Earlier this week, I wrote about what I’m doing this summer. I promised another article that would focus on the stats and data that TrackMan collects from hitters. This is that article.
The Cincinnati Reds honored one of baseball’s greatest players yesterday, inducting Pete Rose into their team Hall of Fame. It was a day for him to reminisce and get an ovation from the Cincinnati crowd. Let’s just hope the crowd in Cooperstown never gets the same chance.
In 2006, I legitimately watched upwards of 120 Mets games. The team was built for a championship. They had both young, homegrown talent, and older, veteran leaders, and I was a fanatic. Carlos Beltran was a serious MVP candidate, Carlos Delgado hit 38 homers, and David Wright was an RBI machine and just one year away from being a 30-30 player (Sigh, remember those days?). There was a great pitching…
The Miami Marlins have struggled mightily since their last postseason appearance in 2003, as more often than not, they have lacked a true ace that can anchor the starting rotation over the course of a season.
Now what? That’s the question many are asking after LeBron James-the most polarizing athlete in sports-and his Cavaliers somehow went into Oracle Arena twice and upset the heavily favored Warriors.
As some of you may know, this summer I’m working for the Oakland Athletics as a Trackman Operator — which is basically a fancy way of saying that I’m “keeping the book” plus a few extra things, for the A’s short-season single A team in Burlington, VT.
While many of us were watching the NBA Finals and the U.S. Open, the New York Mets uncharacteristically dropped three straight home games to the lowly Atlanta Braves this weekend.
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there from the Check Down Sports team! This holiday always brings back fond sports memories for all of us with our fathers.
The sabermetric movement in Major League Baseball has fundamentally changed the way the game is played and analyzed.
The short answer is that we should care a little… but also a lot.