Kagan: The physics of ‘late break’ on pitches
From SABR member David Kagan at The Hardball Times on September…
Wendt: A meditation on a mess of baseball cards
From Holly Wendt at Baseball Prospectus on September 1, 2017:The…
Torres: Sandy Alomar Sr.: All-Star second baseman turned All-Star dad
From Danny Torres at La Vida Baseball on August 31, 2017:He stood…
SABR Defensive Index rankings released through August 27, 2017
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 — Boston right fielder Mookie Betts leads…
Tomasik: Rabbit Maranville helped Cardinals make pennant run
From SABR member Mark Tomasik at RetroSimba on August 31, 2017:Heading…
Thorn: Zane Grey’s ‘The Short-Stop,’ a neglected baseball novel
From SABR member John Thorn at Our Game on August 28, 2017:On…
Womack: Segregation, war helped cost Newcombe a place in HOF
From SABR member Graham Womack at The Sporting News on August…
Paine: Albert Pujols is the worst player in baseball
From Neil Paine at FiveThirtyEight on August 30, 2017:Albert…
The SABR Bookshelf: Summer 2017
Periodically throughout the year, SABR.org publishes…
Geller: Nine innings with Ross Grimsley
From SABR member Brian Geller at Dugout Chatter on August 30,…
Cilliers: Muskoka’s forgotten World Series champion, George Selkirk
From Roland Cilliers at the Huntsville Forester on August 29,…
Bates/Parker: This Week in Baseball History: Tom Yawkey endorses segregation
From SABR members Mike Bates and Bill Parker at This Week in…
Jenkins: Stanton vs. Bonds vs. history: how do we measure the home run record?
From Bruce Jenkins at the San Francisco Chronicle on August 30,…
Appel: Imagining an inventors’ wing in the Baseball Hall of Fame
From SABR member Marty Appel at The National Pastime Museum on…
Sarris: Would a TV host get a single hit in a full season of play?
From SABR member Eno Sarris at FanGraphs on August 30, 2017:Admit…
Kang: Why are some new statistics embraced and not others?
From Jay Caspian Kang at the New York Times on August 29, 2017,…
Arthur: How the Dodgers are using baseball’s new DL rules to get an edge
From SABR member Rob Arthur at FiveThirtyEight on August 29,…
Mains: How designated hitters lost their groove
From SABR member Rob Mains at Baseball Prospectus on August 28,…
Slusser: Moneyball at 20: Inside Billy Beane’s legacy after two decades running the A’s
From Susan Slusser at the San Francisco Chronicle on August 25,…
Ben-Porat: A visual case for the DH
From Eli Ben-Porat at The Hardball Times on August 28, 2017:It’s…
Wendel: From worst to first: the 1991 Twins and Braves
From SABR member Tim Wendel at The National Pastime Museum on…
This Week in SABR: August 25, 2017
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Womack: Buddy Bell was nearly the Adrian Beltre of the 1980s
From SABR member Graham Womack at The Sporting News on August…
Cafardo: Yawkey biographer Bill Nowlin ‘never once found any evidence’ of personal racism
From Nick Cafardo at the Boston Globe on August 19, 2017, with…