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November - 2009

The last time the NL Cy Young was this close
Assorted Links
Why Don't Losses Count Anymore?
Tim Lincecum's Outstanding and Fatiguing Season
What Can Be Learned From the AL MVP Voting?
Assorted Links
Cubs Trade Aaron Heilman To Diamondbacks; Also Re-Sign John Grabow
Zack Greinke and Tim Lincecum by LOWESS
Assorted Links
Jim Tracy and Mike Scioscia Win Manager of the Year Awards
Reward Retrospective - 1985 AL MVP - Right Team, Wrong Player
Assorted Links
Exactly How Awesome is Zack Greinke?
The Curves of Zack Greinke
Assorted Links
Rookie of the Year and the Mythical Sophomore Slump
Assorted Links
Ryan Doumit and the Prospect of "Selling Low"
2010 UZR Projections - Updated 11/15/09
Assorted Links
Free Agent Friday: Second Base 2010
Was Joe Mauer Streakier than Jimmy Rollins?
Assorted Links
Gold Glove vs. UZR (NL Edition)
Assorted Links
Gold Gloves vs. UZR: The Laziest Article I've Ever Written (AL Edition)
wOBA to WAR Conversion Spreadsheet
Assorted Links
A Few AFL PITCHf/x Leaders
Past Performance Does Not Guarantee Future Gains
Assorted Links
The Coming Avalanche of Non-Tenders?
Minnesota: Fielding TargetView Before & After JJ Hardy
A Complete and Lenghty List of Baseball-Related Things Miguel Olivo is Good At
Hardy for Gomez: A Defensive Win-Win
Red Sox Acquire Jeremy Hermida
Free Agent Friday: First Base 2010
Which Side Won When Bobby Abreu Re-signed for $19 Million with the Angels?
Umpire Strike Zone Analysis - The Basics and Batter Handedness
Baseball on a Budget -- Final Results for the Pat Burrell League
Chicago White Sox Acquire Mark Teahen for Josh Fields and Chris Getz
Speed Check - AFL vs. MLB
Andy Pettitte vs. Pedro Martinez: WAR by Age
Assorted Links
Rays hand Pirates some free wins (because they had to)
Spahn, Sain, and the Other Guys
Negative Team WAR - 2009 Edition
Examining the Ex-Fish
My Philosophy
Time To Move On
Assorted Links

October - 2009

Andy Pettitte is Slightly Above Average
America's Safest Cities: America's Best Sports Fans
How the Economy Will Affect Salaries
World Series 2009: DiamondView Composite Comps - Infield
Will We See an Exciting World Series?
2009 World Series wOBA Positional Comps
Assorted Links
Daily Box Score 10/26: Guess Again
Looking At What Exactly is Angels Baseball
Stephen Strasburg Pitch Types
Using Pitch F/X Data to Determine if Mariano Rivera Threw a Spitball
BtB Power Ranking Season Review: NL West
Vladimir Guerrero and His Free Swinging Ways
BtB Power Rankings Season Review: NL Central
Daily Box Score 10/16: What Do the Playoffs Tell Us?
2010 HoF WAR Path - Are the New Candidates Good Enough to Get in?
BtB Power Rankings Season Review: NL East
Playoff Game of the Day (10/15/2009) - Analysis and Discussion
BtB Power Rankings Season Review: AL West
Arizona Fall League PITCHf/x - Day One
Larry Jansen (7/16/20 to 10/10/09) - What to Learn from His Brief Career
TargetView: New York Yankees - Graph of the Day
BtB Power Rankings Season Review: AL Central
BtB Power Rankings Season Review: AL East
Instant Analysis: Pavano and Pettitte Duel, Yankees Sweep
Blown Saves vs. Fielding Independent Pitching: Graph of the Day
Playoff Game of the Day (10/12/2009) - Analysis and Discussion
Weekend Poll 08/11/09: Sabermetrically Surprising Results
BtB Power Rankings: End of 2009 Season Data
Assorted Links
Daily Box Score 10/9: The Fog of Playoffs
The Cincinnati Reds WAR Path: The Great Years
Playoff Games of the Day (10/8/2009) - Analysis and Discussion
Goats & Greats: Pitching WPA, Playoffs Day 1
Chart of the Day: Playoff Odds based on BtB Power Rankings
NLDS Game 1 - Power Yields to Finesse
Playoff Teams Defense Analysis - How They Got There and What to Expect - American League Edition
Playoff Games of the Day (10/7/2009) - Analysis and Discussion
Twins vs. Tigers: Graph of the Day
Introducing UZR TargetView - Graph of the Day
Who Actually Had the Biggest Comeback in 2009?
Daily Box Score 10/5: Let's Play 163
Kevin Towers: The End Of An Era
The (Not so) Big Bossman (Jr.): Graph of the Day
31 Largest Latin American Signing Bonuses of All Time
Who Most Deserved to be Fired this Week? - Weekend Poll
Playoff Teams Defense Analysis - How They Got There and What to Expect - National League Edition
Indians Underperform, and Obviously it's Eric Wedge's Fault
Cliff Lee vs. Cole Hamels: Graph of the Day
BtB Power Rankings: 10/1/09
Hall of Fame WAR Path: Center Field - Graph of the Day
Help Out Public Schools: DonorsChoose.org Social Media Challenge

