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I Know We Americans Love Baseball, But This is Ridiculous…
Are We Ruled by Superstition Here in the United States?
This past Sunday, April 13th, this story was reported on Yahoo! News:
A construction worker’s bid to curse the New York Yankees by planting a Boston Red Sox jersey in their new stadium was foiled Sunday when the home team removed the offending shirt from its burial [...]
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Sabermetrics Debunk Traditional Baseball Strategy
What if you managed your own real life baseball team? Draft your own players, decide the batting order, and make play by play decisions during games. Would you have your players stealing bases? Would you spend big bucks on a strong closing pitcher? Bill James would not advise you to do any of these things. [...]
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I Know We Americans Love Baseball, But This is Ridiculous…
Are We Ruled by Superstition Here in the United States?
This past Sunday, April 13th, this story was reported on Yahoo! News:
A construction worker’s bid to curse the New York Yankees by planting a Boston Red Sox jersey in their new stadium was foiled Sunday when the home team removed the offending shirt from its burial [...]
Sabermetrics Debunk Traditional Baseball Strategy
What if you managed your own real life baseball team? Draft your own players, decide the batting order, and make play by play decisions during games. Would you have your players stealing bases? Would you spend big bucks on a strong closing pitcher? Bill James would not advise you to do any of these things. [...]
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