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WAR in baseball statistics

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:00:07 +0000

One of the new-school baseball statistics goes by the curious acronym of WAR. Here’s what WAR in baseball statistics means. Essentially, WAR is an attempt to measure the value of a player more completely than traditional statistics. It’s more thorough

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Least valuable baseball cards

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:00:33 +0000

I’ve talked about the most valuable baseball cards of the 1970s and 1980s. But what about the least valuable baseball cards? What does it take to be on that list? What is the Kmart blue-light special of baseball cards? If

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Dave Farquhar, lunch ninja

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 11:00:12 +0000

My boss doesn’t think I’m human. His proof: He asks anyone who knows me if he or she has ever seen me eat. No one has. They’ve seen evidence of me eating. But actually taking a bite? No. Not even

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Off to the World Series.

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:00:53 +0000

Years ago, probably sometime in 2009 or 2010, a coworker asked me when the Royals would be good again. I estimated 2014, based on the age of the serviceable young players they had at the time and the age of

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Attention St. Louis: Two shock jocks don’t speak for Kansas City, or for the Royals

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:10:01 +0000

I noticed a lot of St. Louisans were rooting for the Royals, then, suddenly, they turned into die-hard Orioles fans. That’s odd, especially considering the Orioles used to be the St. Louis Browns, who left town in 1953. That’s like Kansas

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I’m glad Ryne Sandberg is getting a chance

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 01:30:06 +0000

I grew up admiring Ryne Sandberg. He was a hard-hitting, smooth-fielding second baseman, and while his hitting statistics look a little wimpy compared to the steroids era, in the 1980s the sight of him in the on-deck circle struck fear

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What to do about PRISM is unclear as of yet

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:00:09 +0000

I haven’t written a lot yet about Mr. Edward Snowden and the NSA PRISM program. I will in time, but want to be careful not to be spreading misinformation, and not to merely be repeating what everyone else says. There’s

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My reaction to the Royals’ trade for James Shields

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:01:45 +0000

I don’t write about baseball all that often anymore, because to do a good job of it day to day you have to immerse yourself in it more than I’m willing or able to do, but I enjoy baseball. And

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Let Eric Hosmer hit second

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:00:55 +0000

Yesterday, the Cleveland Indians humiliated the Kansas City Royals 8-3 in what really looked like a showdown between two bad teams. Neither team played especially well, but the Indians were less bad. And in any given game, less bad is

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Speeding up an Acer Aspire One 722

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:09:52 +0000

I gave my out-of-box impression of the Acer Aspire One 722 last week. It’s completely unacceptable out of the box, and adequate when you do some basic cleanup on it. Now I’ve installed an Intel SSD in one and clean-installed

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