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Wi th this issue, The Baseball Analyst, a.fter fOUl;'" ·:y.ea.rs of talk; 1
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Paul Sohwarzenba.rt detailing the effects ot;tyarious.; ballparks on ;th~
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produotion of errors c.nd other fielding oocurwmes 'has,:a.nd':"Ode-serves,·..
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the distinotion of being our first artiol~,:. P~ul's -a;rtioi~ a~m-o:n;,;; :~:! 1;':1:.'
stra.tes tha.t fielding statistio.s, like ba.ttin.g and 'pi tohiig;s~~iiti:-(is~'; l·
but apparently even more so, ,ar.e th~ prq.ducts in :9~t"of ott~(hii'rrst~ft5es·- i
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Following that, Dallas "Adams.":exami-n,es .th~~·gt~__DOCTEXT__apos;:: :;;;).
tion of runs soored by teams aoross· a wid,,~~a~e o.~··'offe!il.t.~";;?li:tI~-:;;;;'·.'l~~··"·;
ties, and emerges with a ohart that will·.~t,ell you,:' 'if yo-ci')2:itii. how"',':;:;'::"
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many runs per game your team soores,~' how 'of;~en theyt',fJhou!~"b-~~~hut ;':)~f. '
out, how often they should soore l.~~n, 2 runs "--;"0 ·:ori."g1>'!'t9:·;l.95~:r.;·: .-:.
more runs. This article may be::ac li~t:tlJ~~ mQ~Et·:.d±rfioult ,¥o"~1:ij-~d>1;banil1lt .. '
the first, but make a note of i t,L as. this is Q-)le ··a.rtiole:·~;l,1~ "'~'t~~ .. :n
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Tom Jones on page 11 puts on reoord a f,~1i' fa,c,ts"iif9rlh knowing"
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about 'Nolan Ryan's fifth career no-hitter.. Taking: .. a:·:b'r~aJ.c from th~:
releIJ,tless march of informationt ZlIark Pankin propoge~£f·i'~'S;gt~m:of·· :;.1.=
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-rlins and Losses for all players, and;.;li'E;?;·p;z:o:esent-a. 'oo;nt:f±b~tion "..
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from the la.te Bob Kingsley seeking to examine th~ 'fnipaot,of:'player of
a tti tudes on run production in var.i.Q