MLB Advanced Media stats guru Cory Schwartz tweeted out this gem: Shohei Ohtani has made 4-of-6 starts (67%) on Sundays this year; since MLB.COM started in 2001, only six SP’s have started 10+ games in a season w/ 50%+ of them on the same day of the week; last was Yusmeiro Petit, who made 6-of-10 … Read moreYou Only Start on Sundays
Wednesday night marks the first evening of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. So its time for another installment of “Sabbathmetrics”, where we determine if Jewish ballplayers perform better or worse on the Sabbath. Our subject today is lefty pitcher Ross Baumgarten. Baumgarten was a 20th-round selection of the White Sox in 1977 and made … Read moreRoss Baumgarten and “Sabbathmetrics”
Friday night marks the beginning of Passover, the celebration of the Israelites’ freedom from slavery in Egypt. That means its time for another Sabbathmetrics post, in which we look at whether certain Jewish players performed better or worse on the Sabbath. Our focus today is on reliever Scott Radinsky. He currently serves as the Angels … Read moreScott Radinsky and “Sabbathmetrics”
As the first game of Friday’s White Sox/Indians double-header was winding down (a 19-10 free-for-all), ESPN.COM’s Doug Kern tweeted at me: Doug Kern @dakern74 @dianagram I don’t have a handy lookup for this (yet), but there are innings of 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 in that game. That can’t happen often. Fortunately for Doug (and you!), I happen to … Read moreGames That Honor the Decimal System
Sunday was a great day for 13-0 shutouts. There were two of them. The Red Sox routed R.A. Dickey and the Jays in Toronto, and the Indians roughed up David Price and the Rays in Tampa. This elicited a Twitter question for Jayson Stark: Jayson Stark @jaysonst Exactly 13-0? Never in div-play era RT @FrankMcawesome: … Read moreA Day for Shutout Routs
Saturday night marks the beginning of Chanukah, the eight-day Jewish celebration commemorating the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, where according to legend Jews had risen up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean Revolt. At the VORG, it means its time for another edition of “Sabbathmetrics“. Today, we’ll … Read moreRon Blomberg and “Sabbathmetrics”