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January 11, 2007

Schrodinger's Bat: It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint

by Dan Fox

In 2006, one team used baserunning to more of an advantage than any other, while the NL trounced the AL on the basepaths. Dan examines his metrics to ask why this might be.

January 4, 2007

Schrodinger's Bat: New Year's Wishes

by Dan Fox

Rather than resolutions, Dan crosses his fingers, closes his eyes and dreams big for 2007.

December 21, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: The Best Baserunners of 2006

by Dan Fox

Dan examines Bill James' baserunning metrics and names the best baserunners of 2006 on the major league level.

December 14, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: Questions, Questions

by Dan Fox

Dan asks his readers what they want for Christmas, and pulls out a Batted Balls in Play program that you'll want to share with your young ones this holiday season.

December 7, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: Echoes of the Past

by Dan Fox

Looking for that perfect baseball book to sit besides Baseball Between the Numbers under the Christmas tree or Chanukah menorah?

November 30, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: A Second Look at First Contact

by Dan Fox

Dan jumps right back into the topic of "first contact," and finds some surprising results.

November 16, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: The Numb3rs Game

by Dan Fox

Dan goes channel serf on us, and reaches an unsurprising conclusion.

November 9, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: First Contact

by Dan Fox

Dan takes on an old saw--does a pitcher really have the advantage if the opposing hitter has never faced him before?

November 2, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: Rainy Days and Sundays

by Dan Fox

Dan sorts through the historical story of rainouts in baseball, and laments the doubleheader au natural.

October 26, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: The Information Revolution

by Dan Fox

Dan charts progress and shows a new way to document pitcher performance in-game.

October 19, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: Clogging the Bases

by Dan Fox

Dan wonders if there's any truth to a now-famous Dusty Baker saying.

October 13, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: Odds and Ends

by Dan Fox

Dan dives into seeing what a more mathematical model would say about the outcomes of postseason series, and responds to some reader suggestions on the scarcity of triples.

September 28, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: Baseball's Trifecta

by Dan Fox

Where have all the triples gone? Dan investigates.

September 21, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: On Scorers and Scoring

by Dan Fox

If you're scoring this at home, runs are runs, but what about hits and errors?

September 14, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: The Whole, the Sum, and the Parts

by Dan Fox

Dan backs up and provides an overview on what this summer's findings tell us about team-level baserunning, and what we can learn about baserunning in general.

September 7, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: The Running Man

by Dan Fox

Dan starts to bring it all home in his look at baserunning, as he tallies up each of his metrics and shows us the best and worst runners from 2000-2005.

August 31, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: The Curious Case of Mark Teahen

by Dan Fox

In this tale of two third basemen, Dan sorts out which one's the genuine article: the old Mark Teahen, or the new terror of the American League.

August 24, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: Valuing the Running Game

by Dan Fox

Dan has the final word on the value of stealing bases in the latest installment of his series on baserunning.

August 17, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: Using The House Advantage

by Dan Fox

Dan continues his series on baserunning by focusing on individual clubs. Do the Angels really create an advantage by being aggressive?

August 10, 2006

Schrodinger's Bat: Replacing Ricky Gutierrez

by Dan Fox

Resident Cub fan Dan Fox weighs in on the Maddux-for-Izturis swap.