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<description>Team owners should think twice before approving an expanded playoff structure, since it might be only the players who'll profit.</description>
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<title>Between The Numbers: Projected Standings and Actual Performance by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/matt_swartz/&quot;&gt;Matt Swartz&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>A quick reminder of how teams have fared in the past as compared with their projected records.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Ahead in the Count: Battle for the Beltway by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/matt_swartz/&quot;&gt;Matt Swartz&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>In the Nationals' and Orioles' battle for the local fan base, the team that blinks first may stand to gain the most.</description>
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<title>Ahead in the Count: Testing SIERA by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/matt_swartz/&quot;&gt;Matt Swartz&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>Did SIERA beat xFIP in 2010?</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:06:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ahead in the Count: Situational Pitching by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/matt_swartz/&quot;&gt;Matt Swartz&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>Are pitchers able to apply certain skills when a game calls for it? </description>
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<title>Ahead in the Count: What Home Teams Do Better by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/matt_swartz/&quot;&gt;Matt Swartz&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>Home teams are winning their games at an increased rate over the last few years, but is it a trend that's likely to continue?</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ahead in the Count: A Pitch for Joe Blanton by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/matt_swartz/&quot;&gt;Matt Swartz&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>Is the Phillies' right-hander an undervalued commodity?</description>
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<description>Using DIPS Theory to understand a pitcher's skills. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ahead in the Count: Ground-ballers: Better than You Think by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/matt_swartz/&quot;&gt;Matt Swartz&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>Ground-ball pitchers have several skills that traditional statistics do not account for. </description>
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<description>Why are home teams winning more now than in previous eras?
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ahead in the Count: So How Good are MVPs Really? by &lt;a href=&quot;/author/matt_swartz/&quot;&gt;Matt Swartz&lt;/a&gt;</title>
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<description>Examining past MVP and Cy Young winners and the differences between their winning seasons and non-winning seasons. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<description>Taking a look at what goes into some teams outplaying or underplaying their expected records.</description>
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