Some quick thoughts on Moneyball, which I saw for the first time Wednesday night. • The real life baseball clips were great, especially the opening scene. It is never not a good thing to portray the Yankees as bad guys. • Jonah Hill’s Peter Brand is almost a pitch perfect character. The awkwardness around Pitt’s [...]

The idea for this was 100% taken by Royals Review (and found via BtB). Leverage Index is a statistic that is essentially used to show how important a game situation is at a particular time. The index will flux higher if it is a close game, later in the game, with men on base, etc. Conversely it will be lower if it is a blowout, earlier in the game, no men on base, etc.

The Mets have been fortunate enough to face three teams that are playing some really mediocre to poor baseball over the last couple of weeks. They have gotten a pretty good break in that regard. Such is really what this has been – a solid break and some good fortune for the Mets. Not to be the downer on this party, but eventually good things come to an end.