Title: What if Gay and DeRozan Shot Threes Instead of Long Twos?
Date: May 28, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: An experiment showing that the Raptors’ highest-volume shooters should try to add more three-pointers to their shot mix.
Title: Revisiting the Kyle Lowry Trade
Date: May 23, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: With the draft pick the Raptors gave up now a “certainty,” should our opinions on the trade have changed?
Title: Mike Trout and the “Super Cycle”
Date: May 23, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: This article highlighted Mike Trout’s “super cycle” and looked at historical precedents for the incredible feat.
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Title: Canucks Player Autopsy: Henrik Sedin
Date: May 21, 2013
Original Source: Nucks Misconduct
Synopsis: NM is closing the season with player autopsy reports from the season. I took a crack at Hank Sedin.
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Title: Looking at the Jays Bullpen Usage
Date: May 16, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: This article took a look at the bullpen management of John Gibbons in the early going.
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Title: Remedial Chaos Theory and the 2012-13 Toronto Raptors
Date: May 15, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: What if things had broken just a little differently? This piece explores some alternate Raptor realities.
Title: A.J. Burnett’s Age-36 Re-emergence
Date: May 14, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: This article dove into the peripheral performance behind A.J. Burnett’s huge age-36 season.
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Title: Failing to Predict Walk Rates
Date: May 9, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: This article attempted to create a predictive model for pitcher walks.
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Title: Predicting Strikeouts Using Velocity and Whiffs
Date: May 8, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: This article attempted to create a predictive model for pitcher strikeouts.
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Title: On Advanced Stats and Short Series Variance
Date: May 7, 2013
Original Source: Nucks Misconduct
Synopsis: Instead of doing a Game Three post-game for Sharks/Canucks, I instead penned a piece on how advanced stats can be viewed over the short-term when variance is running rampant.
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