Comments on: Temporary new look http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/ Curiously Long Posts Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:41:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dja http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64583 dja Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:07:34 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64583 wow, thanks for the flipflopflyin link! what an awesome site wow, thanks for the flipflopflyin link! what an awesome site

]]> By: London http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64553 London Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:53:57 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64553 Joe, it's the words that matter...not the site design. Joe, it’s the words that matter…not the site design.

]]> By: ChetP http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64503 ChetP Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:56:55 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64503 Joe, check out this site that was linked on the freakonomics blog today. http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/index.html there are some interesting baseball charts that I think you will get a kick out of. Joe, check out this site that was linked on the freakonomics blog today. http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/index.html
there are some interesting baseball charts that I think you will get a kick out of.

]]> By: Mike http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64496 Mike Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:52:23 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64496 Yeesh man. Could've like, done something a little niftier than just plain white! E-mail me if you want/need help with anything design wise. Yeesh man. Could’ve like, done something a little niftier than just plain white!

E-mail me if you want/need help with anything design wise.

]]> By: Mikey http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64491 Mikey Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:55:50 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64491 After reading Joe's SI column with Bill James, I was curious enough to pull every season this decade by players 30 or older who qualified for the batting title. Below are BA/OBP/SLG numbers by age just from 30-35: Age 30 116 players .283/.356/.470 Age 31 106 players .285/.357/.468 Age 32 88 players .287/.362/.466 Age 33 86 players .282/.358/.460 Age 34 68 players .280/.355/.452 Age 35 59 players .278/.359/.461 Not that this is a conclusive way of looking at it, but just looking at these numbers I don't see anything all that special about age 33. If anything, 33 sticks out as the exception to the rule of steadily fewer players being able to play every day as they age. Beyond age 35 looking at this decade becomes unreliable because the samples are so small that Barry Bonds skews the results by himself. Only 4 of James's 33 examples are from the current decade. Maybe age 33 was more of a milestone in earlier eras and has become less significant with modern conditioning (or modern juice, if you want to think that way). Not saying it has or it hasn't, just that it's possible and I haven't looked at earlier decades. Maybe someone else here will take a look. After reading Joe’s SI column with Bill James, I was curious enough to pull every season this decade by players 30 or older who qualified for the batting title.

Below are BA/OBP/SLG numbers by age just from 30-35:

Age 30 116 players .283/.356/.470
Age 31 106 players .285/.357/.468
Age 32 88 players .287/.362/.466
Age 33 86 players .282/.358/.460
Age 34 68 players .280/.355/.452
Age 35 59 players .278/.359/.461

Not that this is a conclusive way of looking at it, but just looking at these numbers I don’t see anything all that special about age 33. If anything, 33 sticks out as the exception to the rule of steadily fewer players being able to play every day as they age.

Beyond age 35 looking at this decade becomes unreliable because the samples are so small that Barry Bonds skews the results by himself.

Only 4 of James’s 33 examples are from the current decade. Maybe age 33 was more of a milestone in earlier eras and has become less significant with modern conditioning (or modern juice, if you want to think that way). Not saying it has or it hasn’t, just that it’s possible and I haven’t looked at earlier decades. Maybe someone else here will take a look.

]]> By: Bill C. http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64489 Bill C. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:50:19 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64489 Hey Joe, Don't like the new look at all so I hope it's temporary. But more to the point, I check in everyday and I have never noticed even a slight problem getting the blog to load since you switched to GoDaddy. Apparently other people have had different experiences, but it's been nothing but instant loading up for me. Hey Joe,

Don’t like the new look at all so I hope it’s temporary. But more to the point, I check in everyday and I have never noticed even a slight problem getting the blog to load since you switched to GoDaddy.

Apparently other people have had different experiences, but it’s been nothing but instant loading up for me.

]]> By: Jon http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64487 Jon Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:43:38 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64487 Joe, while the new look is fine, I don't like that you lost the next button on the bottom of your posts. I haven't been able to read your blog while at camp and now was in catch up mode but it's suddenly become a lot harder. Joe, while the new look is fine, I don’t like that you lost the next button on the bottom of your posts. I haven’t been able to read your blog while at camp and now was in catch up mode but it’s suddenly become a lot harder.

]]> By: Steve http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64484 Steve Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:31:31 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64484 Please bring back the links to the next and previous entries on each page -- makes it much easier to browse on a cell phone. Thanks! Please bring back the links to the next and previous entries on each page — makes it much easier to browse on a cell phone. Thanks!

]]> By: Edwin http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64481 Edwin Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:01:22 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64481 Love the new look Love the new look

]]> By: Perry http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64479 Perry Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:47:23 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/06/29/temporary-new-look/#comment-64479 The previous version seemed easier to read, but maybe that's just me. But -- more importantly -- it still took me about 15 tries to get the site to load, so if the new look was intended to make it easier, it's not working. The previous version seemed easier to read, but maybe that’s just me. But — more importantly — it still took me about 15 tries to get the site to load, so if the new look was intended to make it easier, it’s not working.

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