September - 2009

Daily Box Score 9/30: Not What But How
The Road to 100 Losses: Spend Less, Get Less
Washington Nationals VOC: Graph of the Day
The Two Sides of Adam Dunn: Graph of the Day
Daily Box Score 9/28: Pitch Selection and Game Theory
wOBA, Walks, and Unlikely Similarities between Un-like Batters - Graph of the Day
Why the College Football's Coaches' Poll is a Joke
The Road to 100 Losses: Poor Nationals Pitching Paves the Way
Should the Giants Back Off Tim Lincecum?
Zack Greinke Ejection - Was the Strike Zone Different for Kansas City Compared to Boston?
Daily Box Score 9/25: Taking it to the Beat
Tragic Week In Dominican Baseball
Surprising Trivia Courtesy of B-Ref
Nationals Past Time - Graph of the Day
BtB Power Rankings: 09/24/09
2009 NL Playoff Preview: Pitching Rotation - Graph of the Day
Revisiting Kevin Millwood
Daily Box Score 9/23: Self-Similarity
2009 AL Playoff Preview: Pitching Rotation - Graph of the Day (updated)
Daily Box Score 9/21: Let the Great Axe Fall
Milton Bradley's Future
Los Angeles Dodgers VOC and Payroll Breakdown: Graph of the Day
Total MLB Home Runs This Century - Graph of the Day
Team WAR vs Actual Wins
Towards an Understanding of the Worldwide Draft
BtB Power Rankings: Through Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Daily Box Score 9/17: Pricing Risk & Giving Incentives
Was the 1975 Red's Lineup the Best Ever as Joe Posnanski Claims in His New Book: "The Machine"?
National League Home Run Chase 2009 - Graph of the Day
Daily Box Score 9/16: The Elasticity of Groundball Ratios
Introducing DiamondView Composite Player Evaluation
Who is Seth Smith?
Houston Astros 2009 Payroll Breakdown and Value Over Contract - Graph of the Day
New Arms of the Week: September 7-13
Daily Box Score 9/15: Countercyclical in an Up-and-Down World
Reviewing Alfonso's Soriano's Lost Season
MLB 2009 Attendance Comparison II - American League - Graph of the Day
Royal Embarrassment
Daily Box Score 9/14: Ties are Un-American
Every Pitcher Should Throw a Cutter
MLB 2009 Attendance Comparison I - National League - Graph of the Day
Daily Box Score 9/11: Visualizations
Total MLB Complete Games This Century - Graph of the Day
BtB Power Rankings: Through Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Daily Box Score 9/10: Happiness and the Quantification Urge
Derek Jeter reaches base for the 3736th time!
American League Home Run Chase 2009 - Graph of the Day
SBNation Goes National
Daily Box Score 9/9: Magic Numbers
Graph of the Day: Texas Rangers Payroll Breakdown and an open letter to Mr. Jon Daniels
Daily Box Score 9/8: In-Game (Theory) Tactics
Graph of the Day: Texas Rangers Value Over Contract
Nick Johnson's Odd 2009
Please Welcome Justin & Walter to BtB
The AL MVP is....
New Arms of the Week: Roster Expansion Bumper Crop
A Quick Thought About Ichiro, Derek Jeter, and Pete Rose
The Oakland Raiders Make Seemingly Senseless Trade; Acquire Richard Seymour
Zack and Lack f/x
Justin Verlander is an Iron Horse
Daily Box Score 9/4: The Velocity Question
Properly Evaluating Trades: A Look At One Famous Deadline Deal
BtB Power Rankings: Through Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
An Update on the Race for Bryce Harper
Scott Kazmir Impressive In Los Angeles Angels Debut
Daily Box Score 9/2: Ockham's Razor
New Arms of the Week: Last of August
Daily Box Score 9/1: Warfare
Angels Complete Kazmir Trade

