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2014 Season Preview
There are very few signs of spring in the air here in Maine, but my Twitter feed tells me baseball season is on its way back. Much like I did last year, I’m going to eschew the full projected...
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Replacement Level Production
You may have noticed that yesterday’s post was just my fifth of the year. While that probably does reflect the relative weight of baseball compared to other priorities in my life, it doesn’t mean I...
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A 2014 All-Star Ballot
The All-Star Game is less than a month away. Does that mean it’s time for an official ballot? Probably not, but it’s what I’ve been thinking about lately, so sit there and read my thoughts. It’s easier...
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2014 Walter Johnson Awards
The awards for best pitcher, at least in the American League, are worth far more ink than I’m about to spill on them. Alas… NL Walter Johnson Award 1. Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers You were expecting Dan...
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Whatever Happened to the Great AL Shortstop?
It looks like the Golden Era for shortstops is over. From 1984 to 1996, there was little debate about who should start the All-Star Game at shortstop for the American League. Cal Ripken, Jr. was...
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2015 Baseball Preview
Opening Day is less than two weeks away, which means we shouldn’t expect more than two or three pitchers to tear elbow ligaments before the season starts. That kind of confidence makes a season preview...
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Let’s Pick Some All-Stars
If you’ve been around these parts before, you know I’m not a fan of picking all-stars based on a 50-game sample at the beginning of a season, and that I don’t like giving lifetime-achievement awards to...
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The Gift of Papi and other Red Sox Tales
Here’s one I wrote for The Forecaster a few weeks ago. At the bottom of the page, you can follow links to the rest of my work for the paper this summer....
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Forecasting October with Playoff Runs
If you’ve paid any attention to baseball over the past decade or so, you know that playoff results are governed by something other than logic. There is no formula that can identify a great playoff...
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2016 MVP Ballots
Unless your team wins the World Series, there are few days on the calendar sadder than the day the last out settles into a player’s glove and baseball slips into hibernation. Among the few reprieves...
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