Archives for December 2012

2013 Hall of Fame Predictions

It's Hall of Fame season and many voters have started to release their ballots. This ballot is stacked, it has more depth and quality players than any other class in modern voting history (1966). On … [Read more...]

Baseball’s most exclusive clubs

Twenty eight players have accumulated 3,000 hits or more. Twenty five players have hit 500 home runs or more. Pete Rose tops the hit list with 4,256, Roberto Clemente finished with exactly 3,000. … [Read more...]

Baseball Links From Around The Web

Here are some quick links to some of my favorite baseball stories this week, (with a few of my own posts mixed in). Bryan O'Connor examined how sports have evolved, and why each generation of fans … [Read more...]

Episode 10: David Schoenfield

On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast SweetSpot writer and editor David Schoenfield and I discussed ESPN's Hall of 100, and the 2013 Hall of Fame ballot. David gave his thoughts on the most … [Read more...]

Q & A with Tom Tango

Tom Tango, sabermetrician and co-author of The Book Playing the Percentages in Baseball, was kind enough to answer some of my questions regarding run expectancy, PEDs, defensive metrics, and the Hall … [Read more...]