This week’s question comes from. uh. well, BP’s Joe Sheehan, who wrote in last Monday’s Daily Prospectus: There’s also something that reader Jim Cox mentioned to me that I have to say is very impressive to observe, if an unknown (or even a tautology) from an analytical standpoint. The Mariners score in a ridiculous percentage…
I think we all owe Oscar Acosta an apology. You might recall that back in spring training, Acosta created a huge stir in the Cubs’ spring training camp by questioning the manhood of some of the Cubs’ young pitchers, particularly Will Ohman and Carlos Zambrano. At the time, we all thought Acosta was nuts. It…