eric seidman Stories - Beyond the Box Score
New Stat Alert: SIERA
Those money-grubbing sabermetricians are at it again! Furthering their journey down that money trail, talented Baseball Prospectus writers Matt Swartz and Eric Seidman unveiled a new pitching statistic, "Skill Interactive Earned Run Average" (SIERA, for short). It is rooted in the DIPS concept,...
Revisiting the Horror of the 2003 Detroit Tigers
If you need to feel better about this season's 0-2 start (and Big Al's already hovering over the panic button), perhaps it might bring you some solace to recall the 2003 Detroit Tigers. You know, the team that went 43-119? (I apologize if I'm bringing back any repressed memories or undoing any...