August - 2009

Daily Box Score 8/31: You Know What Today Is?
Analysis of a Fire Sale: The Pittsburgh Pirates, Pt. 3
Historical WAR Review: First Basemen
Chance of a Football Team Winning Knowing the Vegas Spread
Daily Box Score 8/28: Burying OPS
BtB Power Rankings: Through Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Daily Box Score 8/27: With a Little Help From My Friends
Five Win Wonder: Marco Scutaro
Daily Box Score 8/26: Counting Pitches
Book Review - "Satchel - The Life and Times of an American Legend" by Larry Tye (Including an Interview with the Author)
Daily Box Score 8/25: Education, Statistics, and Baseball
New Arms of the Week - August 17-23
Daily Box Score 8/24: Stupid Human Tricks
Daily Box Score 8/21: Game Theory
Reflecting on the Padres "Fun" Season
The Angels and Pythag
Daily Box Score 8/20: Things For Which I am a Sucker
Effort in Sports (Part 1)
BtB Power Rankings: Through Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Daily Box Score 8/19: Filling Out the Lineup Card
Saberizing a Mac #4: Pitch f/x
Why Signing Stephen Strasburg Is Well Worth The Money
Tigers Rearrange Furniture and Acquire Aubrey Huff
John Smoltz: What's Left in the Tank?
Daily Box Score 8/18: Let's Play the Match Game
Thoughts on a 2010 Fantasy Baseball Draft Just Completed
New Arms of the Week - August 10-16
UZR's (and Most Other Defensive Metrics) Limitation in Year to Year Analysis
Daily Box Score 8/15: Quick Hits
Daily Box Score 8/14: Team Metrics
BtB Poor Man's Projected Season Standings as of August 14, 2009
BABIP and Service Time End J.J. Hardy's season
The White Sox - Huge Contracts to 2010 and Beyond
Number of Saves vs. Games Over .500
Analysis of a Fire Sale: The Pittsburgh Pirates, Pt. 2
BtB Power Rankings: Through Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Daily Box Score 8/13: How to Implode
Vladimir Guerrero Joins the 400 Home Run and .320 Batting Average Club
Pedro Martinez Returns
Daily Box Score 8/12: Tooling For the Stretch
Why Javier Vazquez Is Baseball's Invisible Man
Daily Box Score 8/11: Algebra Funhouse
Graph of the Day: Derek Jeter and Old Yankee Stadium
New Arms of the Weekend: Tuesday Night Starters
Daily Box Score 8/10: Replacement Levelheaded
Attention Shane Victorino, There is a Reason that the Umpire is Behind Home Plate and not in Center Field
Graph of the Day: Raul Ibanez, Citizen's Bank Park, and Safeco Field
Daily Box Score 8/9: Fans Who Roll Up Their Sleeves
BtB Sunday Night Game Thread: Red Sox at Yankees 8/9/09
Graph of the Day: Are Rich Teams Dominating?
Daily Box Score 8/8: Unconventional Thinking
The Future Of Alex Rios [Rios Acquired by White Sox]
Daily Box Score 8/7: Fear Not of Numbers
BtB Poor Man's Projected Season Standings as of August 7, 2009
New Arms of the Week and a Half
Which teams offer the most value to fans?
Daily Box Score 8/6: The End of Our Statistical Innocence
Ranking of Negro League Players
BtB Power Rankings: Through Tuesday, August 4th 2009
Daily Box Score 8/5: What Sabermetrics Has to Teach Managers
Analysis of a Fire Sale: The Pittsbugh Pirates, Pt.1
An Attempt to Capture Catcher Defense
Graph of the Day: UZR's Error Component and Unearned Runs
Daily Box Score 8/4: Academic Disciplines and Baseball Collide!
It's Never Too Early To Talk MVP
Graph of the Day: Range Factor
Valuing the Jake Peavy Trade, Again
Daily Box Score 8/3: It Was Unwritten
A Sarcastic Reminder Why the Elias Free Agent Rankings Are Dumb
Graph of the Day: The Nate McLouth Factor
BtB Sunday Night Game Thread: Dodgers @ Braves 8/2/09
Graph of the Day: NL Central Rivals
Daily Box Score 8/1: But I Regress

