By Jake McCormick I’ve recently found out that I really, really like The Big Lebowski. This sentence has never been spoken before, but John Goodman looks better and better every time I watch it. How else could you describe a character that pulls a gun over a bowling dispute while at the same time correctly predicting the Tara Reid kidnapping scheme throughout the movie? The … [Read more...] about MLB awards Part II: The Big Lebowski of sabermetrics
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MLB awards Part I: Traditional stats vs. Sabermetrics
By Jake McCormick Only following one train of thought to the extreme in politics and life pulls you further towards the edge of reality. In the baseball world, the spectrum is divided with sabermetricians and Bill James on one side and traditional stat geeks with Ken Rosenthal on the other. Think of them as baseball’s tea parties and anti-war protests. Instead of act under … [Read more...] about MLB awards Part I: Traditional stats vs. Sabermetrics