bad umpires Stories - Beyond the Box Score
A Quick Word on Home Field Advantage and the Strike Zone
A new book called Scorecasting makes the claim that the primary source of home field advantage is a bias in the behavior of officials. To quote this interview at Wired.com (h/t Rob Neyer): So we looked at how games are called and that’s where the data went berserk.... called balls and...
Umpires Gone Wild
This part of the "General Instructions To Umpires" that appears in MLB Rule 9 has been quoted on this site before, but this morning it bears repeating: You are the only official representative of baseball on the ball field. It is often a trying position which requires the exercise of much...
Thursday Rockpile: Blame our walking woes on the umps, and other early Baseball-Reference observations
Players are striking out too much. Tulowitzki, Iannetta, Spilborghs. All seem to be struggling with this. So I know, you're going, well duh, Rox Girl. It took you a long time to figure that one out, huh? Yeah, that's why you guys pay me the big bucks. Okay, actually you pay Troy Renck the big...
Sunday's Plastic Cup is a Reds-Killer
Baseball season can be so silly. Three days ago, I was feeling down about this team, and judging from the comments here, I was far from alone. Then we picked off the last game against the Cardinals and the first two against the Reds (including another Cueto start!) and we're elated again. As...
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