By Adam Gilfix The phrase “pitching [and defense] wins championships” is tossed around a lot, especially in the MLB around this time of year. Â Clearly, some teams (read: Blue Jays, Royals, and Rangers) took that to...
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By Adam Gilfix @AdamGilfix JIM MCISAAC/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA The New York Yankees have seen a 5.5-game lead over the Toronto Blue Jays collapse to 0.5 games from one Tuesday to the next by dropping five of six.  This...
By Adam Gilfix Since tonight and tomorrow night are the only two of the entire MLB season with no games or All-Star festivities, it is a perfect day to recap the first “half” of 2015. Â As you hopefully noticed by...
By Adam Gilfix This post is just a short and sweet follow-up to this article regarding Red Sox players Alejandro De Aza, Mookie Betts, and Brock Holt becoming just the 11th trio of teammates to each double and triple in an MLB...
By Adam Gilfix There has been a ton of buzz surrounding the Chicago White Sox lefty sensation Chris “The Condor” Sale recently, and for good reason too.  Last night he tossed eight 2-hit, 0-walk shutout innings...
By Adam Gilfix This article details the phenomenon of the walk-off balk, updated most recently in July 2016 after the Padres walk-off balk. The original version of this post was about how on June 18, 2015, the Los Angeles Dodgers...
By Adam Gilfix Late last night after marveling about the incredible NBA Finals, I tweeted a seemingly random baseball question about 3 teammates each hitting a double and triple in the same game, and thought that I could probably...
By Adam Gilfix Recently, my fellow HSAC contributor and friend Carlos Pena-Lobel put up an article on the most pivotal plays in Super Bowl history, using the basis of win probability added. That got me thinking, and with...
By David Freed Everyone saw itâwith the Kansas City Royals down to their last out of October, facing the seemingly un-hittable Madison Bumgarner on the mound, Alex Gordon had a strike of luck: his blooper into center field got...
By Kurt Bullard In baseball, it is taken as a given that players who hit for power tend to strike out at a higher rate than those who make their living off simply reaching base. A common metric used in portraying this phenomenon...