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performance - not least because they do not distinguishing between a single, double, triple, or home run, or how many players on base advance by virtue of a hit. They are also mathematically problematic, as shown by a curious phenomenon that can crop up known as Simpson’s paradox”(A Game Of Numbers). A batting average ignores extra base hits, runs batted in, and bases on balls. Slugging percentage is also problematic because it gives too much weight to extra-base hits. “A major impetus to the…

Advancement of the Bat: Changing the Game “It’s a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.”(Pete Rose) The evolution of the bat has changed the game dramatically from the wood bat to the medal. Baseball is one of America’s greatest past times since 1846, because of all of the drama and excitement. There have been a lot of changes since the first game from the awkward shaped wood bats, to the metal bats that fall apart, to the perfected bats. (The Evolution of Baseball Bats)…

If you were alive in the 1920s the chance of you knowing who Billy Sunday was is very high. Billy Sunday played Major League Baseball for 8 years. Sunday's personality, outlook, and athleticism made him popular with the fans, as well as with his teammates. Sunday got recruited because of his speed and his energetic outfield play. Billy could run the bases in 14 seconds, and often was top in the League for stolen bases. He was captain of Pittsburgh Alleghenys for the 1888 season and gained a…

last season, that hardly seems like enough to declare that the real Strasburg, the $175 million Strasburg, now walks among us. But maybe Washington's feeling lucky. Or maybe the Nats feel certain. Maybe this is the real Strasburg, one who can keep up his recent success over a long contract and lead the Nationals to the postseason promised land that has eluded them since they became a trendy on-paper champion in…

The Orioles recently resigned Chris Davis to a 7 year and $161 million dollar contract. As Jon wrote at the time (http://camdendepot.blogspot.com/2016/01/orioles-go-slightly-bananas-and-sign.html), Davis brings to the immediate a strong bat with a heavy right handed favored split. It’s pretty simple honestly, people like Chris Davis because he has elite power and can absolutely crush pitches. Meanwhile, CBS Sports…

Babe Ruth was very significant to baseball. Babe Ruths real name is George Herman Ruth, Jr.Professional star Babe Ruth was very popular he had one sibling and was married to two people. When Babe Ruth was at a younger age he started to do bad things like chewing tobacco, drinking and a lot of other things that kids did not do and his parents did not like the things that he was doing. His parents sent him to St. Mary's Industrial School, he went there for 12 years. Learned a lot and he really…

Holliday is listed 6-foot-4 and weighs 240 pounds, has never been the most graceful outfielder and, late in his stay in St. Louis, he began to play sporadically at first base. He dropped a soft line drive in Game 2 of the 2009 National League Division Series against the Dodgers. Holliday also previously played for the team of the Colorado Rockies from 2004 to 2008 before being traded to the Oakland Athletics on November of 2008. He had a short stint with the A’s and was later on traded to the…

Now that the season is over, I can talk to guys a bit about my early experiences with Yankees. My first vivid memories of the Yankees, was the 96 Championship. That was a heck of year. It was the beginning of a new era and new dynasty. I remember saying to myself, "Joe Torre, are you kidding me"? "That guy has never won anything." Doesn’t he have a losing track record, I said oh my gosh, come on guys, you could do better than that." Boy was I wrong, he brought the winning way back to Yankees…

disease, that later killed him. Lou Gehrig was born June 19, 1903 in New York, at an early age He helped his mom run errands while she was at her jobs. His dad had trouble finding a job, and was drunk most of the time, however Lou’s Dad helped him build up physique, and muscle. Lou excelled at sports, He played 1st baseman. He helped his team win the New York’s Park Department League baseball…

to assembling a successful baseball team, fixated on overcoming serious budget deficiencies when compared to other teams. Former professional baseball player and Oakland A’s General Manager (GM) Billy Beane, takes assembling and developing a World Series winning worthy team personally upon himself to complete. By competing with teams like the New York Yankees, where resources are much more plentiful, GM Billy Beane decides to think pragmatically outside the box, adopting unfamiliar industry…