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Baseball Long-Held Misconception: Why Hitting With a 2-2 Count Should Never Be Considered Even By working his way into a 2-2 count, Alejandro Kirk had Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Manuel Rodriguez right where he wanted him on Sunday afternoon. With runners on second… 4 weeks ago Taylor Bechtold
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Baseball Anti-Fastball? Red Sox Starters Have Cut Back on the Heater, but the Strategy Is Not That Simple More than a month into the season, the Boston Red Sox have the best team ERA in baseball thanks in large part to an unexpectedly dynamic duo atop their rotation.… 1 month ago Zach Crizer
Baseball Comparing Eras: How We Calculate TRACR for NBA, MLB and NFL We have a model that weighs advanced metrics and other factors on both sides of the ball to calculate TRACR for all sports. 2 months ago Opta Analyst
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Baseball Let the Outs Begin: MLB’s Fastest Games During the Wild-Card Era Long before the pitch clock in Major League Baseball, the fastest games of the wild-card era set the standard for crisp-moving action. 2 months ago Craig Haley
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