In both my business and personal life, when confronted with a challenge, I often think of Brad Pitt’s line from Moneyball – “If we try to play like the Yankees in here we will lose to the Yankees out there.” It’s a simple reminder to think outside the box, no matter how unorthodox it might…
A few months ago I posted some predictions for the 2016 Major League season. I had previously made these predictions to my buddy Steve and later found time to expand on them. They were: Maikel Franco to hit 30+ home runs. Jason Hammel to win 15+ games and have a solid, but unnoticeable season. Giancarlo…
In the beginning, we had Batting Average. Shortly thereafter On Base Percentage and Slugging Percentage came along. Over time, more and more percentage based baseball stats were created. Easy to follow creations like OPS (on base plus slugging) and BABIP (batting average on balls in play) were soon over-shadowed by monstrosities like WAR (wins above…
Michael D Johnson 
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