MJesser
Mar 30, 2008 May 30, 2009 5 122
The '91 World Series was one of my earliest baseball memories and was the catalyst for my passion for the game today.
The '94 strike marked the low point in my baseball loving history. As an 11-year old, I took a moral stand to boycott professional baseball.
As with all boycotts, it could only last so long and the summer of 2003 proved to be too much, as I rejoined the ranks of Twins Fandom.
The Summer of '05 marked my foray into the world of blogging, reading TwinsGeek's posts daily. I credit TG with my transition into baseball "adolescence".
Upon TG's retirement, I made the move to TwinkieTown and remember reading Jesse's first post and praying that other TG faithfuls would make the transition. It's been amazing to watch TT grow and change while I learn new ways to appreciate the game.
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Is it wrong that I'm not following playoffs?
by MJesser on Oct 12, 2008 12:18 AM EDT
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Defense Wins Championships - Part 1
by MJesser on Apr 13, 2008 4:03 AM EDT
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We have all heard basketball and football coaches preach that "defense wins championships". Does the same hold true for baseball?
As an organization, the Twins have been among the leaders in voicing their opinion about team defense. Terms such as "Small Ball" and "Doing the little things" have become second nature to most Twins fans. These terms have served us well over the past 6 - 7 years. It is easy to look back and say that if the Twins have "done the little things right" by playing solid defense (among other things), and they have won their division 4 out of the last 6 years, then clearly things like playing solid defense is an important component of making the playoffs.
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Buying a World Series
by MJesser on Apr 9, 2008 1:58 AM EDT
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I've been playing with a dataset I pulled from baseball-reference last weekend (should have been doing stats homework... ah well).
My idea stemmed from Montanatwinsfan's post and the respective dialog from the community on the validity of "new" vs. "old" statistics. The ultimate goal is to compile a dataset of team statistics by year and run a series of multiple regressions on the old and new stats to see which ones hold up under statistical scrutiny. The research question is "Which statistics contribute the most to predicting wins, playoff appearances and ultimately World Series appearances?"
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