Solving Major League Baseball’s Marketing Problem
February 10, 2015 by Ron Juckett · Leave a Comment
The National Football League concluded another season with the most watched show in the history of American television, breaking a record held by last year’s Super Bowl and so on. Of course, 114 million pair of eyes on one whale of a football game means baseball is dying, right? Certainly, a sport dragging in $9 […]
Triple Milestone Targets 2013
September 8, 2013 by Bill Gilbert · 1 Comment
With four weeks to go, only two players are on target for triple milestones of a .300 batting average, 30 home runs and 100 RBIs but six others are close. Only one pitcher is on target for the milestones of 20 wins, 200 strikeouts and an ERA less than 3.00. No other pitchers are close. […]
Harvey vs. Scherzer is Like Deja Vu All Over Again
August 23, 2013 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment
Tomorrow’s bout between the New York Mets and Detroit Tigers at Citi Field would most likely be ignored outside of New York and Michigan but for the anticipated match-up of two of the game’s best pitchers—24-year-old phenom Matt Harvey and 28-year-old all-but-guaranteed-to-win-the-AL Cy Young Award, Max Scherzer. Granted the Tigers don’t have anything clinched yet, […]
Toeing The Rubber/Riding The Pine: 4/22/2013
April 22, 2013 by Chris Mitchell · Leave a Comment
Toeing The Rubber/Riding The Pine Week four is a wrap around week in fantasy baseball. Most aces from week #1 have their second two start weeks of the season this week so pitchers like David Price and Felix Hernandez have two starts with one very notable exception, Justin Verlander. Adding to the aces in this […]
Tracking Triple Milestones – 2012
June 26, 2012 by Bill Gilbert · Leave a Comment
With the season nearing the halfway point, it’s a good time to check on hitters that are on target for the triple milestones of a .300 batting average, 30 home runs and 100 RBIs and which pitchers are on a pace for 20 wins, 200 strikeouts and an ERA under 3.00. Since pitchers have recorded […]
The Factor12 Rating Returns
April 2, 2012 by Josh Robbins · Leave a Comment
The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers on 60ft6in.com. F12 consists of the following twelve statistics incorporating every aspect of pitching. Innings Pitched (IP); Strikeouts Minus Walks (SO-BB); Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP); Earned Run Average (ERA); Walks plus Hits per Innings Pitched […]
Kemp Unanimous Pick For NL Stan Musial Award
October 28, 2011 by Seamheads · 2 Comments
Bautista holds off Ellsbury in American League There were some outstanding performances this year in Major League Baseball. However, one clearly stood out from the pack. Los Angeles Dodger outfielder Matt Kemp was named the National League Stan Musial Award winner for 2011 in voting held by the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. Kemp received all 15 […]
