2010 Season Presents Puzzling Mathematical Results

September 27, 2010 by Jess Coleman · 1 Comment

If you can understand correlations, you can begin to understand something essential to success in baseball. Why? Because correlations show how one variable affects another variable. For example, we can see how strikeouts influence runs scored, and we would find that there is no notable correlation (actually true). The dictionary describes a correlation as a […]

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Where Is the Offense?

May 6, 2010 by Bill Gilbert · Leave a Comment

The Houston Astros have started slowly for several years (9-13 in April, 2009 and 13-16 in 2008).Â However, the month of April, 2010 (8-14) was even worse.Â After the Club started 0-8, there was a brief ray of hope when the team went 8-2 in the next 10 games including a 3 game sweep of […]

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