Last time up I looked at the impact of a teams overall salary on the number of wins that they picked up for a season and there was an overall trend to indicate that higher salary equates to more wins.
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The Modern Myths of Baseball – Money Talks
This is the first of a multi part analysis piece I am doing into the modern myths of baseball. We live in a baseball world nowadays where there is such a significant amount of data that any theory about the
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College Baseball Regional tournament preview
Alex McLeman goes deep into this weekend’s College Baseball Regionals, previewing each region, making picks and highlighting MLB draft picks to watch. The regionals have been announced, the teams have been revealed, the road to Omaha and the College World
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The Road to Washington D.C. – All-Star 2018
As Major League Baseball moves into the third month it means we are now allowed to start making predictions about the All-Star Game, which this year returns to Washington D.C. for the first time since 1969. Although it isn’t for
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The Anthony Rizzo slide: a comprehensive breakdown
Making his Batflips and Nerds debut, we welcome guest writer Jason Toms, a Pirates fan who – shockingly – has a few things to say about Anthony Rizzo’s slide… I’m going to try to remain objective here, but it’s difficult.
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Let’s watch Jorge Alfaro dominate with his arm
“Toolsy but raw” is a label we often see applied to prospects, scouting lingo for ‘he could be really good but he also could suck’. It was a term applied to Mike Trout (25th overall pick) and Donavan Tate (3rd
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The Shift Is Dead, Long Live The Shift
In 2017 the number of defensive shifts in the MLB decreased year on year for the first time since 2011, but to put that in context back in 2011 they were still only accounting for less than 2% of all
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Podcast Episode 74 – Cricketer Benny Howell and Mets Author Brian Wright
It’s double interview trouble! Ben is joined by Gloucestershire cricketer Benny Howell to discuss his passion for baseball, his unconventional ‘knuckleball’ and what the two sports could learn from each other. Then, Tom chats to author Brian Wright about his
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We Were There: The joy of the rebuild
Aaron Murray joins us for the first time to write about the joy of a rebuild. He submitted this post via the “Contribute Here” page above. Want to write for us? Do the same as Aaron! We’re hours away from
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Head of MLB UK — Charlie Hill — talks to Bat Flips and Nerds
This past week, John McGee sat down to talk with the head of MLB UK, Charlie Hill, to answer some burning questions about the future of Major League Baseball in the UK. Below are some of the key points from
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