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How The West Was Won: Animating a Divisional Race
Updated to include team names. - ed In my last post I tried to dive into some more complex (read: confusing) methodology and, though the graphic turned out to be quite pretty to look at, there were some flaws in the data behind it. So, for my next project, I decided to stick with something more...
Quick Hits: McClain, Williamson, Takahashi, Gaudin
Quick Hits:Minor league veteran Scott McClain agreed to a one year deal with the Hiroshima Carp. McClain, 37, is a career .262 hitter with 404 career minor league homeruns in over 2200 games. He never could figure it out in the major leagues, but has appeared in the major leagues three times with...
Not a Rookie: Pablo Sandoval
Not a Rookie: Pablo Sandoval Pablo Sandoval was signed by the Giants out of Venezuela in 2002. He made his North American debut in 2004, hitting .266/.287/.373 for the Arizona Rookie League Giants. His bat was rated as questionable, but scouts praised his defensive skills, highly ironic...
Giambi, Powell power A's to victory over mistake-prone Giants
A sellout crowd at Phoenix Municipal Stadium was witness to Jason Giambi's first home run of the spring as the Oakland A's had little trouble with a split-squad San Francisco Giants team, winning 8-3. Six of the runs the A's scored were unearned. Orlando Cabrera, who is scheduled to start at SS...
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