The Whirlwind Week That Was

Whew! It’s been a whirlwind week here at Futility Central, a week that’s seen me: • attend my first ballgame of the year, last Wednesday’s Yankees-Red Sox matchup, a/k/a Mariano’s Meltdown • drive up to Boston to be a guest speaker at Tufts University’s class on baseball stats • celebrate this site’s four-year anniversary • …

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Clearing the Bases — Protracted Opening Day Edition

Still catching up on my reading from having been gone this weekend… • Dodger Thoughts blogger supreme Jon Weisman scored a real coup with this interview of Dodger GM Paul DePodesta. The young GM has spent the better part of his tenure walking around with a target on his back because mainstream media types, particularly …

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Riding the Sillybus

According to an entry from Aaron Gleeman, yours truly is now poisoning the minds of America’s collegiate set: There appears to be an actual class at Tufts University called “The Analysis of Baseball: Statistics and Sabermetrics.” Seriously, it even claims to count towards an American Studies major. If you’re a fellow college student, I defy …

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