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The Physics of Replay Reviews
There are real, physical constraints on video replays of close plays such as this one (via James G).I guess I am a curmudgeon. When I first heard that baseball was adopting replay I saw it as the end...
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Total War
Christy Mathewson, an early crusader against foul play, was felled by a different kind. (via Paul Thompson)Christy Mathewson was one of the first baseball victims of total war. When America joined the...
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The Strike Zone Expansion is Out of Control
Borderline pitches such as this one are increasingly being called strikes. (via Adam Baker)The playoffs are here, which means games are scrutinized more than at any other time in the season, with...
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The Tony Gwynn Treatment
James Loney has been said to receive the Tony Gwynn treatment. (via Keith Allison) Do low-strikeout hitters get a smaller called zone from the umpires? Earlier this season, Brian Anderson, veteran...
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Does the Call Need to Stand?
Does the standard for replay reviews need to be clear and convincing evidence? (via Robert Rescot) I don’t have too many complaints about baseball’s replay review system. It’s not great that it leads...
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Manager Ejections in the New Replay Era
Mike Scioscia was ejected three times in 2014. (via James G.)The great experiment has ended. Not that the expanded replay review system begun in the 2014 season is going away. Despite a certain drag on...
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The Expanded Strike Zone: It’s Baaaack…
The expanded strike zone is making an unwelcome (to some) comeback. (via James G) The changing of the guard at the MLB Office of the Commissioner prior to this season has prompted an openness to make...
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The Commissioner Speaks: Imagining a Redefined Strike Zone
Commissioner Rob Manfred has been keeping an eye on the strike zone this year. (via Arturo Pardavila III)Before the season, Yahoo’s Jeff Passan reported that the strike zone would be monitored this...
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Ballplayers Going Over to the Dark (Blue) Side
Like players-turned-managers, there are players who went into umpiring. (via James G.) Wanting to be a big league ballplayer is a common enough ambition or dream for many young men. The same could not...
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On the Nature of the Strike Zone in Two and Three Dimensions
This is an example of the truncated strike zone. The majority of strike zone analysis considers the zone to be a region of the plane vertically passing through the front of home plate. This can be...
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How to Play Baseball (If You Don’t Play Baseball)
If baseball had cargo shorts, how different would it be? (via M.S. Burton) Once every year or so, when the calendar smiles on me, I put together a softball game for the writers and readers of the...
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MLB Umpires: 2016 Review, World Series Preview
John Hirschbeck is the crew chief in his final World Series as an umpire. (via Keith Allison) As part of the MLB-watching general public, one fault I believe we have is forgetting how exceptionally...
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How Umpires’ Ejection Rates Change with Age and Experience
No one ever said being an MLB umpire was easy. (via Keith Allison) A few years ago, I did an extended dive into the statistics of manager ejections in the major leagues. One of the strongest...
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Does the Call Need to Stand?
Does the standard for replay reviews need to be clear and convincing evidence? (via Robert Rescot) I don’t have too many complaints about baseball’s replay review system. It’s not great that it leads...
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Manager Ejections in the New Replay Era
Mike Scioscia was ejected three times in 2014. (via James G.) The great experiment has ended. Not that the expanded replay review system begun in the 2014 season is going away. Despite a certain drag...
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The Expanded Strike Zone: It’s Baaaack…
The expanded strike zone is making an unwelcome (to some) comeback. (via James G) The changing of the guard at the MLB Office of the Commissioner prior to this season has prompted an openness to make...
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The Commissioner Speaks: Imagining a Redefined Strike Zone
Commissioner Rob Manfred has been keeping an eye on the strike zone this year. (via Arturo Pardavila III) Before the season, Yahoo’s Jeff Passan reported that the strike zone would be monitored this...
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Ballplayers Going Over to the Dark (Blue) Side
Like players-turned-managers, there are players who went into umpiring. (via James G.) Wanting to be a big league ballplayer is a common enough ambition or dream for many young men. The same could not...
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On the Nature of the Strike Zone in Two and Three Dimensions
This is an example of the truncated strike zone. The majority of strike zone analysis considers the zone to be a region of the plane vertically passing through the front of home plate. This can be...
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How to Play Baseball (If You Don’t Play Baseball)
If baseball had cargo shorts, how different would it be? (via M.S. Burton) Once every year or so, when the calendar smiles on me, I put together a softball game for the writers and readers of the...
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