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Max Kepler mid-swing against Matt Moore, frozen just before contact

live · Experiment

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Read the Swing

Broadcast video freezes 1/30 of a second before contact. Pull, center or oppo? Guessing blindly gets you one in three.

Clips: 138
Per round: 18
No-video: 46%

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Concept sketch of an on-air claim with a leaderboard beneath it and a stamp reading not quite

in progress · Tool

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Claim Check

"Best 36 games ever." "First since 1920." The hosts repeat stats like these every week. Claim Check runs each one against the full record and grades it.

Team-seasons: 3,087
Seasons: 1901–2026
Game stretches: 30/36/50

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Every Game 7 since 1909, colored by whether the home or road team won

in progress · Research

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Answers for Coach

Questions the Talkin' Baseball hosts asked on air and couldn't answer, settled with data going back to 1903.

Answered: 3
Data from: 1903
To go: 41

On the launchpad

23 ideas · the playbook →

Not built yet. Ranked by how often the Talkin' Baseball hosts asked the questions each one could answer.

Concept sketch of two strips of wins and losses, one real and one simulated, with a question mark between them

idea · Experiment

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Real or Random

Two game-by-game streaks, one real and one rolled with the same talent. Pick the real one. If nobody can, the hot hand looks a lot like luck.

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idea · Tool

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Breakout Clock

A hitter is raking. How many more plate appearances before you can believe it? The clock shows when a change in each stat beats the noise.

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Concept sketch of a scatter plot of two defensive metrics with a diagonal band where they agree and outliers labeled

idea · Visualization

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Glove Consensus

Defensive metrics often disagree about the same fielder. Plot them against each other and see who every system agrees on, and who starts arguments.

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Concept sketch of a field seen from above with a fan of batted balls, heavier toward right field

idea · Tool

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Spray Atlas

Every batted ball a hitter puts in play, on one field. Filter by pitch location, count and pitch type to see where he really hits it.

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Question board →

Q-02How fast can you tell a breakout or decline is real?Asked 13×
Q-03How much of a one-season split or rate stat is just noise?Asked 10×
Q-04How reliable are defensive metrics, and do they agree?Asked 8×
Q-05Is a power outage the park, the luck, or the hitter?Asked 8×

Next up for Answers for Coach: questions the Talkin' Baseball hosts asked on air and couldn't answer.