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Puck Daddy | Sports Blog. Dallas Stars GM vs. the reliability of NHL stats Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy1 day ago There isn’t much common ground between those at the forefront of the analytics movement and those who bemoan their value, outside of a mutual disrespect. But they’ve always agreed on one aspect of advanced stats in the NHL, which is that the data produced is only going to be as good as the data analyzed.

Hockey is a subjective sport, from the League determining supplemental discipline to referees defining penalties to official scorers defining what consitutes a shot. The greatest example of this, of course, is “hits,” which are handed out so idiosyncratically and inconsistently that they might as well be points assigned by Hardwick on “@Midnight.” Corsi and fenwick are the most widely used metrics to measure puck possession, and rely on the stats reported by the NHL, which has four people tracking stats at every game. The Hockey News: Insight on the NHL and the world of hockey.

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Big League Stew | Sports Blog. MLB replay officials blow call everyone at home could see Mark Townsend at Big League Stew5 hrs ago Your browser does not support iframes. The good news with instant replay is that many missed calls will be overturned in less than one minute. The bad news with instant replay is that it will never be perfect, regardless of how well the set up might be. We were reminded of the latter yet again on Saturday during the Yankees' 7-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox. With the Yankees batting in the home half of the eighth inning, rookie Dean Anna laced a ball into the right-field corner and raced into second base with a sliding double. Despite Anna clearly reaching the bag safely, Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts decided to place a tag on Anna anyway and held it on him until he got to his feet. In the process of standing up, Anna's foot clearly came off the base, but second base umpire Ron Kulpa ruled him safe.

Replay stinks. MLB.