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Lousy Lineup Optimizer: Pittsburgh Pirates
Today's victims subjects are the PIttsburgh Pirates, a team that has seemed, well, hopeless for a while. However, they have a bright from office with Neal Huntington in charge and widely admired saber...
Lousy Lineup Optimizer: San Diego Padres
If you're anything like me, you can't help but obsess over lineups. While the most optimal lineup only increases offensive output by about 5-15 runs a year over a traditional lineup, for teams with we...
Lousy Lineup Optimizer: Kansas City Royals
Trey Hillman, undoubtedly pondering a batting order that would make Tom Tango proud. In August, 1972, with the Detroit Tigers in a terrible slump, manager Billy Martin decided to "shake t...
The Best Base Stealers Since 1900
If the stolen base is the lost art, what does that make the caught stealing? Using the SQL database I decided to find the best basestealing runs created (.22*SB - .38*CS as BSRC) by the decade. The re...
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