Zack struggles with how to handle the controversy that swirled around the team during the season.
Exploring the Shift Dynamic
Creating a tool to show when or if a player should be shifted.
Exploring Batted Ball Run Values and Spray
Introducing Weighted Batted Ball Runs Above Average.
Johnny Damon’s Self Serving Steroid Sermon
If he’s preaching to kids, he has exactly the wrong message.
The Plunks of Hazard: Baseball’s Order of the Purple Heart
You have to wonder how a guy can stand upright in a batter’s box while another guy standing just 60 feet and six inches away fires a series of missiles so close to him.
Offensive production is not linear – one and one equals more than two. How can a team take advantage of this blind spot in advanced statistics?
In the second part of this study on race in baseball, we look at the effect of kids being able to watch African-American baseball stars.
More data show that the decline in African-American major leaguers is a function of income and weather.
Baseball can serve as a wonderful coping mechanism for those struggling with mental illness even as the sports culture can hinder those within it as they try to seek treatment.
Do left-handed hitters really get to first base faster than right-handed hitters?