July - 2009

Victor Martinez to Red Sox for Hagadone, Masterson
Daily Box Score 7/31: What Do We Do Tomorrow?
BtB Poor Man's Projected Season Standings as of July 31, 2009
Detroit Tigers Acquire Jarrod Washburn for Luke French, Mauricio Robles
BtB Trade Deadline Open Discussion
Quick Summary of Recent Trades
Daily Box Score 7/30: La La La I Can't Hear You
Daily Box Score 7/29: The Other Shoe
Cliff Lee Headed to Philly
BtB Power Rankings: Through Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Daily Box Score 7/28: Amazing Baseball Curiosities!
Using Team Context To Better Understand The Trade Market: The San Francisco Giants
Historical WAR Review: Catchers
Daily Box Score 7/27: Or Is It Memorex?
New Arms of the Week: Five Righties
Erik Bedard Hurt, Had Lost Velocity
Daily Box Score 7/26: The Rickey/Rice HOF Special
Playing the Odds: Previewing the Buyers and Sellers of the Trade Deadline
A Phillie Phleecing? Is Halladay Worth It?
Daily Box Score 7/25: Something Might be Gaining On You
Players That Know How to Fight a WAR Defensively
BtB Playoff Odds July 25th
BtB Poor Man's Projected Season Standings as of July 24, 2009
Masters of Deception
Matt Holliday to St. Louis
Daily Box Score 7/24: (Not So) Hurly-Buehrle
Daily Box Score 7/23: Reluctantly About PEDs and the HOF
Graph of the Day: Alou Family WAR
Is the Craig Biggio the 35th Greatest Player Ever?
BtB Power Rankings: Through Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Daily Box Score 7/22: Before, During and After Prospecthood
Graph of the Day: Henderson vs. Raines vs. Suzuki vs. Gwynn
Daily Box Score 7/21: Superior Experimental Design
New Arm of the Week: Mat Latos
Graph of the Day: The Worst Teams In Baseball, By Position
Daily Box Score 7/20: Statistical Debris
Graph of the Day: Notable Mid-season Deals
Which is Better Compensation: Prospects or Draft Picks?
Rummaging Through the Archives: Jeremy Bonderman and 200 Wins
Weekly Box Score: Through June 18th
Daily Box Score 7/19: Computer Systems Galore!
Graph of the Day: Interleague Records, though 2009 (mostly)
Daily Box Score 7/18: Maddux, Pujols, Latos
Graph of the Day: Average Spin Movement
Looking to Refine FIPs with Pitch F/X
Daily Box Score 7/17: IBB in the ASG
Zack Greinke
The Atlanta Braves Should Acquire Willie Harris
What's the Value of a Vernon Wells & Roy Halladay Trade Package?
BtB Playoff Odds July 16th
What's a Fair Return in a Roy Halladay Trade?
New Arms of the Week: End of the First Half
Daily Box Score 7/16: Back in Action
Graph of the Day: Shortest Home Runs By Standard Distance
Daily Box Score 7/15: Half-Way Home
Saber-Friendly Blogging 101: Trade Value Calculator
Pedro Martinez's Potential Impact On The NL East Race
Blogger Hints 101 - "Ways to Improve Your Mom's Basement"
2009 MLB Futures PITCHf/x
Don't Forget the Baserunning!
The Hunt for Bryce Harper
Daily Box Score 7/14: All-Star Edition
Ball on a Budget: Mark Ellis League Standings
Graph of the Day II: 2009 All-Star Starting Player's UZR/150 Values
Daily Box Score 7/13: The Home Run Derby Ruins No Swing
Graph of the Day: Historical All Star Results
Weekly Box Score: Through July 11th
Daily Box Score 7/12: Players Past, Present and Future
Graph of the Day: Top 5 Home Runs By Standard Distance
Mariners Acquire 3B Hannahan From Athletics
Daily Box Score 7/11: Two Trades and a No-No
BASEBALLfx Summit Thread
Game Scores and No-Hitters, Sponsored by Jonathan Sanchez
Graph of the Day: Betancourt and Francoeur
BtB Poor Man's Projected Season Standings as of July 10, 2009
Braves Steal From Mets, Clear and Simple
Mariners Dump Yuniesky Betancourt On Royals
Expanding on Harry's Whiff Rate Article in The Wall Street Journal
Daily Box Score 7/10: Prospects, Sportswriters, and the Rule Book
Graph of the Day: Frank "Home Run" Baker and Production in the Dead Ball Era
And You Thought Prospects Were Unpredictable...
Daily Box Score 7/9: 400ft, .400, $40 million
Predicting Time Lost to DL for Starting Pitchers
Pedroia's Power Outage
Graph of the Day: Harden and Greinke Fastball Locations
BtB Power Rankings: Through Tuesday, July 7th 2009
Daily Box Score 7/8: How Do You Experience the Game?
My Biggest All-Star Snub
Rummaging through the Archives: Greatest Southpaw of All Time, Part Deux
Graph of the Day: Average Age per Year for Batters and Pitchers
White Sox Acquire RP Tony Pena from Diamondbacks
New Arms of the Week - Fu-Te Ni and Clayton Mortensen
Graph of the Day: Cy, Walter, Roger, Grover Cleveland, Lefty
Daily Box Score 7/7: Crooked Numbers, Zeroes, and Grit
New BtB Software Features: Mobile Commenting & Twitter Sharing
Graph of the Afternoon: Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, Aaron, Musial
Daily Box Score 7/6: All-Stars, Steals, and Players as Foods
Graph of the Day: 2009 All Star WAR Matchup
Oakland Athletics Acquire Scott Hairston
Daily Box Score 7/5: Leverage, Lefties, and the Million-Dollar Arms
Daily Box Score 7/4: As American as Baseball
Graph of the Day: UZR Comparisons for 2008 NL Playoff Teams
Why it Matters: Umpires, Computers, Wins, and Dollars
BtB Poor Man's Projected Season Standings as of July 3, 2009
Daily Box Score 7/3: Bees, Bans, and the Great Convergence
Graph of the Day: Aroldis Chapman's Fastball
Jason Hammel Finds Control With Colorado Rockies
Graph of the Day: Expected Run Values (beta)
Daily Box Score 7/2: Signing Periods, All-Star Voting, and Service Clocks
BtB Power Rankings: Through Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
The All-Canuck Team
Brandon Backe Finally Released
Daily Box Score 7/1: Sports Medicine From Hernias to Transhumanism
Tommy Hanson, His 6/28 Start, and Pitch FX

