Looking For Quality in the Modern Era$
8/24How can we adjust a once-useful stat for the realities of the modern game?
Would You Like A Slice of Pie?$
8/17Is pie always sweet enough?
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8/10If “swing real hard in case you hit it” really is a conscious choice, perhaps teams could talk their players into easing up.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightBaseball Therapy: What My Thirteen-Year-Old Taught Me About Bunting$
8/03Are we ever going to get to #NeverBunt, and more to the point, should we?
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightWhy Don’t They Just Hit it The Other Way?$
7/27There is a legitimate reason why such a seemingly simple solution doesn't work and hasn't caught on.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightShifting to the Right$
7/20The shift itself is seeing a new shift.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSo You’ve Decided to Give Up$
7/13Figuring out when it actually makes sense for the manager to call on a position player to pitch.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightA Solution to the Strikeout Problem?$
6/29Reducing strikeouts might not be a thing that can happen with direct change, but what about more indirect changes that are already in motion?
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightThe Case of the Pitch Clock$
6/22The pitch clock is coming, and will solve some of the problems it means to, but, not all of them.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightSlow Down on the Slowing Down to Speed Up$
6/15Velocity for pace hasn't been a winning trade for fans.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightMy Wife And I Watched An Old Game$
6/08Baseball was different in 1986. So were baseball broadcasts. And yet...
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightThe Rest Won’t Take Care of Itself$
6/01Position players need rest, too, and they're trending toward getting more of it.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightCan You Feel The Tension?$
5/25What was the best baseball game you ever saw? It might say more than you think.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightThe New England Journal of Baseball$
5/18Does the prevalence of left-handed batting, right-handed throwing players mean those players are particularly gifted?
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightRemember When Pitchers Used To Bat?$
5/11What if the National League was a lie, all this time?
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightThat’s A Weird Angle$
5/04Wherein Russell attempts to figure out if a Facebook argument can teach us something about the shift and double plays.
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