REPLAY FOR BASEBALL.
GOOD NEWS—MORE INSTANT REPLAY FOR BASEBALL. Major league baseball is greatly expanding its use of instant replay next year. I have posted several times, for example here, in favor of more instant replay in baseball.
WHY NOT PLAY THE GAME UNDER PROTEST?
WHY NOT PLAY THE GAME UNDER PROTEST? In the July 24 game between the Twins and the Angels, in the ninth inning the Angels were clinging to a one run lead. The Twins had runners on first and second with … Continue reading
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CATCHING A GRAPEFRUIT DROPPED FROM A GREAT HEIGHT.
CATCHING A GRAPEFRUIT DROPPED FROM A GREAT HEIGHT. The news reports on catching a baseball dropped from a helicopter reminded me of a story I read in Baseball Digest in my youth. It’s about Wilbert Robinson, who played in the … Continue reading
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CATCHING A BASEBALL DROPPED FROM A HELICOPTER.
CATCHING A BASEBALL DROPPED FROM A HELICOPTER. This article by Blair Johnson and the accompanying video recount the feat of Zack Hample over this weekend of catching a baseball dropped from a helicopter hovering 1050 feet overhead. He broke Hall … Continue reading
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SOME HISTORY OF NOODLING.
SOME HISTORY OF NOODLING. Annalisa tells me that in the continuation by Roger Lee McBride of the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, there is an incident in which a boy teaches Laura’s daughter Rose how to noodle for … Continue reading
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