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Bruce Jenkins Likes Gut Feeling Over Stats in Hall of Fame Voting

I'll just get this out of the way. I hate people who are too reliant on stats when judging baseball players and/or teams. I've said it before, but the game is not played on a spreadsheet. Human beings play this precision sport on the field. On the other hand, it's very much a stat-based game when you are arguing for things...

Despite Smarts, Brian Bannister Is Struggling

Much has been made of Brian Bannister's baseball smarts. Unlike most players, Bannister has showed off an impressive understanding of underlying sabermetric stats, and has admitted to putting them to use on the mound. Bannister isn't a physically gifted pitcher, so it was something of a blogger geekfest to see him pitch so...

Enjoy Your Luck, Rockies Fans

Everyone is still trying to make sense of the Rockies' incredible stretch run this season. Rob Neyer placed it as the No. 3 baseball miracle of all time. The Rockies, in their post-game interviews after their NLCS win, seemed to be struggling to comprehend it. Others are turning to the special sauce that nearly every team...

Where Does the Rockies' Run Rank?

Despite whatever contrarian knee-jerk reaction you might have to Dane Cook shouting at you, the 2007 World Series is shaping up to be a classic. The Boston Red Sox, paragons of consistent domination, and the Colorado Rockies, the hottest team baseball has seen in a long, long time, squaring off. It's going to be a good...

How Rob Neyer Got His Start

Bill James may be the grandfather of baseball sabermetrics, but Rob Neyer has to be considered some kind of great uncle. James was well-established among hardcore baseball nerds before Neyer came along, but it was Neyer's column on ESPN.com that brought sabermetrics into the light and in front of a national audience. The...

RobNeyer News From the Web

05/02/12 SBN Nation Youtube Channel - SBNation Video Is Here Source: The Copper & Blue We launched SB Nation's official Youtube channel on March 1st with some pretty large ambitions: let's try something new.