Comments on: The great Matt Holliday Experiment

By: ZoopReows

ZoopReows — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:34:46 +0000

I lost my job right on my birthday with a greeting card. I heard about people loosingt they jobs - but I didn't think it's going to happened with me. I start looking for a new job. I got some money for now and I pretty good worker so I don't think that going to be a big problem. I got couple offers so I think Life come back in shape.

By: LosoloNus

LosoloNus — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:00:09 +0000

I watch this guy for year, yea he do a lot of crazy stuff, but I know he is a really good and nice person. My boyfriend got his all best fights and we probably going to pray today and watch his in ring - so sad love you Mike.

By: Fantasy 50MC: Everybody Hates Matt… « Fifty Mission Cap | Sports Blog

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:29:42 +0000

[...] you are a Holliday owner, read this very interesting article. It cancels out every negative article that you will read on Holliday’s production this [...]

By: Bay Bridge Baseball

Bay Bridge Baseball — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:14:31 +0000

[...] career in Colorado. Just to refresh your memory, I found that Holliday’s numbers steadily improved the longer he was on a road trip. My theory was that he adjusted to the sea-level conditions (sharper breaking balls) the longer he [...]

By: Season preview: outfield : Baseball Digest

Season preview: outfield : Baseball Digest — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:13:16 +0000

[...] solid left fielder. The issue for Holliday this year will be to prove that he’s not simply a product of Coors Field. Holliday is in the final year of his contract, so there is no chance he’s with the A’s [...]

By: kosmo @ The Casual Observer

kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:29:30 +0000

Clarification … not “by hand” but with more cluttered initial data.

By: kosmo @ The Casual Observer

kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:27:16 +0000

Oh, lord. I was trying to do this by hand with PI data from baseball-reference.com

Very nice.

Another thing to note is that Holliday’s road OPS has improve (usually significantly) each year in his career – indicating that he is getting better at adjusting.

By: Bay Bridge Baseball

Bay Bridge Baseball — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:52:25 +0000

[...] since last week’s note about Matt Holliday’s road performance as a Rockie, I’ve been getting a lot feedback about whether his stats prove my theory or are [...]

By: RotoJeff

RotoJeff — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:44:00 +0000

Very interesting research.

I think there are some other variables at play here, too:

- How does Holliday’s road performance compare with the league as a whole?
- Is there a stark difference between 2008 and other years on this example?

One of the things that I’m digging at is that home teams seemed to perform especially well last year. One theory postulated was that the ban on amphetamines has made a pretty big difference. That is, players are having a more difficult time getting amped up after traveling, so their road performance, particularly after arriving at a venue, suffered. It’s not really my theory – and really, there’s no way to properly test it, since there’s no “control” group vs. a known using group. But it’s nonetheless interesting to me.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:36:00 +0000

All I’ve got to say is that this is the web at it’s finest. A good point worth investigating, a little research, (thanks Jeff) and then some very intelligent friendly responses from the community that read it.

I have to add that it would be nice to see Holliday KILL IT for the A’s.

connie mack on AN