Thursday Link Roundup

by Jeff Sackmann on Jan 25, 2007 1:49 PM EST in Daily Box Score

Lots of great stuff today:

Marc's player profile this week is on Derrek Lee. Very interesting stuff.
Studes does his second installment of the best everyday players in history, by WSAB. A few surprising names turn up.
Couple of good posts from Tango: Ted Williams vs. LHPs, and how to work with a small single-season sample.
Dan Fox has a great article on player size and triples at BP, and also posted this interesting exchange with Will Carroll about WPA.
Here's the first installment of an A's roundtable hosted by BtB contributor Ryan Armbrust, which includes Marc and me.
This is way off topic, but Roger Federer is incredible. He is the Albert Pujols of tennis--that is, if Pujols could win 20 games with a 3.27 ERA next year.

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I always get so annoyed when ...

I can't read the entire article on BP...is the subscription to that really worth it? I might have to break down and sign up.

by IM4Oakgal on Jan 26, 2007 12:13 AM EST reply actions

yes

BP is definitely worth it. I initially wondered whether it would be, but I find myself reading it every day, and the PECOTA cards might be worth the money alone.

by Ryan Armbrust on Jan 26, 2007 1:07 AM EST up reply actions

Ok well ...

Now you did it I signed up. It better be good Ryan! The stats page looks pretty promising.

by IM4Oakgal on Jan 26, 2007 9:37 PM EST up reply actions

re:

Now you can read my articles in full! :-)

"I don't set the rosters, I just make fun of the guy who does" - Rob Neyer

by Marc Normandin on Jan 27, 2007 2:25 AM EST up reply actions

You writers...

and your egos. :-) But at least BP signed their letter to me Love, Baseball Prospectus. Hehe

and seriously I do look forward to reading your articles.

by IM4Oakgal on Jan 27, 2007 1:25 PM EST up reply actions

Oh and BTW...

I really like these link roundups. I look forward to seeing what you have found for us.

The site is greatly improved with all of your hard work. It feels like a "happening" site now. <smile>

Thanks to all of you front page writers for all of your contrubutions too. Please keep writing. I am desperate to know the percent of players and projected win shares of all left-handed hitters who wore black shoes in 1956. J/k. :-)

by IM4Oakgal on Jan 26, 2007 12:22 AM EST reply actions

well

I don't know about win shares, but here's a list of the top left-handed batters in 1956 according to runs created per game: (I'm pretty sure they all wore black shoes then, even the Kansas City A's)

RUNS CREATED/GAME         RC/G    
1    Ted Williams              11.68   
2    Charlie Maxwell            8.92   
3    Duke Snider                8.30   
4    Ed Bailey                  7.82   
5    Mickey Vernon              7.62   
6    Yogi Berra                 7.56   
7    Eddie Mathews              7.39   
8    Stan Musial                7.26   
9    Ted Kluszewski             7.02   
10   Sandy Amoros               6.95

by Ryan Armbrust on Jan 26, 2007 1:06 AM EST up reply actions