Yes. I noticed the slightest hint of sarcasm in the title of this post. This post covers four commonly used measurement techniques that 9 times out of 10 work against the evolution of Reporting Squirrels into Analysis Ninjas. I’ll also admit that most of the times when I encounter them I might...

Name OBP SLG BABIP wOBA Mike Fontenot 0.395 0.514 0.355 0.395 Ian Kinsler 0.375 0.517 0.339 0.393 Chase Utley 0.38 0.535 0.306 0.391 Ramon Santiago 0.411 0.46 0.301 0.389 Dustin Pedroia 0.376 0.493 0.336 0.382 Mark DeRosa 0.376 0.481 0.325 0.376 Dan Uggla 0.36 0.514 0.323 0.372 Brian Roberts 0.378 0...

Overview: A hydrometer measures the weight of a liquid in relation to water and the weight of water on a specify gravity scale is expressed as 1.000. As you add sugar (or other soluble solids) the numbers after the decimal point will increase, i.e. 1.010 to 1.020 up to 1.1000 The Balling (or Brix) s...

yeah, you can tell I'm pissed.   I never cared that much for Compete.com or their offerings but they were always friendly to me and I wrote good stuff about their new product offerings over the last two years, or so.  But then, most of the people I know at Compete.com have left - ...

After a tough series in Philadelphia, the Padres head to Miami for three against the Marlins. I recently caught up with Craig at Fish Stripes, and we talked a little about his team. Ducksnorts: The Marlins are off to a surprisingly strong start in 2008. What have been some of the key factors, and wi...

Sports professionals and fans get pretty emotional about their picks for the NCAA basketball tournament each year, and that emotion often clouds their judgment. But three engineering professors at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a computer ranking system, called LRMC, that consisten...

Okay, I’m sharing something fairly personal today: My credit card info. Relax, it's not enough to get me in trouble with the financial swagger jackers, but enough to get Visa in trouble. Check this out: That's a clip from my latest credit card statement. And in case you can't make out the 5 digits...

96% of people recognize these names: BIll Gates Walt Disney Jackie Chan Marilyn Manson Luke Skywalker Jesus Sir Isaac Newton But only 26% of peoiple know these two names: Eric Harris Dylan Klebold Can someone tell me how the FUCK that happened? If you reply asking me who Eric & Dylan are, I may ...