There’s never been more data for anything at our fingertips than what there is for us right now. Between this preponderance of data and the increasing competence of machine learning, there’s nothing we feel we can’t predict. Take the weather, for instance. While it’s an easy joke to fall back on that it’s just a […]
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We all need some recharging every now and again; the stresses of work, family, and life in general can slowly drain us so that we aren’t at our best. I’m a middle/high school teacher, and I love (need?) summer break because it’s a time to recharge my mental/emotional batteries so that I can be at […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Expectations are a privilege, but they can be burdensome to live up to. One need look no further than the greatest of expectations, Dickens’s Great Expectations. The main character, Pip, inherits money from a secret benefactor. Pip thinks the money is the bridge or gateway to marrying the girl of his dreams. He ultimately learns […]
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Pigs Get Fed, Pfaadt Hogs Get Gore(d)–Add That To Their Bad Luck
June 14, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball | 8 Commentsby: Hoove
Ok, I took some creative liberty with the actual adage to fit the two headliners into the, uhh, headline. I appreciate Grey and Truss giving me the (very wide) leeway to use that headline to segue into an article thesis (I swear there is one). Ray Charles once sang “If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck” […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Don’t Get Tangled In This Webb If You Try To Buy PabLo(w)
May 31, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball | 19 Commentsby: Hoove
Life’s full of the unexpected; that weather event like a tornado or hurricane that upends your life, that car accident, the medical diagnosis. On the flip (or less grim) side, the unexpected good deed from a stranger paying it forward, that gesture from a friend or loved one that changes the direction of your day, […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?I really enjoy golfing, and I’m sure I’m not alone–there’s got to be a lot of Happy Gilmore wannabe’s out there in Razzball Nation. Golf may be the hardest sport to be good at (outside of hitting a baseball from a major league pitcher?), due in part to the dozens of things that have to […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Expect The Expected Using xStats; Quick, Find Nimmo!
May 3, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball | 7 Commentsby: Hoove
Now that it’s May, we can stop saying “It’s only April” when we look at our teams and get frustrated that our guys aren’t producing as expected. This is a great time to make some moves, however, as the stats are starting to get “sticky” in that there are enough accrued to make some judgments […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Elly And Bryan Take Us De La Cruzing Into The Weekend
April 20, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball | 25 Commentsby: Hoove
It’s just science, guys; you put de la in front of anything and it’s elite. De La Soul agrees (RIP Trugoy the Dove). If I can’t just mic drop De La Soul to make my point and you want further evidence, let me submit Exhibits A and B, Bryan De La Cruz and Elly De […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?When given information, we naturally try to make sense of it by creating a causal story/narrative, which, if true, would explain our data. Massive amounts of data would be most effective; the averages would be more accurate, the margins of error would be smaller, and the outliers could be more easily identified. Some downsides to […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Pitching You A Few Hurlers That ADP Is Gifting You
March 22, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball | 2 Commentsby: Hoove
It’s the most incredible time to be alive in human history, but it’s not without challenges. For instance, take inflation (please! said Rodney Dangerfield) (RIP). Gas is up, rent is up, groceries are up. You may think Razzball is insulated from such inflationary struggles, but you’d be a blithering fool. Rudy’s been collecting all sorts […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? I Spy With My Little Eye Hitters With Good Eyes Who Hit Strikes Hard
March 9, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball |by: Hoove
Noted philosopher and baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra wisely advised ballplayers to do this one simple thing: “Swing at strikes.” We all know it’s not that simple, even if it’s easy for us to sit at home and question the professional baseball player on TV, let’s make up an entirely fictional ballplayer called Bavier […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Data Dive: If You’re Going to Pull It, Pull It Hard & Pull It High
February 24, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball | 4 Commentsby: Hoove
Man, it feels so good to have baseball back. Grey killed it with his positional rankings (#1 in 2023, the Fantasy Master Lothario’s rankings made us all tingly in our nethers), MarmosDad is getting us ready to field the best pitching staff we can, and Itch allows us to keep one eye on the present […]
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