June - 2009

Graph of the Day: David Wells vs. Mariano Rivera
Pittsburgh Pirates Live Up to Name, Rob Washington Nationals
New York Yankees Acquire Eric Hinske
Daily Box Score 6/30: Rules Were Made to be Broken
New Arms of the Week - Tim Wood and Ryan Sadowski
Where Teams Find Star Performances
Daily Box Score 6/29: Failed Teams, Failed Players, and Bill Plaschke
Graph of the Day: 61+ Home Run Seasons
Weekly Box Score: Through June 26th
Daily Box Score 6/28: Having a Bad Night, Instant Replay and Chasing Minor League Strikeouts
Daily Box Score 6/27: Cold Weather and Nerds with Microphones
BtB Poor Man's Projected Season Standings as of June 26, 2009
Daily Box Score: Pickoffs, Four-Hit Games, Littering and...Littering and...
Thinking Moneyball About The Houston Rockets Draft
Graph of the Day: 1986 AL Rookie of the Year Candidates
Using Win Shares to Guesstimate WAR
Do the Colorado Rockies Have the Best Pitching Staff in MLB?
Daily Box Score 6/25: Superstitions, Knock on Wood, and a Season-in-a-Graph
Fernando Nieve Continues to Pitch Well For Mets. How Long Will It Last?
Jay Bruce and Balls in Play
Graph of the Day: Sinker Run Values
BtB Power Rankings: Through Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Graph of the Day: Comparing Power Rankings
Daily Box Score 6/24: Cleveland is Frustrated with The Process
Pitching Leaderboards - Starters
Hitting Streak Chances: Does the Date Matter?
Quiz Question: When is a 700 OPS better than a 800 OPS?
Impact Players: A look at the Defense Of The Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers
Daily Box Score 6/23: Blame the WBC, Curveballs and Dan Haren's Run Differential
BtB Poor Man's Projected Season Standings as of June 23, 2009
New Arms of the Week: June 15-21
Daily Box Score 6/22: Called Shots, the Death of 3D Bill James, & The Bastardo Effect
Sky's SQL Tutorial, Part One (Which is Like a David Ortiz Bunting Tutorial)
Pitch and Hit F/X Brainstorming Thread
Become a Fan of BtB on Facebook
Graph of the Day: Breaking Even on the Basepaths
Defending Harold Reynolds
Daisuke Matsuzaka To The Disabled List
Free Willy, as in cut his butt loose
Interview: Greg Schaum Postgame Host of the Kansas City Royals
Great Explanations of Wins Above Replacement (WAR)
Most Over Hyped Players
Please Everyone, Stop Using Catcher ERA
Rockies' Ubaldo Jimenez Is Earning His Contract Extension
Graph of the Day: Babe Ruth vs Barry Bonds
BtB Power Rankings: Through Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Zones of Scoring: Using Hit F/X to Find the Linear Weights for the Vertical and Horizontal Angle for a Fair Ball.
Graph of the Day: Players Getting Taller
Testing Conventional Wisdom: Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez in the Playoffs
Game Sevens in the MLB, NBA and NHL
All Roscoe "Team"
A Check On Johan Santana's Velocity
New Arm of the Week: Aaron Poreda
Looking For New Site Ideas and Contributors
Graph of the Day: The 2008 Rangers Infield
Graph of the Day: Jim Edmonds, Hall of Famer (?)
Graph of the Day: The Turbulent Career of Rich Hill
Book Review: The Yankee Years – Joe Torre and Tom Verducci
Career WAR Trifecta Quiz
Weekly Box Score: Through June 11th
Graph of the Day: Placido Polanco, Mr Underrated
A Q&A with Jonah Keri
BtB Poor Man's Projected Season Standings as of June 11, 2009
Rob Neyer Duped By Lazy PITCHf/x Analysis
Graph of the Day: Oakland A's HITf/x
Draft Reactions Around the Blogosphere
BtB Power Rankings: Through Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Saberizing a Mac #3: Adding Win Shares & Other Data to the BDB
Examining Division I College Baseball's Run Scoring Environment
Graph of the Day - 2003 Yankee Pitching Staff
How Much is Too Much To Sign Stephen Strasburg?
Optimal Launch Speed and Angle for Extra Base Hits
BoaB - Pat Burrell League - June Rankings
Interview With John Sickels & Open Draft Day Discussion Post
Are You Smarter than Jim Bowden? Answer: Nope, looks like he gets to pick my profile image
Going Beyond The Box Score: The Art Of Keeping Score
Graph of the Day: The 2008 Rangers Outfield
New Arms of the Week - First of June
The 2009 MLB Draft's College Hitters Crop
Graph of the Day – Comparing Defensive Numbers for Shortstops that played from 2002 to 2008.
Graph of the Day: Average Batted Ball Velocity From Hit f/x
Graph of the Day - 2008 Best and Worst Defensive Teams According to UZR Values
Weekly Box Score Through June 5, 2009
BtB Poor Man's Projected Season Standings
Getting to know a draft prospect: Drew Storen
Saberizing a Mac: Installing the Baseball Databank Database
Sunday Night Game Thread #2: Phillies @ Dodgers
Braves Acquire Nate McLouth From Pirates In Win-Win Deal
Graph of the Day: Vin Mazzaro Flight Paths
BtB Power Rankings: Through Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Graph of the Day: Draft Pick Value Chart, Take One
Graphing 201: PITCHf/x Flight Paths
Community Project: Saberizing a Mac
Lucky Home Runs Through The First Two Months
Stephen Strasburg and those other guys
Drafting Catchers
Pitch f/x Primers
Playing a Different Game: 2009 Strength of Schedule
New Arms of the Week: May 25-31
Graph of the Day: Knuckleballers
Share Your FanPosts and FanShots on Twitter
PITCHf/x Radio Monday Night

