Happy Valley Hardball with a sabermetrics twist

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 [...]