Rethinking the Batting Order: Offensive Wins Above Replacement

Of the Bench’s series on rethinking the offensive lineup continues today with a look at Offensive Wins Above Replacement. oWAR Offensive Wins Above Replacement is very similar to regular WAR, except...

Guest Article about the True Value of Josh Hamilton

Our friends over at Dorm Room Internships are just getting started. Here’s a an article they wrote about the future contract situation of Josh Hamilton: Whatever Hamilton Signs For Will Be...

Rethinking the Batting Order: Batting Average

We at Off The Bench have been looking at what happens when we shakeup the lineup based on certain statistical parameters.  Yesterday’s post looked at putting Michael Born in the 4th...

Rethinking the Batting Order: OBP

Here at Off the Bench, we’re always working on new and innovative ways to think about baseball. For the next few days, we’re going to publish a series about rethinking the...

Sudden Death Dodgeball

“Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to witness the greatest happening in sport: sudden-death dodgeball.” “Pepper needs new shorts!” Many of you will recognize this dialogue from the hilarious movie Dodgeball. The two...

Scott Atchison, One of Major League Baseball’s Best Relievers?

Scott Atchison of the Boston Red Sox is a 36 year old right handed relief pitcher who kind of looks like he’s 46. Atchison doesn’t throw very hard and doesn’t have...

Do You Know How They Make Baseballs?

Carlos Pena is the Rays New Leadoff Hitter

Joe Madden is rapidly becoming regarded as baseball’s best manager. He turned a losing franchise into a perennial contender, even bringing them a World Series berth. He wins games he shouldn’t, always seems...

Ranking 2012′s Most Dominant Pitchers, Part 2

If you missed part 1, check it out here. Last post, I started my list of the top 10 most dominant pitchers of the 2012 season. I was looking for pitchers who not...

Ranking 2012′s Most Dominant Pitchers

Friday night, Justin Verlander threw no-hit baseball for 8.1 innings and simply overmatched the Pittsburgh Pirates in his 1-hit shutout. Yesterday, Brandon Morrow needed 107 pitches to dominate the Mets, allowing...

Interleague Supremacy

Sorry for the delay in my article, last Monday was my birthday and I worked 12 hours, Tuesday I decided to celebrate my birthday and drive 12 and a half hours...

Pinch Hitting for the Pinch Hitter

The Vassar College Brewers didn’t have a pinch-hit hit this past year.  We were just 0 for 5, but for my career our Division 3 program is now 0 for 11...