May - 2009

Graph of the Day: Interleague Records
Pitcher Profile: Ebby Calvin LaLoosh of the Durham Bulls
Graph of the Day: Wang's Spin Movement at Home
Nolan Reimold, The Other Baltimore Orioles' Rookie
Wieters Day FanShot Round Up
A Quick Look At MLB Attendance
As A Saber Geek, Whose Jersey Would You Buy?
Help: Which Ballpark Score Boards Are the Most Saber-Friendly?
Milton Bradley is Mad about 3 Pitches and He is Not Going to Take It Anymore
A Note to Lurkers
Graph of the Day: Active 500 HR Hitters
Accumulated Negative Team WAR
Analyzing Market Inefficiencies: Players Below Replacement Level
BtB Power Rankings: Through Tuesday, May 26, 2009
We're Having a Sunday Night Game Thread Party
The Best All-Star Teams Using the Best Players
Graph of the Day: Jim Palmer and Mike Cuellar
Live Chat With Harry About Pitch F/X: Friday at 1pm EDT
Updated Pitching Leaderboards
How Age Affects Infield Defense Using UZR Component Skills
Feeling a Draft
David Price Has Mixed Results In 2009 Tampa Bay Rays Debut
Graph of the Day: Offense and the Economy
New Arms of the Week: Nine Pitching Debuts
Hey Look! A FanShots Round Up
Florida Marlins Bullpen In Need of Relief
Graph of the Day: Line Drives and Whiffs
Graph of the Day: Closers of the 1980s
Graph of the Day: Recent Pitchers In (or Nearly In) the 300 Win Club
Jake Peavy To White Sox: Evaluating Potential Trades
Outfield UZR Component Aging Patterns
WAR Graphs: Average and Replacement Level Hall of Fame Values
New Arms of the Week: May 11-17
Who made their 1st round picks count?
Layering the PITCHf/x Leaderboards
Friday's Fantastic FanShot File
Slicing The Pitch F/X Leader Boards
Members of the 500 Home Run Club Not In The Hall Of Fame
Ervin Santana Returns To Angels Rotation
Some Tips For Posting FanShots
Unknown Matt Palmer Goes Distance Against Red Sox
Ten Starting Pitchers Who Deserve Better ERAs
Post-Season Comparison - Is it Tougher to Win the Super Bowl or Make it to the Final Four?
Wednesday FanShots Fix
Not Your Typical Pitching Stats
Top 10 Overrated Starters in 2009
Out Of The Zone And Out Of Power; A Look At David Ortiz's 2009
FanShot Case of the Mondays
Finding The Lucky and Unlucky Teams So Far In 2009
Brett Cecil and Brent Leach - New Arms of the Week
A look back at the 1st round of the 1996 draft
BtB Live Chat: Tuesday at 2pm
For Better Or Worse Skip Schumaker Left to Field At Second Base
Introducing MLB's All "Jeff" Team
Week's End Look at FanShots
Suggestions for Career WAR Graphical Baselines
PITCHf/x Flight Paths - Zack Greinke by Season
Pat Burrell WAR League Update – May Edition
Manny Ramirez Suspended; Dodgers Left(field) with Juan Pierre
Thursday Morning FanShot Round Up
Zack Greinke Sinks His Way to Success
A look back at the 1st round of the 1995 draft
One Bad Inning, Four Earned Runs and 12 Victims For Joba Chamberlain
Graph of the Day: Gwynn vs. Edgar vs. Raines vs. Schilling
Historical WAR Between Hitters and Pitchers
Graph of the Day: Cone, Saberhagen and Finley
New Arms of the Week (4/27-5/3)
Attention Chicago Cubs Fans: Milton Bradley Will Hit The Baseball
FanShots Weekend Blowout Extravaganza!
Early Season Cy Youngs: Zack Greinke in AL, Dan Haren in NL?
News flash: The Cardinals' middle infield defense is bad
Is It That Important to Hold Runners?
Meet Tim Collins
Early Season MVPs: Evan Longoria in AL, Albert Pujols in NL
Torii Hunter Slugging At Historic Pace In 2009

April - 2009

Graph(s) of the Day: Eckersley vs. Smoltz
How Long Will Zack Greinke's Great Start Last?
Mid-Week FanShot Shindig
Graph of the Day: Maddux vs. Clemens
Back To The Bigs: Chad Gaudin's Debut With The San Diego Padres
Esmerling Vasquez f/x
Bullpen Chaining and Reliever WAR
Looking Back at the 1st Round of the 1994 Draft
Get Off the Armando Galarraga Bandwagon
Graph of the Day: Lefty, Doc and J.R.
What You Missed in the FanShots While Your Scroll Wheel Was Broken
ESPN Goes Contra
Welcome to the Show: New Pitchers of the Week
Touching All the Bases: An Interview with NY Daily News Writer Jesse Spector
Graph of the Day: Blyleven vs. Sutton vs. Ryan
Tom Goodwin + Jose Macias = Fun
Jarrod Washburn's New Approach
Fun looking at the AAA leader boards
Graph of the Day: B.J. Ryan Velocity
Holland-Day! Celebrate!
Name That Tune
The Diamondbacks Are Poor at Hitting
Graph of the Day: R.J. Swindle Breaks Pitch F/x
Oh, Ohlendorf!
Monday Evening FanShot Gallimaufry
Jordan Zimmermann PITCHf/x
Help BtB Win The SBN Twitter Contest (Please RT)
What Leverage Index Do Relievers Deserve?
Please Welcome Robbie to BtB
Graph of the Day: The Rays OF
Texas Duel - Greinke vs. Millwood
The Indians' 14 Run Second Inning
Updating CHONE's Projected 2009 Standings
Understanding Pitch f/x Graphs: Location vs. Movement
Cool new toy
Interesting Pitches to Take Deep
Graph of the Day: Wakefield's Knasty Knuckler
Graph of the Day: Dan Wheeler's Release Points
Graph(s) of the Day: The Yankees' newest lefty reliever
Rookie f/x: A quick n' early look at Ryan Perry
Graph of the Day: Josh Beckett's BABIP
Graphing 101: PitchFx (Movement)
Trading Scott Kazmir?
Graph of the Day: Ricky Romero's big league debut
Graphing 101: PitchFx (Release Points)
RIP Nick Adenhart
Graph of the Day: The 2003 Los Angeles Dodgers Offense
An Attempt At Early Season Rationality
Catching Prospects: Pop-guns and Bazookas
Graph of the Day: NBA WAR
Q and A with Jeff Luhnow
Graph of the Day: The 2001 Seattle Mariners Offense
Cliff Lee's Second Inning
Community WAR Projections Update
Opening Day Open Thread
Graph of the Day: NFL WAR
Lowe and Awaye
Tommy Hanson vs. Kenshin Kawakami
It's better to burn out, then to fade away...
Graph of the Day: The Big Red Machine's Offense
TotalZone on Corner Outfield Prospects
TotalZone on First Base Prospects
Prospect f/x - Mason Tobin
Reader Contest: 32 Predictions
2009 Season Predictions
TotalZone on Third Base Prospects
TotalZone on Second Base Prospects
Graph of the Day: Seattle's Revamped Outfield
Shattering Pitch Myths: Sliders Break More Than Fastballs
TotalZone on Center Field Prospects

