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Another Helping Of Cy Young Questioning? Yes Please!
6 hours ago by
Walkoff Walk
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I suppose I could keep trotting out examples of people who grossly misunderstand the value of certain statistics when it comes to picking out a Cy Young award winner... so I will. This time it's Jeff Fletcher over at Fanhouse who penned this tome about why Chris Carpenter, not...
The Cy Young stats
9 hours ago by
Viva El Birdos
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So the NL Cy Young award recipient was announced the other day, and surprisingly, it didn't go to the guy with the most wins, or the best ERA for that matter. Instead, it went to Tim Lincecum, who lead the league in FanGraphs WAR by a pretty big margin.
Naturally...
This Week in Sportswriting: Conventional Wisdom and Statistical Reasoning Conflict
1 day ago by
The Sporting Blog
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We've been having our fun with statistical looks at the candidates for MLB awards around these parts. But in the greater sportswriting world, some of the choices writers -- and coaches -- make are apparently meant for ridicule, not rational discussion.Take, for example, the decisions...
Defending Law
Note: This is not in defense of Keith Law’s voting order. Please don’t confuse it as such because my points have little to do with how Javier Vazquez or Chris Carpenter pitched in comparison to each other throughout 2009.
Let’s get this out of the way before someone spoils it...
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