Clayton Kershaw is on pace to have the best ERA and WHIP since Greg Maddux for the 1995 World Champion Atlanta Braves. A look at www.valueaddbaseball.com shows that Kershaw has a 1.29 ERA in games in which the Dodgers score
The A’s were the big losers so far this week (see all 52 games below), as they lost a series to the Mariners and had the three teams trying to keep them out of the playoffs sweep. The Rangers pulled
Based on a statement Wednesday, the White House does not see the need to make a distinction between someone who says he killed an individual in self-defense because the individual was beating his head into a sidewalk, and someone who,
The flow of baseball that is being disrupted by instant replay and lawsuits has destroyed the flow that lent itself to Ronald Reagan making up foul balls to a radio audience and fans playing board games that pitted the 1927 New
Patrick Corbin continued to make it clear why he is the No. 1 pitcher at www.valueaddbaseball.com Tuesday by going into a hitter’s park to hand the Reds only their fourth loss in 14 games. Arizona has now won 40% more
Two Christmases ago, the Air Jordan XI Retro Concords (see photo) caused police to respond to fights from New York to Washington, and last Christmas a Houston man was fatally shot when his Air Jordan’s were robbed. Now the release
While Bull Riding has been outdrawing barrel racing and other equestrian events at rodeos, arming barrel racers with Colt 45s and making them take out 10 targets is growing in popularity as “Cowboy Mounted Shooting (CMSA, see footage here).” The
The Chicago White Sox entered the weekend 28 games below .500 (-28), and improved to -25 by being the only team to sweep a weekend series, as shown on the Alphabetical Scoreboard below. The big winners among contenders were the
The first day of Fox Sports 1 featured an Irishman traveling to Boston and dominating a fight for many viewers who had never seen him fight before. Conor McGregor may as well have been Tom Cruise in “Far and Away”
The Los Angeles Dodgers have the best four-man playoff rotation, but the Cincinnati Reds are the only team with three “Aces” in their rotations (pitchers in the top 30 at www.valueaddbaseball.com). However, the Reds’ dominant pitching at the No. 5
The top five pitchers on the new look www.valueaddbaseball.com database above will stay the same when the ratings are updated Saturday (see all 205 pitchers to make at least five starts below). Reader feedback urged us to move the Value
The poor Diamondbacks swept but gained no grounds as the two other teams that swept on the Alphabetical Scoreboard (See all teams’ week on table below) for Monday through Thursday are the Dodgers (they are chasing for the NL West)
Beginning Saturday morning, Fox Sports 1 can be found on channels such as AT&T U-verse 2/651 (2nd number is HD), Campus Cable 72, Comcast 3/242, Charter 38, Dish Network 150, Direct TV 219 and Time Warner Cable 512/1512. Viewers can
More than a year before the network acknowledged they were negotiating to hire Jason Whitlock as its latest liberal commentator, ESPN reported that the commentator that has compared the NRA to the KKK lost a debate to keep college football.
Fox Sports 1 launches Saturday in the midst of ESPN hiring liberal commentators, while blogs such as www.coldhardfootballfacts.com have to defend the very existence of college football. In response, Fox Sports 1 kicks off Saturday at 6 a.m. EDT with a
After being the launching location for a rally to make illegal immigrants citizens on Wednesday morning, Dodger Stadium was once again the stage for the best duo in baseball. The Dodgers spotted the Mets four runs, but when you have
The NCAA has spent $70,000 for lobbying the first half of this year focused on “gambling issues and issues related to wireless microphones,” according to Politico’s Byron Tau. The NCAA lobbies against gambling on college athletics to prevent cases such as
Supporters of citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants may hope to ride the popularity of the surging Los Angeles Dodgers when they gather outside Dodger Stadium Wednesday morning to kick off a caravan, but the executive offices at Dodger Stadium
It all seemed backward in Yankee Stadium Sunday as Alex Rodriguez hit his first home run of the year off former MVP Justin Verlander, who is ranked as just the 52nd best pitcher in the latest Value Add Ratings. Victor
The 3-day Alphabetical Scoreboard below shows, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays Sunday to become one of four teams to sweep their series this weekend (Nats over Phillies, Rangers over Astros and Rockies over Pirates the others).
Last year I was told, “You need a party bus to get people to the School Choice rally.” My response was, “Please tell me you are not talking about a bus with a pole in it.” Now people want dancers,
The Braves’ Jordan Walden’s pitch broke sharply under the glove of catcher Evan Gattis in the ninth inning, letting Adeiny Hechavarria race home to give the last place Marlins a 1-0 win to end the Braves 14-game winning streak. It
Thursday and Friday Detroit and Arizona picked up their identical 19th win in 23 starts for Max Scherzer and Patrick Corbin, respectively. Meanwhile the Los Angeles Dodgers have provided much less support while winning just 13 of 24 with Clayton
Criticism of statistical systems like Value Add Baseball fall into categories of those who; 1, benefit from subjective alternatives, 2, do not want their established statistical approach replaced, and 3, do not like measures of success or winning. Here is
When the Patriots play the Jets, there will be no doubt the best quarterback in the stadium. But Tim Tebow showed potential value with four carries for 31 yards (7.8 yards per carry) Friday against the Eagles while Mark Sanchez
