Archive for August, 2007

they might be unlucky giants

29 August 2007

So, there’s been tons of research done on the correlation between a team’s overall runs scored/allowed and win-loss record. Obviously, it makes sense… teams with positive run differentials are likely to have good win-loss records. Bill James’ pythagorean method, explained here, actually generates a projected winning percentage based entirely on runs scored and […]

lots of good things

28 August 2007

A feel like a lot of good things are happening lately… the Giants are playing well, I’m quickly moving through my last semester of grad school, and Jayson Stark has asked for help a couple times in the last week, which gets my name into his articles… thats not so bad. His most recent […]

for those without insider access…

25 August 2007

I’ll repost a portion of Stark’s article here:
Top 10 Useless ‘30-3′ Info
So there I was the other day, taking my daughter off to start her freshman year at Syracuse, when a frigging 30-3 game broke out.
How does that happen? I spend my whole life waiting for a game like that, and it erupts on a […]

more Jayson Stark

24 August 2007

I’m two weeks into my last semester at Auburn, and I’ve been quite busy lately… haven’t had the time to check in as much as I’d like.  I did find time, however, to make another appearance on Jayson Stark’s Useless Info blog… check it out here, paying particular attention to #9 on his list.

giants at turner

17 August 2007

I was fortunate enough to see the Giants at Turner Field twice this week, Tuesday and Wednesday, the two losses. I was pleasantly surprised at how classy the Braves were… before Tuesday’s game, the PA announcer congratulated Bonds on the HR record and they replayed Hank Aaron’s message to Bonds. There were fewer […]

bud’s reaction

6 August 2007

For those of you that missed it, here’s #755, and Bud Selig’s reaction to it. How can the commissioner of baseball hate his job so very much?
Dodger-fan (but good writer none-the-less) Jim Caple wrote a funny article in response to Selig’s dumb reaction.

i’ll let others do it…

4 August 2007

Defending Barry is tiresome… he’s been a jerk for so long, it’s hard to root for him. But I’ve always maintained that Barry is getting a raw deal… he is singled out, picked on, and mocked by those who he mistreated in the past: the media. The same media who control what is both said […]

fun at LA’s expense

2 August 2007

Here’s a great little article about how hypocritical it is for LA-fans to boo Barry. Funny stuff.