12 October, 2009 (07:30) | Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple
While Chicago tries to forget the 2009 season, some people are still analyzing it. One such person, Wayne Winston the noted statistician, has been using a different statistic to measure a player’s value (I think its been around for a while, but no one ever listens to it because its not one of baseball’s “traditional” [...]
Tags: Best and Worst Cubs, Best and Worst White Sox, Statistics
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8 April, 2009 (11:00) | Baseball, Statistics | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple
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 [...]
Tags: Game Simulations, Intentional Walks, Statistics, Steals
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31 March, 2009 (09:00) | Baseball, Basketball, Statistics | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple
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. [...]
Tags: Geeks, Jocks, OPS, PER, Sabremetrics, Statistics
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20 March, 2009 (07:30) | The Links | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple
The Illini lost. Bad. The final score didn’t tell the story about how bad they looked. [ESPN]
Some interesting statistics about certain Bulls players that you might not have known. [Pippen Ain't Easy]
Lou Piniella names Marshall the 5th starter. No surprise there. [Tribune]
Does TrueHoop suck? Well whether you think so or not, Henry Abbott is addressing [...]
Tags: Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs, Eddy Curry, Fergie Jenkins, Greg Maddux, Illinois, Lou Piniella, Sean Marshall, Statistics
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4 March, 2009 (07:30) | The Links | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple
I wish I could have trash talked Obama at the Bulls-Wizards game like this joker. [D.C. Sports Bog]
Lou won’t say whether Z or Dumpster will start on Opening Day for the Cubs. Z hasn’t fared that well in recent years, but he is clearly the most dominant pitcher on this staff (Harden doesn’t count). [Sun-Times]
The [...]
Tags: Carlos Zambrano, Cedric Benson, Ryan Dempster, Statistics, Thabo Sefolosha, World Baseball Classic, Zone Blitz
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