Happy Valley Hardball with a sabermetrics twist

These are the hypothetical standings using the Pythagorean methodology with the full season worth of data. I’ll continue using that data for a couple of more weeks then will shift to just using the numbers from conference play. It’s pretty amazing how dead on the numbers have been for PSU all year. Team Runs Scored [...]

The season is shaping up to be a tight race for the Big Ten crown. PSU’s series win over traditional Big Ten powerhouse Michigan places both teams smack in the middle of the conference standings but only a game out of first. Team Wins Losses Win % GB 1 Illinois 4 2 .667 — 2T [...]

Forecasts of inclement weather for State College have forced the postponement of Tuesday’s game against Pitt. The game will be made up on April 14th at 6:35

With regular season major league play underway, parent clubs have fixed their rosters for the start of minor league ball. Now is the perfect time to catch up with PSU alums playing ball for a living. David Aardsma – Aardsma spent his freshman year at Penn State in the spring of 2001 before trotting off [...]

Friday 4/3 Iowa 15 Purdue 7 Penn State Michigan (cancelled) Indiana 14 Illinois 4 Ohio State 5 Minnesota 7 Northwestern 4 Michigan St 9 Saturday 4/4 Iowa 8 Purdue 10 Iowa 3 Purdue 5 Penn State 6 Michigan 4 (10) Penn State 4 Michigan 9 Northwestern 0 Michigan St 2 (10) Indiana 2 Illinois 1 [...]

A successful (3-2) week against quality opponents (Bucknell, Kent State, and Michigan) resulted in a continuation of the upward trend for Penn State’s RPI as the Nits moved up 20 places from 94 to 74.

Baseball takes series against Michigan – The Daily Collegian Online via kwout