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Me, Elsewhere: Galarraga and Latos

by Geoff Young on Feb 20, 2011 (7) Comments

I’ve made another guest appearance at SweetSpot. This one focuses on the near-perfect games thrown by Detroit’s Armando Galarraga and San Diego’s Mat Latos in 2010. Although the outcomes were nearly identical, the two performances will be remembered differently by history because of a few critical differences that don’t show up in the box score: [...]

Brain Dump: Stuff in the Works

by Geoff Young on Jan 12, 2011 (5) Comments

If I don’t share these with you, I risk not committing. Here are things I’m working on and hoping to publish at Ducksnorts or elsewhere over the next, oh, couple months or so…

Friday Links (4 Jun 10)

by Geoff Young on Jun 04, 2010 (10) Comments

Oy, strap in this morning. We’ve got lots o’ links… Adrian and Eck 2010 All-Stars determined by WAR (Baseball-Reference). It’s cute how Andy is surprised that Adrian Gonzalez isn’t in the top five among NL vote getters at first base for the All-Popular game. Should the Padres take Jody Gerut’s advice? (Friar Forecast). Speaking of [...]