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Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak

Big Data Baseball by Travis Sawchik follows the story of the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates. It gives insight into their sabermetrics approach and low budget salary to produce a winning baseball team for the first time in 20 years. This story has been told before, about how a team overcomes some obstacle by thinking outside the […]

Molina: An Unlikely Baseball Dynasty

Bengie Molina is the oldest of three brothers: himself, Jose, and Yadier. Depending how big of a baseball follower you are, it might be common sense that they are all current or former big league catchers. Bengie took it upon himself to construct a memoir that centered not only on himself but also on the […]