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Pitcher fastballs peak at 29, decline quickly
via U.S.S. Mariner by DMZ on May 26, 2008
The greatest thing for me as a fan the last few years is the explosion of great data researchers can use, from play-by-play information that helped build better defensive measures to the amazing stuff you can get out of MLB’s Pitch f/x system.Like this, “Preliminary aging curve for fastball speed” by Josh Kalk. It’s early, yes, and Kalk discusses some potential limitations of the data,...
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Top 10 Ways to Trick Out Your Desktop [Feature]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on April 08, 2008
For something that you look at every day of your working life, your computer desktop doesn't get as much attention as it deserves. That's too bad, considering that the desktop can do a lot more than display wallpaper and hold shortcut icons. From widgets to workflows, from calendars to computer stats and beyond, you can do a whole lot on your desktop without manually starting up a single...
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Better Gmail 2 Gets New Features, Skins and Firefox 3 Support [Exclusive Lifehacker Download]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 21, 2008
All platforms with Firefox: Just posted the long-awaited update to the Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension, a compilation of the best user scripts and skins for the new Gmail interface. This update to version 0.4 adds Firefox 3 compatibility, the absolutely beautiful Gmail Redesigned skin, the oft-requested HTML signatures, bottom posting, and a reintroduction of the much-missed Filter Assistant,...
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Vodka Is Pretty Much The Same No Matter What Brand You Buy [Vodka]
via Consumerist by Chris Walters on May 22, 2008
In what may have been the most awesome blind taste test ever, a BusinessWeek writer served his friends chilled shots of various brands of vodka to see whether there was any noticeable difference in taste. His argument was that vodka is a neutral spirit and by definition is nearly indistinguishable from one brand to the next—and that consequently the "brand story" (including country of origin)...
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Live Search Cashback Offers Discounts for Searching [Shopping]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 20, 2008
Microsoft's Live Search Cashback program is a product search engine that provides—you guessed it—cash back for searching for products through their site. As Salon's Machinist points out, the cash back initiative may seem desperate, but considering that Live Search Cashback is also a better product search, it becomes less desperate and much more appealing. For example, Live Search...
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The Hardball Times:Anatomy of a pitch: Slider
via The Hardball Times by Josh Kalk on May 21, 2008
The inner workings of a slider, plus a few more words on curveballs.
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Rancho Bravo Tacos CLOSED AGAIN!
via Slog by JONAH SPANGENTHAL-LEE on May 21, 2008
Seattle's most overrated taco truck was closed again yesterday for another round of health code violations. According to the King County Health Department's website, Rancho Bravo was cited for "Failure to correct repeated violations, sewage leaking onto ground [and] failure to operate in compliance with mobile plan of operation."Hate away, Sloggers.
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Pitching Mechanics Voiceover: Andy Sonnanstine
via Driveline Mechanics by Kyle on May 20, 2008
Ohio’s own (I’m from Cleveland), Andy Sonnanstine hails from Barberton and attended college at Kent State University. Though Sonnanstine posted a 5.85 ERA last year and currently has a 4.53 ERA, his Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) stats are 4.26 and 3.89, respectively. That indicates he is the recipient of some poor defense behind him and is simply getting unlucky instead of him being a...
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Use the "APC" Method to Creatively Solve Problems [Decision-making]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on May 20, 2008
The Tools for Thought blog delves into a creative problem solving technique from Edward de Bono that isn't exactly new, but might be a fresh idea for recent converts to the Getting Things Done school of thinking. When faced with a problem or task, don't drive immediately toward a single solution, but do an "APC" on it—consider alternative causes or approaches, think up a list of...
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Calculate Your "Fudge Ratio" To Make Accurate Time Estimates [Time Management]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 19, 2008
Estimating how much time it takes to get a task done is never easy; in fact, most of us are optimists and underestimate how long that to-do will take us. Personal development writer Steve Pavlina says the key is to know just how optimistic you are—he calls this your "fudge ratio"— and build it into your estimates. Pavlina writes: I tend to be consistently optimistic when estimating the time...
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