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Jeremy Lin's Turnovers Are Really Not A Big Deal...Yet.

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:46:00 +0000

NBA: Has The Next Class Of Perennial All-Stars Arrived?

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:30:00 +0000

NBA: How Do Finals' Teams Progress?

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:59:00 +0000

NBA: Why The Knicks May Never Win A Title With Carmelo.

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:08:00 +0000

Carmelo's Line As of the Date of this Post: 23.3 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 4.3 apg (uncharacteristic, as career average is 3.1), 1.1 spg, 0.4 bpg.

NBA: Sixers Off To The Best Home Start In Over 25 Years.

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:10:00 +0000

Related Post: Deepest NBA Draft Classes.(Since 1981)

NFL: Texans' Playoff Win Follows A Historical Trend

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:54:00 +0000

The table below shows the results of games in which a team is playing its first home playoff game. (Since the 1970 merger). There must be some extra motivation for those teams; their record is 14-2 in those the games. That .875 win% for the home team is better than the overall playoff home team win% of .665.

NFL: The Saints' Historically Distinct Home-Field Advantage

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:41:00 +0000

NHL: The Evolution of Goal-Scoring. (Part 1 of 4, Centers)

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:22:00 +0000

Drew Brees: How Impressive Is His New Record?

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:01:00 +0000

NFL: The Patriots' Historic "Bend-Don't Break" Defense

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:37:00 +0000

Albert Pujols: Has The Decline Already Started?

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:58:00 +0000

Why Jets Fans Don't Hate The Bills.

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 02:54:00 +0000

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The Ravens Do It To The Jets Again

The Case For Clayton Kershaw

MLB Playoffs: Is The 1st Round A Crapshoot?

Can The Pats O Drag The D Into February?

Andy Dalton & AJ Green Make NFL History.

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:32:00 +0000

The 2011 Rangers: They're No Fluke.

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:05:00 +0000

NFL 2011: Are This Season's Huge Passing Numbers Leading To More Points? (Week 5 Update)

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:14:00 +0000

The explosion in passing yards is not yet leading to a similar increase in points scored. Passing yards are at 126.6 and points scored are at 112.1. (2006 = 100.0); this is still the biggest difference between the two since the start of the 16-game era.

Can The Patriots Offense Drag The Defense To The Super Bowl?

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:37:00 +0000

MLB Playoffs: Is The 1st Round Really a Crapshoot?

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:34:00 +0000

The Simple Cy Young Case For Clayton Kershaw.

Is This The Start Of A Young Pitcher's Era?

NFL 2011: Are This Season's Huge Passing Numbers Leading To More Points? (Week 4 Update)

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:01:00 +0000

The explosion in passing yards is not yet leading to a similar increase in points scored. Passing yards are at 120.0 and points scored are at 110.1. (2006 = 100.0); this is still the biggest difference between the two since the start of the 16-game era, but the gap has gotten smaller in recent weeks.

Cy Young 2011: The Simple Case For Clayton Kershaw.

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:57:00 +0000

The Ravens Do It To The Jets Again

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:13:00 +0000

The table above shows the most points scored with no more than one offensive touchdown. (Since the 1970 Merger) The most points scored without any offensive touchdowns is 26, by the 1970 Vikings against the Saints.

Related Posts:

Is this Season's Surge In Passing Leading To More Scoring?
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NFL Coach Evaluator: Andy Reid.
2011: The Year of the Young Pitcher.
NFL: What Happens When Top Offenses Play Top Defenses?

MLB 2011: Is This The Start Of A Dominant Pitching Era?

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:59:00 +0000

Beantown Breakdown: A Short History Of Baseball's Greatest Collapses.

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:22:00 +0000

Stats from Baseball-Reference.com

Mariano and 602

A New Era of Young Pitching

I got the pictures from the New York Post.

2011 Week 3 Update: Are This Season's Huge Passing Numbers Leading To More Points?

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:50:00 +0000

The explosion in passing yards is not leading to a similar increase in points scored. Passing yards are at 127.6 and points scored are at 108.7. (2006 = 100.0); this is by far, the biggest difference between the two since the start of the 16-game era. There may be more passing yards to be had, due to the new kickoff rule pushing starting field position back. The sample size is only 2 weeks; these numbers can, and probably will change.

Related Posts:
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NFL: When Top Offenses Play Top Defenses.
602 And Mariano Shows No Signs Of Slowing Down.
A New Era of Young Pitching.

The image is from top100.nfl.com

MLB: The Most(And Least) Competitive Sweeps In The Playoffs Since 1995.

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:22:00 +0000

The 2007 Rockies appear to have a been a lucky team who ran into a team of destiny in the World Series: They were involved in two of the top ten most competitive sweeps, and then got demolished by the Red Sox in the second least competitive series.

602, And Mariano Shows No Signs Of Slowing Down.

noreply@blogger.com (Deron) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:06:00 +0000

Mariano got his record-breaking 602nd save today, and has broken the record while still playing at a high level. The graph below looks at how good a season the all-time leaders had in their record-breaking category (for Mo, it's saves) when they broke their respective sport's all-time record.

A Career Level value of 100 means that the season in which the player broke the record was just as good as his average season up to that date. You shouldn't expect many scores of 100, as most record-breakers do it near the end of their career. Mo has a value of 106.8, second only to the great Jerry Rice at an amazing 131.9.

Jerry Rice - Receiving Yards
Mariano Rivera - Saves
Brett Favre - Passing Yards
John Stockton - Assists
Nolan Ryan - Strikeouts
Rickey Henderson - Stolen Bases
Hank Aaron - Homeruns
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Points
Wilt Chamberlain - Rebounds
Barry Bonds - Homeruns
Wayne Gretzky - Points
Emmitt Smith - Rushing Yards
Bruce Smith - Sacks
Pete Rose - Hits

Related Posts:
Derek Jeter and the most unlikely 3000th hits.
Which breakout seasons predicted future success?
Are the new kickoff rules necessary?
Cowboys-Niners: The best sports rivalry in the 90's.
A New Era of Young Pitching.

I found the photo at http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/events/rivera_400/1280-wp-nyy-rivera.jpg

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