strength of schedule Stories - Beyond the Box Score
Playing a Different Game: 2009 Strength of Schedule
I've been looking around the web for measures of MLB strength of schedule and have found three results so far. One, Andy Dolphin's site, hasn't started updating for 2009. A second, ESPN.com, doesn't make their methodology obvious at all. The third, BPro, also doesn't explain its methodology, but...
Pre-Series Cubs Thoughts
Blah blah blah, this is a big one, whatever. I don't care how on-the-bubble Sheets is or that we're getting Cameron back or that we're playing the Cubs. It's game #26, and after the series, we'll have 134 left. So let's all chill out about that. That said, it will certainly be an interesting...
Strength of Schedule
We're two weeks in, so I think it's time to start drawing some absurd conclusions based on some weak assumptions. To get us started, I worked out the relative strength of the Brewers and Cubs schedules. (If the Cards are still hanging in there in a few weeks, maybe I'll run them too.) To get the...
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