Sports Reference » Baseball-Reference.com http://www.sports-reference.com/blog Sports Statistics Easier Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:04:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Features: PI Batting Order Position Tool http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2012/02/features-pi-batting-order-position-tool/ http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2012/02/features-pi-batting-order-position-tool/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:59:47 +0000 Neil http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/?p=310 Features: PI Batting Order Position Tool

Use this feature to see what kind of production your favorite team is getting from each spot in the lineup.

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If you are a student with an interest in sports and programming or know someone who is, please check out our advertisement for summer internships.

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]]> http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2012/01/yearly-league-leaders/feed/ 0 Sean Forman to appear on Clubhouse Confidential, MLB Network http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2012/01/sean-forman-to-appear-on-clubhouse-confidential-mlb-network/ http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2012/01/sean-forman-to-appear-on-clubhouse-confidential-mlb-network/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:58:26 +0000 admin http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/?p=218 I'll be appearing on Clubhouse Confidential on the MLB Network. We are taping this afternoon and I'm pretty sure it will be broadcast tonight. The show typically airs 5:30pm and 7:30pm ET and then probably 8 more times after that. We'll be talking baseball-reference.com and some other stuff.

I'm looking forward to meeting their crew and I've been incredibly impressed with how they are promoting sabermetrics on the show. If you are a stathead, it is time well spent.

]]> http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2012/01/sean-forman-to-appear-on-clubhouse-confidential-mlb-network/feed/ 6 Why We Oppose #SOPA http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2012/01/why-we-oppose-sopa/ http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2012/01/why-we-oppose-sopa/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:50:55 +0000 admin http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/?p=216 Baseball-Reference.com is blacking out our logo today to make you aware of a law that will soon be before Congress that could dramatically affect innovation and freedom on the internet. SOPA and PIPA will soon be before Congress and these laws will dramatically alter the current balance of power between copyright holders and the rights of users and website creators.

Sports Reference believes that intellectual property should be protected (our livelihoods depend on it), but these proposed laws go way, way, way too far in trying to stop piracy. A sane, reasoned approach to piracy is what is needed, and these laws proposed by the Movie and Recording Industry would reduce innovation on the internet. They want to return to the 1980's. Do you want sports statistics information to return to the 1980's?

How could SOPA and PIPA hurt Sports Reference LLC?

SOPA and PIPA are a threat to Sports Reference in many ways. For example, in its current form, SOPA would require Sports Reference to actively monitor every site we link to, to ensure it doesn't host infringing content. Even a link to an infringing site could put us in jeopardy of being forced offline.

Links to more information and steps you can take to oppose these laws from Google and Wikipedia.

]]> http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2012/01/why-we-oppose-sopa/feed/ 13 B-R will be at the SABR Analytics Conference, March 15-17, 2012 http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2012/01/b-r-will-be-at-the-sabr-analytics-conference-march-15-17/ http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2012/01/b-r-will-be-at-the-sabr-analytics-conference-march-15-17/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:56:34 +0000 admin http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/?p=197 SABR Analytics Conference Presented By Bloomberg Sports To Be Held During Cactus League

Conference Registration

I'm starting to get fired up to see some Spring Training ball and talk some analytics.

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This report looks at the top 8 vote-getters in Hall of Fame balloting each election and also shows the average number of votes per ballot for each season. Using this you can see how candidates like Bert Blyleven, Barry Larkin and others have progressed up the ballot year after year.

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Almost all of the stats available on the full sites are available through the mobile site, but in a format optimized for your smartphone or tablet. And you can easily switch back to the full site if you prefer. You can even add them to your phone's home screen just like an app (instructions are on the site's home pages).

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