Baseball purists have this perception of keeping things simple in baseball: a good starting pitcher can throw lots of innings, can control his ERA, and puts his team in the best position to win the ballgame. These “traditionalists” will explain the only thing that matters in baseball is winning and winning is everything to a […]
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As we bid adieu to the Orlando League, we now look toward the Las Vegas Summer League. A lot more teams to cover, bigger venues to play in, more NBA star sightings, more celebrities, and even a certain sports’ network has decided to send a team of reporters and analysts to cover a majority of the 10-day
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This will be the final installment of our 2013 NBA Summer League: Orlando League Edition. It’s Championship Day and we will announce our All-Orlando League 2013 Draft Team at the end of this piece, but we kick things off with the Championship Game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets. Back in Day one of the Summer League, I had
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Day five of the NBA Summer League is also the penultimate day before the Orlando League goes tournament style on Friday. While that is going on, let’s look back at Thursday’s results and noteworthy performances. Indiana Pacers edge the Utah Jazz, 79-73. Once again, Solomon Hill had himself another solid game: 12 points, three boards, three assists and went 4 of
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We crunched the numbers on five starting pitchers who have lost velocity on their fastballs since June of 2012. Bill Petti from fangraphs.com compiled a sizable list of starting and relief pitchers for his monthly Velocity Decline Trends for the month of June. We will now take a look at five relief pitchers who have lost velocity on their fastballs in
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Finally, we saw the debut of Raul Neto as he was given clearance to participate in this NBA Summer League. He didn’t even get a chance to practice with the Utah Jazz as he was thrown into his first game and basically was told to improvise. Neto was selected in the second round of the 2013 NBA
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The 2013 NBA Summer League rolls along into Day 3 of action. Here are some thoughts on the day. The Boston Celtics barely get by the Indiana Pacers, 76-74. Kelly Olynyk has created a major buzz among NBA junkies with his stellar play in the Orlando League. His offensive skill derived from his guard skills combined with his size
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Bill Petti of fangraphs.com recently released his monthly Velocity Decline Trends for the month of June. He compiled a sizable list of starting and relief pitchers that have lost at least one mph on their fastball since June of 2012. Petti explains: “pitchers who experience at least a one mph drop in their four-seam fastball velocity in a month
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