It’s been four years since I’ve been on a week-long vacation somewhere, so I’ve been looking forward to next week for quite a while. Melissa and I will be leaving today and spending the week staying in Sarasota, but we’re planning to visit some of the other Central Florida attractions like Busch Gardens and Sea […]
Month: May 2008
How not to hit in the clutch: The 2008 Atlanta Braves
The 2008 Atlanta Braves are not a bad team. They’re currently third in the NL East, 2.5 games behind the Marlins, and fourth in the Wild Card race, 2.5 games behind the Cardinals. The Braves are better than both of the leaders for those playoff spots. Only the Chicago Cubs have a better Pythagorean record, […]
Back Porch Complete
I haven’t been posting a lot lately, and working on screening in the back porch hasn’t been the only reason. Still, I thought I’d show off a bit of hard work: http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf
Braves Check: Memorial Day Edition
Today’s game is actually already underway by the time I’m posting this, but perhaps you need something to read while watching it. The Braves swept the Mets in four games this week before losing two of three to the D-Backs heading into the conclusion of that series today. That’s a 5-2 week against two good […]
Braves Check: May 20, 2008
Chris Resop made two appearances last week, which was probably the best signal that the Braves played eight games in seven days. And Blaine Boyer only tied for the third-most relief innings for the team last week! All was right with the world, if you don’t consider that the Braves lost two more road series. […]
Anatomy of a hot start: Chipper Jones
It’s no secret across Major League Baseball that Chipper Jones is off to the best start in his future-Hall-of-Fame career. Most notably, he’s leading the league with a .418 batting average and starting lots of (premature) talk of hitting .400 for a whole season. The last serious challenger to this mark was Tony Gwynn in […]
Braves Check: Let's play two! Edition
You know things are getting frustrating when you follow the first one-run win of the season with a one-run loss. The Braves did just that this past week, capping off a 6-game homestand sweep with a win over the Padres on Thursday before losing their tenth one-run game of the season to the Pirates on […]
Schedule and notes for the week of May 12, 2008
I haven’t really had enough going on to warrant a general notes post, so here’s what I’ve been up to: My basketball league ended (we finished 7th out of 8 teams and lost in the first playoff round). I was actually pretty happy with the way we improved throughout the season, though. We were consistently […]
Possible improvements to Win Probability stats
Since I am constantly referring to win-probability-based stats on the site, it seems fitting every now and then to take a look at what WPA actually tells us, what adjustments I’m already making to help it tell us more, and what adjustments could be made to make it even better. Now it’s time to take […]
Braves Check: May 5, 2008
The Cincinnati Reds seemed to be the Braves’ cure-all over the weekend. A three-game sweep followed the Braves’ four-game losing streak within the division, and they’re now sitting at .500 (15-15) once again. Unfortunately, the rest of the NL East won on Sunday, and the Braves are still two games back of the new division […]
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