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The Cubans: Fun With Free Swingers and PitchFX Data

Been awhile since I contributed anything to the site outside of "Adam Dunn sucks". Here ya'll go. If you're in a hurry, just read the highlighted bits, they're the most important. For Caribbean...

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What WAS Wrong With Jake Peavy?

posted by The Cheat, May 04, 2010

Link baseball-intellect.com

Baseball Intellect, in a story posted just after the game last night--what a novel idea--notes the mechanical differences between peavy's recent starts (before last night) and his previous form in San Diego. The verdict? Barely noticeable changes may make a big difference... In any event, he sure looked like they guy we traded for last night

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Graphs of you already knew, an umpires zone varies by count -- THT: The Compassionate Umpire

posted by The Cheat, Apr 07, 2010

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Graphs of you already knew, an umpires zone varies by count -- THT: The Compassionate Umpire

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Baseclogging

posted by The Cheat, Mar 25, 2010

Link insidethebook.com

Last year, when there was NOT a man on on second, runners on first scored 42.6% of the time on a double. When there was a guy on second, runners from first scored 45.3%. You read that right, there is no such thing as clogging the bases.

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2010 Bill James Projections: White Sox Pitchers

The Cheat Oct 30 2009, 10:00a

Unfortunately, there's no projection for Daniel Hudson, who I have pegged as a league average starter (a #4) next year.

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2010 Bill James Projections: White Sox Hitters

The Cheat Oct 27 2009, 2:20p

A quick look at the Bill James Projections for White Sox batters

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LIFE Magazine: Goodby To Some Old Baseball Ideas

posted by The Cheat, Oct 20, 2009

Link google.com

Google has swallowed up LIFE magazine into its library, making one of the first pieces of sabermetrics from Branch Rickey available for all to see. (h/t: BBTF)

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