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Whatever Happened to Controlling the Strike Zone?

July 21, 2008 – 7:21 am

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 [...]

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Friday Links (13 Oct 06)

October 13, 2006 – 6:00 am

The day job is completely kicking my butt right now, so just a few links for you today without much commentary.

Over at Padres RunDown, Peter’s posted the first few installments of his Top 25 Padres Minor League Players: 21-25, 16-20, 11-15, and 6-10.
Eight years later, opportunity knocks for Hoffman (ESPN). Nice piece by Jayson Stark [...]

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