Barometer In Seattle

March 23, 2010 by Matt Milner  
Filed under MLB, Sabermetrics, Seattle Mariners

In the past 20 years, statistical analysis of baseball has been progressing at a fast pace. Bill James published his Baseball Abstracts starting in 1977 and ever since then, Sabermetrics has taken off. Back then, James relied on a calculator and a pen and paper to do his calculations, and the application of the information [...]

Is the Mainstream Media Doing a Good Job?

February 22, 2010 by Rick Mell  
Filed under Sabermetrics

Since I have a better understanding of baseball, there is one trend I have noticed and that is the more I learn about the game, the more I realize that those in the mainstream media are wrong. I see this as a problem because I feel that the mainstream is doing a disservice to the [...]