ESPN the Magazine

Wow who would of thought that I’d get some big time recognition for my nerdiness. Check out this article (17%) that ESPN the magazine’s Tim Keown wrote about the post I did a while ago on the 2007 Padres and stolen bases (Did stolen bases really hurt us last season???). While you are at it [...]

The Last 4 Years: Part 4 (Wins & Payroll Correlation)

So I recently finished up my first statistics class in college (of course I got an easy A) and learned quite a few things I could use for this here little blog of mine. Some people are always insisting the more you spend the more you are GUARANTEED to win. So my assignment for today [...]

The Last 4 Years: Part 3 (Payroll & Attendance)

Sorry I’ve been pretty sick this past week so I didn’t get to this as soon as I would have liked but better late than never. Anyways on to Part 3 of my series….THE LAST 4 YEARS: Payroll and Attendance. In this post I wanted to discuss some of the numbers that are recorded off [...]

The Last 4 Years: Part 2 (Playoffs)

So here it is part 2 of the saga known only as “THE LAST 4 YEARS”. In this episode we’ll discuss the playoffs. This makes my research a little easier because I’m actually eliminating 6 teams. Why? Because easily enough they have not made the playoffs in that time frame. So this will be the [...]

The Last 4 Years: Part 1 (Regular Season)

The name Matt Holliday brings a chill to my spine. The name Tim McClelland brings a shudder. But more importantly those two names combined brought an end to my wonderful 2007 baseball season. Yes I admit it the “loss-that-not be-mentioned” hurt quite a bit and actually caused me to become a shut in and turn [...]

Did stolen bases really hurt us last season???

If you are a Padre fan I’m sure you are aware of the motto that some of our pitchers live by. “You don’t need to put that much of an emphasis in holding the runners on base. Focus on the batter and get him out and you have nothing to worry about.” In an article [...]