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Quick Post: FULL Bill James Speech at SABR Analytics 2013

Listen to the whole speech as well as links to some of the other happenings from SABR’s Annual Analytics Conference this past weekend!

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5 Questions for Your 2013 Boston Red Sox

Five Las Vegas style questions that deserve to be answered prior to the start of the 2013 Boston Red Sox season.

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Will Middlebrooks And Walks

Does Will Middlebrooks need to walk more to bring value to the Red Sox?

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Red Sox Tap Nap For 1B

From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Napoli; Hunter Golden fights the internet’s battles in the air, on land and the sea.

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Fangraphs weighs in on the state of "Our" Red Sox organization.

Although the team has promoted some of its talent; Lowrie, Buchholz?, and Ellsbury. It is still a very strong system, with the lower minors adding a lot of recently drafted talent as well. Less-known talent of course, but talent nonetheless. The team knows what they are doing in this regard, and even though they will probably experience a few down years in terms of drafting players, they seem to be ahead of most teams in the way they evaluate talent.

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Chat Transcript: Ortiz, Yankees, Buchholz and more

David Ortiz – Samara Pearlstein

Sit down with a big cup of coffee, because have I a treat for you. I participated in a chat on Tuesday night and they have made the transcript available for Fire Brand to peruse.

I talk about which minor leaguers to keep an eye on… what the Sox need to do to win this year… how important David Ortiz is to us.

Oh, I also throw out predictions such as who will finish at first… scoff at the Yankees… and talk about who the heck can be our future catcher.

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Fire Brand interviews Bill James

Bill James answers a few questions from Fire Brand of the American League. Find out why it’s more successful to have a pitcher’s park and who he thinks the active pitcher closest to perfection this days is…

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