You Can Add Dropping the F-Bomb in the Wall Street Journal to My Resume

So, over the past three years, I’ve talked to two other WSJ reporters at length a total of five or six times, for maybe an hour and a half, without getting my name in that paper (not that I’m counting). While part of me wishes that the eloquent command of the Yankee Stadium ticket issue …

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Stickin’ it to the Ticket Holders [updated]

I’m mad as hell about the Yankees’ ticket situation, and I’m not gonna take it any more. Instead of being offered our $25 seats, or even anything between the bases, we had been assigned $85 seats in section 107… …right behind the right field foul pole. Obstructed view, at more than triple the price of …

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The Breakout Bunch

I’ve got a pair of articles at BP and ESPN Insider focusing on young players whom PECOTA forecasts to break out, which in terms of our forecasting system means improving their productivity at least 20 percent relative to their three-year baseline. From the hitters piece (BP and ESPN): Not every top prospect hits the ground …

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It’s Not the Crime, It’s the Coverage

In addition to flattering me with some choice casting, El Lefty Malo (a/k/a Alex Lash, a mentor from way back) raised a provocative question in this post last week: is sabermetrics anti-labor? One thing about our sabremetric era that doesn’t get discussed much: it’s inherently anti-labor. “Efficiencies” is not a word workers want to hear …

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Clearing the Bases – Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Edition

A fistful of links from the past couple of weeks, none of them having to do with steroids or A-Rod (we’ll get those in another post. Maybe.)… • Baseball Prospectus 2009 is shipping from Amazon.com and on the bookshelves of your local retailer. I’ve had a copy in hand since last Friday, and it’s as chockfull …

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