Sabermetrics are here to stay. It’s time to get on the bus.
April 26, 2010 by Mark Ahrens
Filed under Baseball Writing, Book Review, Statistics and Analysis
VORP? UZR? BABIP? No doubt you have seen some recent articles, including on this website, using terms that sound like they could come directly from NASA or the CIA. These terms actually are part of an emerging lexicon that is revolutionizing baseball circles called Sabermetrics.
Sabermetrics is the term given by baseball folks to the practice of churning and [...]
Book Review: Moneyball
March 21, 2010 by Mark Ahrens
Filed under Book Review
With the recent launching of this website, it seems only natural to review the best selling baseball book of the last decade.
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
by Michael Lewis
“We take fifty guys (in the draft) and we celebrate if two of them make it. In what other business is two for fifty a [...]
