Baseball is a game of statistics.  As discussed in an earlier post, I subscribe to the theory that the game of baseball can be broken down by a statistical analysis in order to determine a player’s value more than any other sport.  Well why not take that analysis a step further and apply it to [...]

I am a fierce believer in sabremetrics, which is the study of statistics in baseball to determine a player’s value in terms of wins, among other things.  In baseball, a game can be distilled down to a certain number of one-on-one at-bats.  These are unique battles between pitchers and hitters that can be analyzed statistically.  [...]

Obviously I don’t think that, and neither does most of the universe. We here at NQTC, however, are not always swayed by intangible things and feelings we get from watching the games. We also like to look at stats sometimes (and by “We” I mean “Me” since StevieY19’s belief in a crazy concept called “clutch-hitting” [...]

A stat that has gone in and out of vogue in NBA circles is something called “plus/minus”. It’s essentially a hockey statistic that shows the point differential when each player or unit is on the floor. For instance, if Deng comes into the game with the Bulls down 3 and leaves the game with the [...]