Category Archives: Chase Higgins
Who is a better player: Colorado Rockies star Carlos Gonzalez or LA Angels scrapper Alberto Callaspo?
That’s a difficult question to answer, and one that leads itself towards opinionated responses. Statistics can be a tool to help us to answer questions like this. But if we want scientific answer without opinion, we should really rephrase the … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Chase Higgins, L.A. angels, Rockies
Tagged Alfonso Soriano, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Angels, Baseball, Callaspo, CarGo, Chase Higgins, ESPN, FanGraph, getrealbaseball, getrealbaseball.com, Gold Glove, Major League Baseball, Miguel Cabrera, MLB, Rockies, SI, Sports, sportsnet, TSN
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Plate Discipline Who needs it?
Whenever I think of plate discipline I think of Brad Pitt calling Kevin Youkilis the Greek God of Walks. And while the movie (and book, originally) Moneyball did bring the idea of on base percentage to the masses, I want … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Chase Higgins, MLB
Tagged Adrian Beltre, Baseball, Batting average on balls in play, Brad Pitt, ESPN, getrealbaseball, getrealbaseball.com, Glossary of baseball (D), Joe Mauer, Kevin Youkilis, Major League Baseball, MLB, On-base percentage, SI, Sports, sportsnet, TSN, Youkilis
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The Mark Reynolds home run barrage
You may know Mark Reynolds as the player who has 1092 career strikeouts in 828 careers games. You may know Mark Reynolds from his .237 career batting average and 32.7% strikeout rate absolutely wrecking your fantasy baseball team. Well, opposing … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Chase Higgins, Game, MLB, Orioles, Yankees
Tagged American League East, Baseball, bikingforbaseball.org, Chase Higgins, ESPN, getrealbaseball, getrealbaseball.com, Major League Baseball, Mark Reynolds, MLB, New York Yankees, Oriole, Orioles, Reynolds, September, SI, Sports, sportsnet, TSN, Yankees
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Philly Phanatics!
The Mets and Phillies have a strong rivalry due to proximity of their fan bases and relatively sustained success on the field. One of the two teams has won each NL East division title since 2005, and many years they … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Chase Higgins, MLB, Phillies
Tagged Baseball, bikingforbaseball.org, Chase Higgins, Citizen Bank Park, Cole Hamels, ESPN, getrealbaseball, getrealbaseball.com, Jim Bunning, Lincoln Financial Field, Mets, MLB, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Phillies, Phillies, SI, Sports, sportsnet, TSN
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NL East showdown B4B-style
B4B is headed to DC to check out two of the best teams in baseball. The Nationals take on the Atlanta Braves in an extremely crucial series for each team. The Nats have been consistently 3-5 games up on the … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Chase Higgins, MLB, Rockies, Royals, Twins
Tagged Atlanta Braves, Baseball, bikingforbaseball.org, Chase Higgins, ESPN, getrealbaseball, getrealbaseball.com, Ian Desmond, Jordan Zimmermann, Kris Medlen, MLB, National, Paul Maholm, Rockies, Ross Detwiler, Royals, SI, Sports, sportsnet, Stephen Strasburg, TSN, Twins
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Joe Mauer on waivers!?!?!.
August is the time of year in the baseball season where fans freak out when MLB’s strange waiver process is in gear. Any player under contract may be placed on waivers at any time during the season, but after MLB’s July 31 … Continue reading
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Tagged Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Chase Higgins, ESPN, getrealbaseball, getrealbaseball.com, Joe Mauer, Ken Rosenthal, Major League Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, SI, Sports, sportsnet, Trade, TSN, Twins, Waiver
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NL East showdown B4B-style
B4B is headed to DC to check out two of the best teams in baseball. The Nationals take on the Atlanta Braves in an extremely crucial series for each team. The Nats have been consistently 3-5 games up on the … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Chase Higgins, MLB, Nationals
Tagged Atlanta Braves, Baseball, bikingforbaseball.org, Chase Higgins, ESPN, getrealbaseball, getrealbaseball.com, Ian Desmond, Jordan Zimmermann, MLB, National, Nationals, Nats, Ross Detwiler, SI, Sports, sportsnet, Stephen Strasburg, Strasburg, TSN
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