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No Leg to Stand On: Revisiting 2011 Projections

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Predictions, Yankees on September 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »

In 2010, the Captain’s Blog was a veritable crystal ball when it came to predicting the standings, at least when compared to a universe of experts and projection systems. How’d I do this season? Well, as John Sterling might say, you can’t predict baseball. 2011 Captain’s Blog Predictions Compared to Final Standings Note: Positive number […]

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Curses: Explaining Away Another Epic Red Sox Collapse

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , , , , , on September 29, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Before Spring Training, Yankees’ General Manager Brian Cashman labeled the Boston Red Sox as the team to beat. In September, everyone who played them seemed to agree. Thanks to a 7-20 record down the stretch, the Red Sox blew a nine game advantage over the Rays in the standings, thereby authoring the “greatest” final month […]

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Flip Flop Lineup: Is Teixeira Passing the Torch to Cano?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on September 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Even though most studies suggest that incremental changes in batting order position have minimal impact on run production, each slot still carries a certain connotation. Leadoff is usually reserved for a player with speed, while cleanup is the domain of a slugger. The third position, however, is the slot usually reserved for a team’s best […]

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Good Teams Don’t Go 5-16?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees on September 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

While the rest of New York City was busy drying off from another day-long downpour, the Red Sox were probably out singing in the rain. Because of last night’s postponement, Boston not only avoided another loss, but also shaved a game off their wild card magic number thanks to losses by both the Rays and […]

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Non-Contenders Continue to Vie for Draft-Related Consolations

Posted in Baseball, Draft, MLB, Red Sox on September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

At the beginning of the month, it looked as if baseball had a pennant race problem. With the exception of first place in the AL West, every other playoff position was secured by at least a five game lead. Included among those “safe” teams were the Red Sox and Braves, who each enjoyed a nine […]

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Wild Cards Make Strange Bedfellows

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged on September 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

When it comes to strange bedfellows, politics has nothing on the 2011 American League playoff race. With only 10 games left, the Yankees sit comfortably atop the A.L. East. Barring a historic collapse, the team is all but assured of making the post season and nearly as likely to be entering October as a division […]

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Should Team Record in a Pitcher’s Starts Be MVP Criterion?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , on September 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Justin Verlander continued his late season run of dominance by recording his 12th consecutive victory in Sunday’s 3-0 triumph over the Athletics. During that span, the Tigers’ right hander has compiled half of his league leading 24 victories, the highest total by an American League pitcher since Bob Welch won 27 games in 1990. Even […]

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