relief pitching Stories - Talking Chop
Tony Pena is Octavio Dotel's Successor
In a post that was written only in my head during yesterday's off-day, I was trying to figure out where the most obvious, cost-effective areas would be for the White Sox to acquire talent as the trade deadline approached. They've got (or previously had) 4 obvious holes; third base (now covered by...
An Attempt to Reinvent Reliever Statistics
I think now is as good as time as any to drop this theory I've been giving a lot of thought over the last week or so, given the plentiful discussions there have been when it comes to our current relief pitching corps. Basically, a lot of people are unhappy with the Braves' middle-relief, but the...
Giants Marshall Resources Against Sean, Defeat Cubs 6-2
Sean Marshall made one mistake today, and that was basically the game, because the mistake was deposited into the left-field bleachers by Bengie Molina with two men on base and gave the Giants a 3-0 lead before the Cubs had even batted. In that first inning, the other two runners reached on a...
Does Francisco Rodriguez Increase Your Blood Pressure?
I almost became a Statistical Scold this afternoon. You know what I am talking about – those assholes who inundate you with numbers to prove a point, the ones who cannot handle when you critique their numbers, the ones who claim to follow the great Bill James but do not share James’...
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