Lies, betrayal, and seedy goings-on. For the past few months, these have been the running
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Harry & Meghan move to the land of the elite
The choice of Canada as the destination for Harry and Meghan to begin their new
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The houston trashtros – lies, betrayal, and pantomime villainy
Lies, betrayal, and seedy goings-on. For the past few months, these have been the running themes surrounding the Royal family, as they’ve lurched from one crisis to the next. Appropriately, then, as we approach the second London Series, MLB’s all-guns-blazing
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Harry & Meghan move to the land of the elite
The choice of Canada as the destination for Harry and Meghan to begin their new life was an easy one. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (if we are still allowed to call them that) needed a destination befitting their
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The Impact of the Home Plate Umpire on Run Expectancy
Imagine you’re a pitcher in the majors and you’ve done everything you can to prep for a game so that you’re in the best condition. You’ve gone through the game plan with the catcher and coaches, to know where to
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The one where GAV MET A HALL OF FAMER
Tony Pérez is one of the greatest players to have ever played baseball. Whether you agree or not depends on how you define greatness. As a teenager growing up in Cuba, his choices were a career in baseball or a
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Reasons to watch baseball – AL East
AL EAST | AL CENTRAL | AL WEST | NL EAST | NL CENTRAL | NL WEST I’m committing myself to watching every team this season, at least one full game each. No longer will I load up MLB.tv after
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What can Statcast’s Infield OAA tell us about positioning?
In my previous piece, on the intro to infield outs above average (OAA), I quickly compared Marcus Semien and Javier Baez. I showed you that, in 2019, Baez had 19 OAA and Semien has -4 OAA. This analytically tells us
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A decade of baseball in 101 useless stats
On Sunday 4 April 2010, Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett induced weak contact from New York Yankees Derek Jeter in the first MLB play of the decade. Here are 100 more useless snippets of information for you. Unless
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A Whole New World Of Defensive Metrics
For extremely online baseball fans the offseason has been one of the most active in recent years. A huge cheating scandal landed very quickly after the World Series finished. The top free agent players signed early with further deals happening
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baseball-THEMED Fantasy dinner party
You know the idea. You are throwing a dinner party and can invite six fantasy guests. The only stipulation is that they must still be living and with a connection to baseball. Current players are excluded. Here goes … Guest
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DFA – Pooetry in motion
Dross From Amateurs, we feature posts that don’t quite fit anywhere on the internet. At all. I’ve already proven I can’t write poetry, but when has evidence and criticism stopped me before? Here’s a poetic review of the 2019 season.
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