Happy Valley Hardball with a sabermetrics twist

and the end wasn’t pretty. As best I can tell from Gametracker. Wanamaker gave us seven great innings, giving way to Hawkins in the eighth tied up 2-2. Hawk gives up an early single but gets the next two out. A walk brings in O’Neil. Then all hell broke lose. An error by Wine allows [...]

Troy University has a live stats game simulation working for our game.  Be warned, they take a LONG time to load and are best viewed using Internet Explorer. Go here for the link.

Same lineup as last weekend. 7PM Friday vs Troy – Mike Wanamaker (1-0) 11AM Saturday vs Kennesaw State – Mike Lorentson (0-1) 11AM Sunday vs Wake Forest – Seth Whitehill (0-0)

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Troy University (5-0) Troy has gotten their season off to a solid start with a four game sweep of Rhode Island last weekend. They followed that up with a 3-1 Tuesday win over Penn State’s Saturday foe Kennesaw State. Troy centerfielder Brian Miller, hitting out of the second spot, has a five game hitting streak [...]

Lions looking to use ‘small ball’ – The Daily Collegian Online via kwout

Early season errors not troublesome yet – The Daily Collegian Online via kwout

This is the first of many user visualizations that will appear on this site. On a weekly basis, I’ll be providing interactive charts that statistically compare the Big Ten teams hitting and pitching aling with the individual hitting and pitching stats for the PSU players. I’ll occasionally toss in some fielding stats too. These charts [...]

Looks like the Wolverines are serving notice on the rest of the conference. The Official Site of The New York Mets: News: Notes: Wilpon in no-lose situation via kwout

Pythagorean expectation is a concept developed by sabermetrician Bill James that provides one of fundamental foundations for sabermetrics. It’s an empirical formula that says a baseball team’s expected winning percentage can be derived from the runs it has scored and the runs it has given up. Specifically, the formula says: Winning Percentage = Runs Scored [...]

The Daily Collegian Online via kwout

Big Ten opponent results from this weekend: Illinois (2-1): Illinois started the season off going 2-1 in the Al Ogletree Classic in Edinburg TX. The Illini opened up with a 6-4 come from behind win over Sam Houston State on Friday. They dropped a close 2-1 decision to Texas State on Saturday but rebounded on [...]

“Big Ten Hardball” weighs in with this preview of the Nittany Lions club. His overall assessment: Bottom Line: Returning an experienced, productive team in 2008, Penn State should finish close to the top of the Big Ten standings and keep people coming to their new ballpark. However, hopes are a bit higher around State College [...]

You may have noticed a column heading in the sidebar titled RPI Tracker.  My intention is to graphically plot Penn State’s RPI following each series.  At the moment, it’s #176 but a graph with only one data point looks a little silly, so we’ll have to wait another week for the first real chart to [...]