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Friday, April 26th, 2013.@bharper3407 (20 years, 191 days) has 70 extra-base hits in 160 games. (1/2)
— MLB Stat of the Day (@MLBStatoftheDay) April 26, 2013
No player since at least 1916 has collected that many extra-base hitsthat quickly, while also being so young. (2/2)
— MLB Stat of the Day (@MLBStatoftheDay) April 26, 2013
Bryce Harper has the second-most HR in [...]
Maybe Skins Fans Actually Care About This Draft (INFOGRAPHIC)
Thursday, April 25th, 2013Earlier I wrote, “This draft has no buzz for Redskins fans.” It appears I was wrong. In response to that post @olsonchr put together this fancy data visualization:
Now, this may not be the most accurate way of gauging team-by-team fan interest in this particular draft, but it is a way of doing it. It shows [...]
Skins Playoff Odds Made Simple
Wednesday, December 26th, 2012We’ve been posting somewhat convoluted Redskins playoffs scenarios for weeks because we’re into slow-building disappointment, but now it’s pretty simple: Beat Dallas at home, win the NFC East. Here’s what the odds look like:
Football Outsiders: 85 percent (77 percent for the division; seven percent for a wild card)
Playoff Status: 70 percent (64 percent for the [...]
DMV: London Fletcher Is Falling
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012Advanced stats say London Fletcher isn’t good anymore. [Burgundy Blog]
A defiant D. Hall says the ref was “equally at fault.” PSGO. [The Insider]
Love the fact-checking of Mike Shanahan that occurs here. [Real Redskins]
Reminder: Skins are wearing these leatherheaded throwbacks Sunday. [TI]
Wiz lose opener at Cleveland. No one scored more than 11. [Bullets Forever]
The highlight was [...]
Bryce Harper Is A Phenom Which Is On Fire
Monday, October 1st, 2012Jeff Passan’s MLB Awards column lays out how truly awesome Bryce Harper is playing down the stretch for your Washington Nationals:
“[Harper's] OPS bottomed out at .718 on Aug. 15. In the 156 at-bats since, Harper is hitting .327/.387/.667 with 12 home runs. By the way, Mr. Might-Be-MVP[, Miguel Cabrera] is .319/.395/.652 with 13 homers over [...]
10 Awesome Stats From The Nats’ 14-2 Slaughter Of San Francisco
Tuesday, August 14th, 2012Many thanks to workhorse Nats beat writer Adam Kilgore for most of these, and Mark Zuckerman for the rest:
1. The Nats tied their largest margin of victory “since baseball returned to Washington” (12).
2. The Nats now have MLB’s best run differential (108) to go along with MLB’s best record (72-44).
3. The Nats doubled the most [...]
‘Strasburg Shouldn’t Be Shut Down,’ Says Bad ESPN Logic
Sunday, August 5th, 2012This ESPN Stats & Info blog post (“a must-read for everyone at ESPN”!) is too much to bear, so off we go, Fire Joe Morgan-style …
In all likelihood, 24-year-old Stephen Strasburg’s season will end within weeks with the Washington Nationals likely in a fierce pennant race.
If the Nationals were to reverse course and allow Strasburg [...]
The 1991 Redskins Were Basically The Best Team Ever, Says Math
Monday, July 23rd, 2012I’m a longtime fan of the Football Outsiders gang and am just ripping through their 2012 Almanac, so it’s with great joy that I present to you their latest finding:
With the official unveiling of the 1991 DVOA [Defense-adjusted Value Over Average] ratings, the Redskins pass the 2007 Patriots as the highest-rated team in DVOA history.
Washington [...]
WAR Leaders: Top 10 Nats Of ‘12
Friday, July 20th, 2012It’s been said many times many ways, but the Nats are a first-place team thanks to their pitching and … not much else. I haven’t seen it said this way, though:
Of baseball’s top 80 offensive players, as ranked by Wins Above Replacement (WAR), only one is a National. That’s hard to do while you also [...]
Was Brian Roberts The Best AL Second Baseman Of The Aughts?
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012Brian Roberts is set to play tonight for the first time in 13 months, so what better time to dust off some three-year-old, half-baked research? I put this together in the fall of 2009 to see where B-Rob ranked among the best 2B of the past decade, and I don’t know why I didn’t post [...]
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