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Comment on Play a Hard 9 is moving by Tweets that mention Play a Hard 9 is moving « Play a Hard Nine -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Play a Hard 9 is moving « Play a Hard Nine -- Topsy.com — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:03:33 +0000

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Comment on Average Pujolsian Seasons by Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:05:47 +0000

So what you’re saying is we should go find this Ruth guy and give him a lot of money?

Comment on Average Pujolsian Seasons by aswb83

aswb83 — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:49:18 +0000

Haha. Thanks for the nice words and for taking the time to read the post, Nate.

Comment on Average Pujolsian Seasons by Nathan Eubanks

Nathan Eubanks — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:54:54 +0000

Great as always. I found your research to be fascinating. What an incredible player. I should feel lucky we were both employed by the cardinals together for a brief time. He was compiling great seasons, and I was getting belligerent drunk people to stop saying cuss words in front of little kids.

Comment on Cardinals 2011 Zips – Hitters by stevesommer05

stevesommer05 — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 02:05:43 +0000

Definitely. At best a utility guy.

Comment on Cardinals 2011 Zips – Hitters by erik

erik — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 22:34:54 +0000

This Ryan Theriot thing is getting stinker by the hour.

Comment on Musings on the Cards Moves by stevesommer05

stevesommer05 — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:36:53 +0000

thoran,

The raw defensive metrics (i.e. UZR, TZ etc) take chances into account. It’s basically how many runs above/below average is that player given the chances he has gotten. The rate stats (UZR/150) normalize to a standard number of chances.

That said, you are correct in that his defense would have less of an impact on the Cardinals (a GB staff) than on a fly ball heavy team. Is it enough to offset the bad? Not really sure

Comment on Musings on the Cards Moves by thoran85

thoran85 — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:29:51 +0000

Do defensive measurements take into account the amount of plays the fielder makes throughout the season or are all players assumed to have fielded the same amount to normalize the numbers across different teams?

I ask this only because it would seem that Berkman, although horrible in the OF, will have a lesser impact on the Cardinals since they are a ground ball pitching team, as opposed to a team with a majority of fly ball pitchers.

Comment on Will Boog and/or Theriot Rebound Offensively in 2011? by St. Louis Cardinals Monday Morning Links: December 6 | I-70 Baseball

St. Louis Cardinals Monday Morning Links: December 6 | I-70 Baseball — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:04:58 +0000

[...] One of my favorite sites, Play A Hard Nine, takes a look at Theriot and Brendan Ryan and the need for one of them to rebound this season. [...]

Comment on Mozeliak’s 2011 Wish List: Part 1 by JD Norton

JD Norton — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:04:19 +0000

I started the site:

http://bleedcardinalredwithme.com

I added you to my blogroll, could you do the same? Thanks,