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A Look at Arod’s 2010 Peformance Against Lefties

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Over at the Yankeeist, Larry Koestler took a look at one of 2010’s most curious mysteries: Alex Rodriguez’ shockingly poor performance against left handed pitchers. Using pitchFX data, Koestler concludes that the pitch selection of opposing southpaws (i.e., fewer four seamers and more cutters, two seamers and sinkers) contributed to Arod’s struggles (while also conceding the limited sample size), […]

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Comparing Yankees’ Offseason Transactions from the Past Decade

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Trades, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , on December 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeU.) The New York Yankees are in the unfamiliar position of entering a new year without having made any significant improvements to the team. Although the free agent signings of Russell Martin and Pedro Feliciano are both positive complementary acquisitions, the […]

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Government Strikes Out Again in Appeals Court; Acted Illegally in Seizing 2003 Survey Testing Results

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Crime, MLB, Yankees, tagged on December 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The United States government illegally violated the privacy rights of 104 major league baseball players who tested positive for performance enhancing drugs during a survey period in 2003, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco. The courts decision was a reaffirmation of an earlier judicial rebuke, but it […]

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Lengthy Debate: Evaluating Baseball’s Longest and Most Lucrative Contracts

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Baseball History, Business and Finance, Mets, MLB, Yankees on December 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Before the ink had tried on Troy Tulowitzki’s 10-year, $157.8 million contract extension, several pundits questioned the wisdom of the Rockies’ decision to enter into such a long-term pact, especially after the team’s experience with Mike Hampton and Todd Helton (the fallacy of the later suggestion is displayed below). For some reason, it seems as […]

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All That Glitters Isn’t Silver: MVPs Who Failed to Win a Silver Slugger

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, tagged , , , on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Joey Votto was named the 2010 NL MVP with a commanding 31 of 32 first place votes. Finishing a distant second was Albert Pujols, who in addition to winning three MVPs has also been the runner up four times. Votto’s selection over Pujols is perfectly justifiable, but it is interesting to note that it was […]

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Fight Club: Arod KOs the Orioles; Burnett Sports a Shiner

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Yankees on September 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »

The Yankees showed a lot of fight in the ninth inning by coming back from certain defeat, while AJ Burnett, who took the mound with a black eye, looked as if he had done most of his fighting before the game. Although no explanation was given as to who took a swing at Burnett, with one swing […]

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The Meaning of First Place and Acting Lessons from Derek Jeter

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Yankees on September 16, 2010 | 8 Comments »

The Yankees lost another nail bitter to the Rays last night and relinquished their hold on first place. Although the game had its share of positives (Jeter seems to be swinging better, Cano remained hot and Hughes exhibited a more diversified repertoire), there were also some lingering concerns (Teixeira’s power outage since the broken toe […]

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