The 5 Dirtiest Plays in Baseball History. Sports Fan Insider Keep up with your favorite teams and athletes with daily updates. Sign Up By Jordan Tracy There have been many arguments about dirty slides, plays at the plate and intentional bean balls this year in baseball. This year has been unique in that it’s the first year with the new rule about blocking the plate. It’s difficult to figure out what plays are “dirty” and what is just an example of aggressive play. 5. (Photo Credit: Getty Images/Ezra Shaw) Game 2 of the 2012 NLCS resulted in a San Francisco Giants’ win and a Marco Scutaro injury. 4. It slipped? 3.
It was the 1970 All-Star Game and Pete Rose, who’s known for his aggressive play, barrels into Ray Fosse at home plate in the 12th inning. Related: 10 Embarrassing MLB Player Injuries 2. A series of inside pitches dealt by Pedro Martinez and Roger Clemens caused the benches to clear in Game 3 of the 2003 ALCS between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. 1. (Photo Credit: Getty Images/Doug Pensinger) Pills, Bullies, And Pink Weights: Life As A Fringe Major Leaguer. A Major League Pitcher's Guide To Doctoring A Baseball. A Major League Pitcher's Guide To Baseball's Bullshit Unwritten Rules. Baseball: The History, Science and Culture of the American Pastime. Crashburn Alley.
Moneyball. Sabremetrics. Amanda Rykoff: Inside the stats that created 'Moneyball' - espnW. By Amanda Rykoff | Feb 16, 2012 With "Moneyball" nominated for several Oscars and baseball season just around the corner, everybody's talking stats and sabermetrics. As you probably know, "Moneyball" tells the story of small-market, cost-conscious Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt).
Beane turns to "unorthodox" statistical analysis in order to compete with big-market, big-spending teams by identifying players with high on-base percentages, good baserunning skills and solid defensive abilities. This isn't exactly what sabermetrics is all about. WAR, OPS, wOBA, VORP, BABIP, FIP, UZR. I can hear you now: "I was told there'd be no math! " OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging) Let's start with a pretty straightforward metric: OPS (can be pronounced opps or oh-pee-ess). To give you some context, take a look at the 2011 major league OPS leaders. wOBA (Weighted On-Base Average) Your fantasy league probably has batting average as a category. FIP: Fielding Independent Pitching.
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