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Bernazard's Ridiculous "Oppo" Plan
John Harper at the Daily News wrote about Tony Bernazard's organizational emphasis on hitting the ball to the opposite field, starting after the 2008 season. Before his firing, Bernazard was apparently so obsessed with players "going oppo" that he scolded them when they pulled the ball, even after...
Sean Green's New Groove
One of the stories out of Port St. Lucie is Sean Green's new sidearm delivery. He dropped down his arm angle late last season and apparently it is now even more pronounced. Here is Green's reasoning for making the change, per Adam Rubin: Green said he has always struggled with repeating his...
Ten Starting Pitchers Who Deserve Better ERAs
Continuing with my recent theme of separating the real performances from the flukey ones, I'm going to take a look at starting pitchers whose skills indicate their ERAs are currently too high. You might call these them unlucky. In yesterday's look at the lucky pitchers, I used FIP, an ERA-like...
The Hardball Times Season Preview 2009
The Hardball Times Season Preview is the forward-looking companion to their Baseball Annual, a retrospective of the prior season. After a brief intro and projected standings for 2009 (Mets in first -- Yay!) the book rolls right into the thick: a chapter apiece on each big league team, penned by...
It's Coming: The Hardball Times Season Preview 2009
The Hardball Times Season Preview 2009 is on its way. Scheduled for release on February 25, the THT preview is the companion volume to The Annual, and features previews, player comments and player projections for all 30 big league teams from some of the best team-specific baseball writers around....
The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2009
When the baseball season ends, the baseball annual season begins. From October through February we are showered with post- and pre-mortum coverage of the season that was and the season that's to be, respectively. Most of the annuals are crammed full of numbers, which we love, but what always...
Staying Back Might Be Holding Them Back
Your recommended reading for the day comes from The Hardball Times, where Paul Nyman has done a vastly thorough job (complete with video) of breaking down Justin Verlander and Jeremy Bonderman in an attempt to explain their dwindling velocity this season. (Here's Part One of his feature.) Of...
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