Reader Input: The Most Sabermetric NL Team Blogs
by Sky Kalkman on Nov 14, 2008 11:30 AM EST
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I asked a couple days ago for readers to suggest sabermetrically-inclined blogs about individual American League teams, and the response was solid. I learned of a few new blogs and was reminded of a few I haven't checked out in a while. But not even two-thirds of teams were mentioned, so feel free to keep making suggestions.
Today I'm going to ask the same question, but for National League teams. Which team-specific blogs aren't afraid to post tables of marginal player value or rant against results-based analysis in favor of underlying skills? Which blogs post tables more often than pictures? Which blogs, after a trade or a free agent signing goes down, do you check out first for the type of analysis you won't get from mainstream websites or fanboy blogs?
Feel free to pimp your own blog or comment on others, but let's keep this as positive as possible, and not put down blogs or authors. If there's any consensus on really good sabermetric team blogs or if I find blogs that I really like, I'll post a summary list of recommendations.
**For the record, I'm not saying that blogs that don't lean sabermetric are bad or uninteresting blogs.**
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off the top of my head
STL has vivaelbirdos, which i know you are familiar with, and fungoes, which is excellent.
god, i love baseball. -roy hobbs
by SleepyCA on Nov 14, 2008 11:49 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
VEB isn't that Saber
And it’s commenter aren’t very Saber-friendly
by JI on Nov 14, 2008 2:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You have no clue what your talking about
(((Looks at multiple excel sheets crunching numbers for VEB)))
Seriously no clue
by FlimtotheFlam on Nov 14, 2008 6:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe it's changed in the last few months.
by JI on Nov 14, 2008 7:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you're just mad
because Luddy didn’t fizzle out in may, like you told us he would ;)
Seriously, commenters might get some things wrong- i definitely get stuff wrong on a daily basis- but at least we try.
god, i love baseball. -roy hobbs
by SleepyCA on Nov 15, 2008 12:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I find it funny that in 6 month span
I’ve gone from being a big detractor, to his biggest supporter.
Yeah I was wrong, even the Red Sox missed the boat on Carlos Pena.
by JI on Nov 15, 2008 12:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
not really
as much as I love the site. It was more saber oriented about 18 months ago.
by azruavatar on Nov 16, 2008 1:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I would say that it is at least 50%+ Saber-friendly
I think that is about all one can hope for
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Nov 15, 2008 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hope for? Nah.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on Nov 15, 2008 3:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
not hope for
expect maybe?
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Nov 16, 2008 12:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
When I'm feeling like being the smaller person
I try to chase off some of the stat haters.
They are many. They are Legion.
by azruavatar on Nov 16, 2008 1:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If you're looking for Mets blogs that are sabermetrically-inclined...
…then you start with MetsGeek and Amazin’ Avenue and go from there. Blastings! Thrilledge is pretty good, too (especially if you like Val Pascucci.) Also check out Baseball Crank (it’s typically more politics than sports, but his baseball talk is better than most and he’s been doing it A LOT longer that we have.)
If you’re looking for stat/fact-of-the-day type info, check out Mets Walk-Offs and Other Minutiae as well as Mets by the Numbers.
MetsBlog is good for news and baseball chatter, but avoid it for analysis.
FWIW, you also can’t go wrong with Always Amazin’… (wink, wink)
by MatthewA on Nov 14, 2008 12:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I give you what I know.
I can’t help it if I happen to prefer the Mets’ coverage.
Besides, some of the better sabermetric-friendly blogs like Capitol Punishment (Nationals) and A Citizen’s Blog (Phillies) closed shop this year. There’s still Crashburn Alley (Phillies), Ducksnorts (Padres), and Dodgers Thoughts (duh).
by MatthewA on Nov 14, 2008 1:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I use joking.
I only knew of a few of those Mets blogs so your comment was useful.
by R.J. Anderson on Nov 14, 2008 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and would you happen to know where Marchman ended up after the NY Sun folded?
by R.J. Anderson on Nov 14, 2008 12:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sweet.
I don’t read their sports pages too often (or PLAY Magazine) even though I should.
Thanks.
by R.J. Anderson on Nov 14, 2008 12:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I go to MetsBlog regularly.
Because it makes me laugh. Really hard.
by philkid3 on Nov 14, 2008 4:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Stat-friendly sites
Bay City Ball (Giants)
On Baseball and the Reds (Reds)
Crawfish Boxes (Astros)
Brew Crew Ball (Brewers)
Some more so than others.
by Eric Simon on Nov 14, 2008 1:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
RedReporter
is also good for the Reds. but im a regular over there so i may be partial.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 14, 2008 1:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
as a fellow Redreporter i agree
Slyde, one of the moderators, really knows his stuff.
"It is a damn poor mind indeed which can’t think of at least two ways to spell any word."-Andy Jack
by justin007000 on Nov 15, 2008 4:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the nod Eric
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by DyingQuail on Nov 14, 2008 3:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I meant to add
I like to think that the crew we have running at the CFB now is highly stat friendly and ABHOR results based analysis. It’s just so frustrating that we have to root for a team whose front office is the exact opposite.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by DyingQuail on Nov 14, 2008 3:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well fantastic, I'll make a point to get over there more often.
If you ever want to work with us here at BtB on anything, just yell. And that goes for any site.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on Nov 15, 2008 12:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The Junkball Blues
Is another saber-heavy Brewer blog:
http://community.sportsbubbler.com/blogs/the_junkball_blues/default.aspx
I don't specifically articulate my motives, because that wouldn't travel as well as a boo does.
by KLSnow on Nov 14, 2008 2:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
ReconditeBaseball is good as well, and I know a BrCB user runs it.
by R.J. Anderson on Nov 14, 2008 2:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
my blog
in its infancy, see sig
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Juuuust a bit outside!!
http://balkingtraditionalism.blogspot.com/
by Jack Moore on Nov 14, 2008 6:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
BravesJournal
Mac at Braves Journal is pretty saber friendly, has been around forever, and I find myself nodding along quite frequently.
by aCone419 on Nov 14, 2008 3:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Blogs
Friar Forecast
Dodger Thoughts
Sons of Steve Garvey
Dodger Sims
Mike Scoscia’s Tragic Illness
vr, Xei
by Xeifrank on Nov 15, 2008 2:30 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I hear this one is pretty sabermetric oriented...
No bias. :o
by kensai on Nov 16, 2008 5:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
For the Cubs...
…there’s Cubs f/x. I write for Goat Riders of the Apocalypse.
by cwyers on Nov 16, 2008 1:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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