win-probability-added Stories - The Crawfish Boxes
Seattle Sounders v Sporting KC - Highlights, Statistics and Quotes
Head Coach Sigi Schmid continues to tinker with his formations and tactics. Saturday night saw a lop-sided diamond 4-4-2 with Servando Carrasco on the right side at the start, it shifted back to a more typical diamond when Nate Jaqua took the pitch, and then a diamond with the CAM so high that it...
DC United Vs. Seattle Sounders: Quotes, Highlights, Statistics
First-ever loss at DC United. Some head-scratching substitutions. The end of a six-match unbeaten streak. There are obviously reasons for people to fret over the Seattle Sounders' 2-1 loss on Wednesday. But frankly, I'm just not seeing it, especially after going over the quotes, highlights and...
Seattle Sounders Vs. Toronto FC: Highlights, Statistics, Quotes
Watching this game from the Brougham End, as opposed to my usual perch in the press box, I came away feeling like this was easily the most dominant the Seattle Sounders had looked in recent memory. You could say the game against the Houston Dynamo during thewas better played; you could argue that...
Seattle Sounders at Colorado Rapids - Highlight, Stats (Opta and WPA)
The Seattle Sounders did come away from a 1-0 win against the Colorado Rapids, though it still feels like a loss due to the Brian Mullan tackle on Steve Zakuani. We're not going to show the full package of highlights because I don't want to see that play again. And in effort to look at just the...
Seattle Sounders Vs. Chicago Fire: Highlights, Quotes, Statistics
Small confession: I did not watch Saturday's 2-1 Seattle Sounders victory over the Chicago Fire. I was setting up my wife's surprise birthday party and used the game as plausible cover. So, my impressions are are based on what I heard on the radio and saw in highlights. First off, it should be...
San Jose Earthquakes Vs. Seattle Sounders: Highlights, Quotes And Stats
Unfortunately there is not as much insight to be gleaned from the highlights as you'd expect in a nearly 12-minute clip. The editors seemed much more intent on creating a package that showcased the announcers and their understandably homer-ish announcing than giving us an idea of how the match...
Seattle Sounders Vs. Houston Dynamo: Highlights, Stats, Quotes
We started this feature with the idea that it would be a chance to have a less emotional reaction to the game. A way to just be presented with the facts and make a more measured assessment. What I didn't count on was actually being more emotional about a game the next day than I was at the time....
Cool new toy
Thanks to Dave Studeman, there's now a calculator that gives you a players win probability above a bench player. Pretty handy-dandy. Here's his explanation: The only other win stat I know that exactly matches each team's wins and losses is Win Probability Added (WPA). WPA is the difference...
Roy Oswalt Gets the Loss: Why Wins and Losses Don't Properly Evaluate a Pitcher's Performance
Aside from some first inning bad luck and a second inning HR to Brian Schneider, Roy Oswalt was dominant. He looked like Roy Oswalt, not that chump we saw at the beginning of the season. However, he got the Roger Clemens treatment, which I guess we can write off to facing one of the best pitchers...
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