March - 2009

The Sheff Stops Cooking
TotalZone on Shortstop Prospects
Get to know a rookie: Travis Snider
Bases Loaded, 2 Outs, Full Count, What Should the Pitcher Do? (Exploring Baseball and Game Theory)
Graph of the Day: The Yankees Outfield
Random Team Recollection: Arizona Diamondbacks (2004)
Graph of the Day: Boggs vs. Brett
Graph of the Day: Boggs vs. Gwynn vs. Ripken
Farm System Value Rankings
Lineup Optimization Hub
Graph of the Day: Robin Yount's Position Switch
NL West Farm System Values
BoaB Pat Burrell Season Post
BoaB Mark Ellis Season Post
Attempting To Prove Batting Average Is Useless In Fantasy Baseball, Too
Spring Battles: Nick Swisher vs. Xavier Nady
Ubaldo Jimenez FX
Really REALLY Interesting FanShots 3/25
Shawn Estes and the Dodgers' LOOGY Experiment
Graph of the Day: Andre Dawson's Career Defensive Value
Rookies of the Year by WAR
WBC Pitch Speeds Revisited
Graph of the Day: Larkin versus Alomar
Graph of the Day: Barry Larkin's Similar Players
AL East Farm System Values
Random Team Recollection: Minnesota Twins (2002)
Graph of the Day: 17 vs. 17
WBC Semi-Final Starter Suk Min Yoon
Graph of the Day: McGriff vs. Perez
Optimizing A Lineup: Red Sox
Graph of the Day: Rice vs. Dawson
Optimizing Lineups: Chicago Cubs
Looking at Dustin Ackley
Optimizing Lineups: Twins, Mets, and Yankees
Graph of the Day: Wright is Good, HoJo Good
WBC PITCHf/x: Más de Cuba
Shawn Hill is F.A.T.
Really REALLY Interesting FanShots 3/18
Hello, Yu - Darvish f/x
Graph of the Day: Thomas vs. Griffey
AL East Saber-Friendly Live Chat: Thursday At 2pm EDT
Don't Forget Our Two Contests
Decades of Excellence: Cardinal Center Fielders
Graph of the Day: Rice vs. Raines
Optimizing Your Lineup By The Book
Poll: Worst Contracts in MLB
Graph of the Day: Change-Ups from the WBC
BtB March Madness Pool
AL Central Farm System Values
Cuba PITCHf/x
All WAR Team
Graph of the Day: Sliders from the WBC
Your Random WBC Update of the Day
Graph of the Day: Curveballs from the WBC
Pitching Before Ready - Effect on WBC Fastballs
Easy Reader Contest: Be A BtB Member
Graph of the Day: Fastballs from the WBC
Craig Biggio is Big, Apparently
AL West Live Chat: Friday, March 13th Noon PDT
Cody Cillo's Palmball
Graph of the Day: 1979 NL MVP Race
Fanshots more interesting than your mom, 3/6-3/12
ISO Scatter Plots
NL East Live Chat Preview: Thursday March 12 @ 2pm EDT
Plate Discipline at the WBC (Toronto only)
Graph of the Day: Recent Greats of Third Base
WBC PITCHf/x - Cardinals Prospect Adam Ottavino of Brooklyn, Italy
Graph of the Day: Plate Discipline (or not)
A Quick Illustration on How Assumptions Are Sometimes Wrong
Graph of the Day: Piazza vs. Pudge
NL East Farm System Values
Slicing PITCHf/x By Leverage - Mariano Rivera
Graph of the Day: Sandberg, Grich, Morgan and Kent
Mariners Prospect Phillippe Aumont - WBC PITCHf/x
Graph of the Day: College Pitcher Strikeout Rates
Very Interesting FanShots: 3/3 to 3/6
Graph of the Day: Adam Everett Historical RAR
Saber-Friendly Blogging 101: Best Position Players In Franchise History
Is Andruw Jones Done?
How Much Will The Yankees Miss A-Rod?
Graph of the Day: Throwing Fuel On The Fire
NL Central Farm System Values
Community Guidelines Reminder
BtB's Readers' Worst Contracts Project
Graph of the Day: Orlando Cabrera Historical RAR
How Many Seasons Would it Take?
Graph of the Day: Ozzie vs. Andruw Historical WAR
Interesting Fanshots 2/23-3/2
AL West Farm System Values
Reviewing the 2000 National League MVP Race
Weekly Box Score: February 21st to 28th
Graph of the Day: Braun vs. Tulo vs. Gordon vs. Braun
Graph of the Day: Manny Ramirez Historical RAR

