Author Archives: DonH

Maybe, just maybe, Rizzo and Storen should kiss and make-up

Posted on October 17, 2015 by DonH

Everybody knows that the Nats Bullpen was awful this year, right? Well according to quite a few of the standard pitching metrics, they ranked pretty highly in all of MLB in quite a few of the categories. In comments on previous posts the idea … Continue reading →

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Who Should Rizzo have help him with the interview/selection process for a new Nats Manager?

Posted on October 7, 2015 by DonH

In After parting ways with Matt Williams, Nationals need to find a true leader, Tom Boswell made an interesting point about Rizzo’s choice of Matt Williams: We now know that Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo blundered in hiring a manager … Continue reading →

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Bryce Harper should be the NL Hank Aaron Award Winner

Posted on October 6, 2015 by DonH

The Hank Aaron Award is given each year to the best hitter in each league. Clearly the best hitter in the NL is Bryce. This is something that is easy to quantify. In fact we already did in the Bryce Harper Final … Continue reading →

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Don’t Anger the Baseball gods

Posted on September 22, 2015 by DonH

Perhaps the Nats did just that this past off-season and have paid the price. The Baseball gods hate arrogant and cocky and those who disrespect the game – both players and fans. And they are vindictive. Have the Mets and their fans redirected … Continue reading →

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Conventional Wisdom vs. Reality – Is it really just/mostly the BP?

Posted on September 13, 2015 by DonH

In a recent post Help me if you can, I’m feeling down….. , ManassasNatsFan asked this very interesting question: One thing I wish I could find the stats for is our batting average against relievers and runs per inning. Compared to … Continue reading →

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An urgent request from Nats fans to Mike Rizzo & the Lerners: Fire Matt Williams Now!

Posted on September 9, 2015 by DonH

We need to see this headline Matt Williams Fired* here: Washington Post ESPN MLB Trade Rumors and more . . .

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There’s always a silver lining!

Posted on September 4, 2015 by DonH

Context is important. So please don’t get me wrong! I’ve been a season ticket holder since day 1. I was a Senators fan way back when (yes, I am that old). So I’m happy to have a home town baseball … Continue reading →

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Sabremetrics and the fallacy of one metric

Posted on August 27, 2015 by DonH

This post is more about giving Yunel the green light on a 3-0 count. But it highlights the problem of putting too much stock in one metric. The defense for giving Yunel the green light on 3-0 is that the … Continue reading →

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What should the main page look like?

Posted on August 23, 2015 by DonH

Greetings all. I have updated a number of posts so the read more tag is closer to the top. The point of the main page of a blog is to see a short description of recent posts. Many of our … Continue reading →

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Sabremetrics for Dummies – Part 1 of ?

Posted on August 20, 2015 by DonH

Yes there is a double-entendre in the title. Are you a dummy if you take them to seriously? Do you need to know more about them before you quote them? Both are a little bit true IMO.

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