From the Desk of Jim Leeke: Ron Luciano would thumb ABS out of the game

April 16, 2025April 9, 2025 univnebpress

Jim Leeke is an author and editor. His latest book, Big Loosh: The Unruly Life of Umpire Ron Luciano, is forthcoming in July from University of Nebraska Press. This season Major League Baseball (MLB) is using an Automated Ball-Strike System … Continue reading From the Desk of Jim Leeke: Ron Luciano would thumb ABS out of the game

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Excerpt: When Big Data Was Small

May 2, 2019April 25, 2019 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from When Big Data Was Small: My Life in Baseball Analytics and Drug Design by Richard D. Cramer (May 2019). Cramer started analyzing baseball statistics in the mid-1960s, after graduating from Harvard and MIT, and by 1969 … Continue reading Excerpt: When Big Data Was Small

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From the Desk of Jim Leeke: Ron Luciano would thumb ABS out of the game

Excerpt: When Big Data Was Small