I Don’t Think the Hardball Times Even Cares Anymore
Anna McDonald writes so well that the Hardball Times decided to post her most recent article twice on the same page. And who could blame them? It doesn’t matter that she has nothing to say. A girl...
View ArticleToday in TUCK! sez
This site is a poor imitation of one great blog already, so I’ll refrain from explaining today’s extremely stupid TUCK! sez comic on the Hardball Times, out of respect to Joe Mathlete. Nevertheless, I...
View ArticleScouts, Statisticians, and Bad SABR
Finally, someone explains the whole stats vs. scouts issue. It all makes sense now!
View ArticleTuck, the World’s Laziest Cartoonist
I don’t have the patience to write an introduction for this, since any SABR worth his slide rule knows all about the horrible comic TUCK! sez that appears regularly on Hardball Times and also knows any...
View ArticleThe Hardball Times Commenters Exist!
SABR love arguing and they love the internet. So arguing on the internet comes naturally. You can find stupid arguments all over the comments of The Book, Baseball Prospectus, BBTF, and a bunch of...
View ArticleAnother Post About TUCK!
At the risk of making this the first and only blog dedicated to TUCK! sez criticism, how could I pass up his latest gem? It might be his worst finest achievement to date. My complaints: TUCK! thinks...
View ArticleRe-Explaining DIPS, Vol. 1
In this new series, I will highlight one of my least favorite SABR tropes, starting off an article by name-dropping Voros McCracken and explaining DIPS. First off, Matt Swartz in his recent,...
View ArticleYou’re Wrong; No, You Are!
As I’ve mentioned before, the comments section of the Hardball Times is a barren wasteland. But Matt Swartz’s latest treatise on being an idiot with a stats software package attracted some controversy,...
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