Title: Joe Maddon: The AL’s Most Active Manager
Date: February 6, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: I took a look at how often each American League manager tinkers with the line-up and found Joe Maddon of the Rays to be the league’s most hands-on skipper.
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Title: BTB Podcast #39 – LOSERS! (and Winners…and more)
Date: January 30, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: The latest edition of the BTB Podcast looked at offseason winners and losers with a pair of other BTB writers.
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Title: Expert Mock Auction Reflections
Date: January 29, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: I am now a fantasy baseball expert, apparently. I took part in a very early Fangraphs mock auction and reflected on it for BTB.
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Title: BTB Podcast #38 – Beers Above Replacement and Early Fantasy Talk
Date: January 23, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: The latest edition of the BTB Podcast was as much about beer as baseball, as fantasy expert and beer aficionado Eno Sarris joined as a guest.
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Title: BTB Podcast #37 – Volatility, Pitching on the Edge, Save Chasing and more
Date: January 16, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: The latest edition of the BTB Podcast brought out the big guns, as Bill Petti and Bryan Grosnick joined to discuss several new research findings in the baseball community.
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Title: “42” Excitement
Date: January 11, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: This was a brief reaction to the extended trailer for “42,” a baseball biopic forthcoming about the life of Jackie Robinson.
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Title: BTB Podcast #36 – 2013 MLB Hall of Fame Reactions
Date: January 9, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: I doubled-down on the BTB Podcast this week. This edition is a reaction to the MLB Hall of Fame ballot from two very invested writers.
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Title: BTB Podcast #35 – Return of the Mack
Date: January 8, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: The latest edition of the BTB Podcast brought back the original host and one of the writers from Israel to discuss baseball, movies, being an international fan and more.
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Title: BTB Podcast #34 – Looking Back at 2012, Ahead to 2013
Date: January 2, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: I hosted the latest edition of the Beyond the Boxscore podcast. This edition featured eight different guests reflecting on the year 2012.
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Title: Fun With Swing Rates
Date: December 31, 2012
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: This article explores the swing rates of MLB players and looks for trends in the buckets of light-swinging and free-swinging players.
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