The sabermetric charge lead by Bill James and Baseball Prospectus have opened the eyes to different statistics such as On Base Percentage and VORP(Value Over Replacement Player). Many baseball traditionalist have rejected sabermetrics and its followers due to the traditional ways of scouting and many baseball traditionalist have argued that they already use statistics to [...]
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June 27, 2008
Maple Bats
Due to the high volume of maple bats breaking. Major League Baseball is further looking into the risks that maple bats have opposed to ash bats. Looking at the bat situation is a must for Major League Baseball. It is a shame that it takes people getting hurt like the umpire the other night in [...]
June 26, 2008
Astros Pitchers Throws GM to the Ground
Yahoo Sports is reporting that Houston Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon has been suspended indefenitely for the events that followed:
“I sat down to eat and Ed Wade came to me and very sternly said, ‘You need to come with me to the office,”’ Chacon said. “I said ‘for what?’ I said ‘I don’t want to go [...]
June 24, 2008
Mets Owner Praises Randolph but Agrees with Firing
Mets owner Fred Wilpon said Monday “I think Willie did a good job. I think that the results the last, say, 14 months were not up to what we thought it had to be.” And he continued to say “What Omar finally decided was that he had to make that change.” No matter what is [...]