February - 2009

Royals sign Juan Cruz
Graph of the Day: Andruw Jones' Historical RAR
Friday High Fives: Best General Managers Of The Last Ten Years
About Those New CBS Sports Fantasy Commissioner Button Ads...
Graph of the Day: 2005 NL MVP Race
Mariano's Gonna Cut You, Everybody Knows It, And Nobody Can Do Anything About It
NL Central Live Chat: Tuesday, March 3 @ 1pm CST
Three Facts: Washington Nationals
Graph of the Day: Barry Bonds' Historical RAR
Three Facts: Florida Marlins
Mark Worrell - Two Pitches, One Crazy Delivery
Graph of the Day: Best Non-Bonds Outfield Seasons Since 2002
Will Robinson Cano Rebound in 2009?
Tom Glavine - The Great Plate Avoider
Three Facts: Atlanta Braves
Three Facts: New York Mets
Graph of the Day: Garret Anderson's Historical RAR
Interesting FanShots 2/23
A Brave New Outfield
Erik Manning Joins the BtB Team
Graph of the Day: Hardy vs. Quentin 2008
Yankees' No-Name Bullpen Set To Impress In 2009
How To Easily Find New Comments On Older Posts
Three Facts: Cleveland Indians
Three Facts: Chicago White Sox
Graph of the Day: Marlins Defensive Upgrades
Ken Griffey Jr. Article Template
Weekly Box Score: February 14th to 20th
Graph of the Day: Best Non-ARod 3B Seasons Since 2002
Glavine Returns (Again) to Atlanta
Graph of the Day: 2002 AL MVP Race
Friday High Fives: 2009's Most Productive Players
Three Facts: Minnesota Twins
We Have A Graphs Contest Winner
Graph of the Day: -2 WAR Club
Three Facts: Detroit Tigers
Three Facts: Kansas City Royals
Reasons Why Most Subjective Power Rankings Are Silly
The Best Baserunners of 2008
Graph of the Day: Best Non-Arod Shortstop Seasons Since '02
BTB is Super Big Now
Three Facts: Oakland Athletics
Three Facts: Seattle Mariners
Graph of the Day: Brewers Top Four
Three Facts: Texas Rangers
Chris Perez - Working On Release Points and Pitch Mix
BoaB Leagues Ready To Roll Monday Morning
Are RHB getting the same treatment as LHB on pitches away?
Are LHB being unfairly struck out looking on pitches away?
Three Facts: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
2008 Production Picture Book
BtB #6 in Wikio Rankings
Three Facts: Baltimore Orioles
Ball On A Budget League Announcements
Brian Burres' Arm Angles
With Which PED Party Are You Most Disappointed?
Three Facts: Toronto Blue Jays
Best Arms and Double Play Turners
Ball on a Budget Update
Three Facts: New York Yankees
Examining The Remaining Free Agent Hitters by WAR
Three Facts: Boston Red Sox
Simple Poll
Live Chat: Wednesday at 2pm EST
American Law, Morality, & ARod
Three Facts: Los Angeles Dodgers
A Baseball Player From The 1990's Took Steroids?
Three Facts: Tampa Bay Rays
Three Facts: Philadelphia Phillies
BtB's "Ball On A Budget" Fantasy League
Jeff Francis - Hurt but Not Showing It?
re: Manny
We Need More Graphs
First Live Chat Is Best Live Chat In BtB History
PECOTA Loves Wieters
A's Grab Wuertz and his Slider, but the Fastball is Also Included
FanShots vs. FanPosts
PitchFX, Dirt, and Parks
Reader Contest: Make Your Own Graph

January - 2009

Saber-Friendly Blogging 101: Post-dicting 2008
Chat Live With BtB On Tuesday At 2pm EST
Player Value Graphs: A Look At Adam Dunn
Rambling on Catcher Defense
Do the A's take too many strike threes looking?
The M's DH
How Much Should Paul Maholm Receive?
Garret Anderson Love
Exploring Chase and Watch Rates
Battle of the Bulge(r)
About Those Astro "Youngsters"
Position Adjustments Across the Decades
Now Playing Second Base, Number 24, Mark Teahen
Zack Greinke's Extension
The Hardball Times 2009 Season Preview
The A's Rotation
Fun With Sim Scores: Big Name FA Hitters
Ken Griffey Jr. Wants Work
Brandon Lyon's 2008 Decline - Part 1
Join BtB on Facebook
Fun With Fan(Graphs) Win Values
Undervalued Free Agents: Craig Counsell
Rangers Lose Hurley
Our FanShots Community
Kent v. Sandberg
Jeff Kent - Greatest Slugging Second Baseman
Non-Linear Cost-Per-Win Part III
Non-Linear Cost-Per-Win Part II
Behold, The Power of the Glove!
Community Projections Best Practices
Non-Linear Cost-Per-Win Analysis
Book Review: A Well Paid-Slave
Randy Wolf - Fastballs Against Righties
Odd
Here's a Nice Test
Cole Hamels Signs Extension
Saber-Friendly Blogging 101: Making Sense of Defense
Community WAR Project 2009
Who Should Pick Hall Of Famers
WAR Spreadsheet Version 1.0
Last Chance to Vote For BtB As Best Sports Blog Of 2008
Sausage: 0-2 Slices
The Red Sox and Stolen Bases
Fun With Sim Scores: The Rest of The Ballot
Kyle Long
Where's the Fuss? Juan Cruz
Average and School
Help Me Hash Out WAR Spreadsheet Details
Who's Left?: Center field and Shortstop
Fun With Sim Scores: My HOF Ballot
Who's Left?: Left and Right Field
What factors have an effect on runs scored at MLB Parks? Part 2
Life After Pettitte Addendum
User-Friendly WAR Spreadsheet (beta)
A's and Giambi Reunite
No More Gray Squirrels
What's the Fuss? #4 Chad Cordero
Tony's Choices: Motte, Perez, Carpenter and ???
Beyond The Box Score Nominated For Best Sports Blog Of 2008
Rays sign Pat Burrell to a Steal of a Deal
Verducci Effect Update: 7 Risky Pitchers for 2009
What's the Fuss? #3 Tim Redding
A Thought on Penny
The Aaron Miles Deal is Puzzling

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