The moment you’ve been waiting for has arrived. No, Yvonne Strahovski isn’t coming over for dinner; I’m talking about the Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual.
I may be biased, but I think this is the best Annual yet. I’m pleased with both the content and the presentation (big tip o’ the cap to Chris Bauer for the [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in 2007 Annual, 2008 Annual, 2009 Annual
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Also tagged Baseball, chris bauer, dashboards, depth charts, expansion draft, graphical analysis, haiku, jake peavy, matt vasgersian, minor league affiliate, paul depodesta, san diego padres, Spring Training, tim redding
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Baseball revolves around control of the strike zone.
– Bill James, Baseball Abstract 1988, p. 72
On pages 179-181 of the Ducksnorts 2007 Baseball Annual, we examined how the Oakland A’s and Minnesota Twins parlayed their dominance of the strike zone into wins. The A’s excelled at getting on base, while Minnesota specialized in keeping runners off [...]
January 30, 2008 – 7:51 am
By now you’ve heard that the Minnesota Twins have agreed to trade left-hander Johan Santana to the Mets for Carlos Gomez, Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra, and Kevin Mulvey. Beyond the obvious impact this will have on the balance of power in the National League, there’s an important lesson here for those who would trade Khalil [...]
