Kevin Youkilis’ entire career has been built around not making outs. (Getty Images) A few people have suggested over the years that the most telling offensive statistic in baseball might be something called “out percentage.” I think that’s a pretty good idea. It’s not really a new statistic. It’s just on-base percentage turned inside out,…
Month: June 2012
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Kevin Youkilis’ entire career has been built aroundnot making outs. (Getty Images) A few people have suggested over the years that the most telling offensive statistic in baseball might be something called “out percentage.” I think that’s a pretty good idea. It’s not really a new statistic. It’s just on-base percentage turned inside out, but…
LeBron: Champion
LeBron James averaged 29 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists in the Finals to win his first NBA championship. (Getty Images) In the end, this was exactly as LeBron James had imagined it. Maybe the journey was not quite as easy as he had hope, but it wasn’t that hard either. And the ending was easy….
LeBron: Champion
LeBron James averaged 29 points, 10 reboundsand seven assists in the Finals to win his first NBA championship. (Getty Images) In the end, this was exactly as LeBron James had imagined it. Maybe the journey was not quite as easy as he had hope, but it wasn’t that hard either. And the ending was easy. There he…
Rooting Against LeBron
LeBron James is one win away from securing his first NBA championship. (Getty Images) I could be imagining this — I was on vacation in L.A./Hollywood the last week with the family, so there were numerous hallucinations — but it seems to me that a lot of people are admonishing me for rooting against LeBron…
Rooting Against LeBron
LeBron James is one win away from securing his first NBA championship. (Getty Images) I could be imagining this — I was on vacation in L.A./Hollywood the last week with the family, so there were numerous hallucinations — but it seems to me that a lot of people are admonishing me for rooting against LeBron…
Cain Perfection
Matt Cain’s perfect game on Wednesday was the first in Giants history. (Getty Images) OK, so figure this one: From 1900 to 1980 — though many of those years were dominated by pitching — there were only seven perfect games thrown. In 1904, the great Cy Young threw a perfecto against Philadelphia. In 1908, Addie…
Cain Perfection
Matt Cain’s perfect game on Wednesday was the first in Giants history. (Getty Images) OK, so figure this one: From 1900 to 1980 — though many of those years were dominated by pitching — there were only seven perfect games thrown. In 1904, the great Cy Young threw a perfecto against Philadelphia. In 1908, Addie…
A Serious LeBron
LeBron James single-handedly broke the Celtics in Game 6 in Boston on Thursday (Getty Images) Last time, I compared LeBron James to Genie from “Aladdin.” This time, I’m thinking about the end to “The Hustler.” I’ll have to give you a bit of a rundown of that movie to get to the point, so let’s…
A Serious LeBron
LeBron James single-handedly broke the Celtics in Game 6 in Boston on Thursday (Getty Images) Last time, I compared LeBron James to Genie from “Aladdin.” This time, I’m thinking about the end to “The Hustler.” I’ll have to give you a bit of a rundown of that movie to get to the point, so let’s…