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Margin of error is a huge component of statistics. When you see a political poll with candidate A leading Candidate B by 6 points, with a MoE of 3 points, you can be pretty confident that Candidate...

Disclaimer: This is a long post, with a lot of text, and some charts that require interpretation. It also has ambiguous conclusions, because of some hard-to-account for errors. There's a solid...

First, this is generally not a response to Nico's post. I'd be hard-pressed to answer most of his well-stated points. What I really disagree with is the overstated criticism I saw in the comments...

So, this all started with my dislike for the "Playoffs are a crapshoot". I don't like the argument, because I like the thought that the playoffs select the best team. I think that the playoffs...

After all the signings, a look at the salary cap situation for the next 6 years.

So I've been wondering why Pitchers like Ervin Santana dominate us, and at the same time, we hit decently against better pitchers such as AJ Burnett. My theory, which may not be surprising to many...

In my opinion, recent diaries have shown some of the ugly side of this community. The best example is the number of personal attacks on Iggy in recent diaries. He's been called a "numbskull". He's...

Foyle's contract pays 8.9 million this year, 9.8 million next year. There is a 10.5 million team option after that.In the event of a buyout, the sum total of the buyout is divided over the...

The 10 million exception is a dilemma. One of the biggest advantages of sending JRich packing was the cap space created. That space can be the key to resigning Monta and/or Biedrins next summer.

The Salary Cap affects our decisions regarding the Draft, including whether or not we trade up.

A's in Chicago

Heyman from SI has Garcia to the Phillies for Gavin Floyd + PTBNL as a done deal. I saw corroboration for this on ESPN (weird 1 line report from Jayson Stark, but I guess it counts.) I guess the...