Archive for 'baseball oddities'

Bissinger… and catching up on some links

2 May 2008

I don’t live in my parents’ basement, and I maintain this site only because I enjoy the outlet. If in some small way, my existence makes life a little harder for sports journalists, so be it. I try to be fair, but this site is mine and I’m free to say what I […]

The 3-0 Pujols Strikeout

21 April 2008

How many of you have watched a game in which a player hit for the cycle?  My guess is that if you have, you remember who did it, when it was, and who it was against.  Why?  Because it’s a baseball rarity!  Since 2001, a player has hit for the cycle only 28 times in […]

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.

another close loss

10 June 2007

After today’s horrifically frustrating defeat, that’s 23 losses by two or fewer runs in 2007.  Only two teams over the last twenty seasons dropped more than 23 close games in their first 62 overall (’03 Tigers, ‘93 Mets).  The 2003 Tigers wound up losing 119 games, and the ‘93 Mets lost 103.  That’s some pretty […]

the last place san francisco giants

7 June 2007

… have lost 21 games already this season by two or fewer runs, the most in baseball. Ouch.
Taking it a step further, only one team since the strike (’94) lost more “close” contests through its first 58 games overall… the 2000 Astros, who lost 22. And by the way, the 2000 Astros finished […]

oddity of the day

5 June 2007

I was a little bit bored this morning, and happened to notice that in yesterday’s games (Monday, June 4), every American League home team won, and every National League home team lost. (see for yourself here) Well that got me thinking… I wonder when the last time every home team in one league […]