Happy Valley Hardball with a sabermetrics twist

Penn State Baseball Well-Represented in Collegiate Summer Leagues – PENN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE via kwout

Since we have now broken down every play and have ranked it’s potential contribution, it seems only logical to sum those contributions up across the players. This will give us a sense of how well a player performed during the course of the entire game. For PSU, here’s the sum totals of all the players [...]

In Part I of my Youngstown State analysis, I broke the game down into its 114 discrete plays and attached a measurement to each play. That measurement is the win expectancy for one of the teams following the play (note the win expectancy of the two teams always adds up to 100% so when I [...]

Penn State wins in 13 – The Daily Collegian Online via kwout UncleLar Take: Just to give you a sense of how big the ninth inning comeback was, MLB stats say that a team will lose a game in which they trail by three in the ninth 97% of the time. PSU had 1 chance [...]

Baseball – Penn State University Official Athletic Site via kwout UncleLar Take: I have other commitments on Wednesday evenings so I wasn’t able to attend this game. It sounds like I missed one great ball game. Overcoming a three run deficit in the ninth is always thrilling. Particular props go to Mike Pierce for his [...]

Bench key in midweek games – The Daily Collegian Online via kwout UncleLar Take: There’s another solution to the pressures on your pitching staff during the Big Ten Tournament – stay out of the damn losers bracket on day one. Losing that first game to Ohio State last year just killed us. All the hard [...]

Baseball – Penn State University Official Athletic Site via kwout

Baseball – Penn State University Official Athletic Site via kwout

Hitting still a concern as the 2-0 victory gives PSU the series win. Baseball – Penn State University Official Athletic Site via kwout

Wanamaker with a solid seven inning performance though. Baseball – Penn State University Official Athletic Site via kwout

Baseball team can’t overcome errors in loss to Cornell – The Daily Collegian Online via kwout

Baseball – Penn State University Official Athletic Site via kwout