Trev and I had planned to do a more traditional Live Blog together, but being on crutches prevented me from joining Trev in Toronto. Instead, we used G-Chat to facilitate our discussion. I was going to tidy it up, but it’s about 7000 words and I don’t have that kind of patience. So, comb through [...]
Archive for June, 2012
Live Blog – Trev and Blake on the NBA Draft
Posted: 29th June 2012 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, Trev SmithComments Off
E-Mail Exchange: Trev and Blake on NBA Conference Finals
Posted: 8th June 2012 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, Trev SmithComments Off
After Oklahoma City vanquished the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night, Trev and I got emailing to show Simmons and Gladwell how it’s done. We hit a delay late on Thursday, but it was for the best as it gave us the chance to discuss LeBron’s magnificent series-saving Game 6 against the Celtics as well. [...]
AL East and NL East Set to Battle for Divisional Supremacy
Posted: 8th June 2012 by Blake Murphy in Baseball, Blake MurphyComments Off
It shouldn’t be news at this point that baseball is being dominated by an East Coast bias. Of course, I’m not referring to the generally maligned East Coast Bias of media reporting, whereby West Coast coverage falls by the wayside due to time zone differences. No, the Eastern Bias I’m referring to here is the [...]
Regression Police – Blue Jays’ Starting Pitchers
Posted: 5th June 2012 by Blake Murphy in Baseball, Blake MurphyComments Off
Last week I took a look at the ZIPS Rest of Season projections for the primary Jays’ hitters, concluding that while some players are due for a positive performance bump, the net gains would be about zero since the team’s run scoring output was already surpassing what one would expect from their slash lines (AVG/OBP/SLG). [...]