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Baseball Therapy: What Really Happens When a Baseball Player Turns 18 by...

Even a "polished" teenage prospect has years of crucial neurological development ahead of him.

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Baseball Therapy: Lessons from the Hall of Fame Vote by Russell A. Carleton

What the voting results tell us about the 10-player limit, the electorate's feelings about PED use, and the public/private-ballot split.

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Baseball Therapy: Does Having a Veteran Around Help Young Players? by Russell...

Veteran players are often perceived to have a positive effect on their younger teammates, but can we see it in the stats?

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Baseball Therapy: Pitchouts and My Underage Gambling Problem by Russell A....

If it doesn't make sense to call for pitchouts, why do major-league managers keep doing it?

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Baseball Therapy: Fact or Fiction: The Verducci Effect by Russell A. Carleton

The final word on whether the popular theory holds water or is fatally flawed.

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Baseball Therapy: How to Measure Clubhouse Chemistry by Russell A. Carleton

How one might go about quantifying the heretofore unquantifiable.

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Baseball Therapy: What Really Predicts Pitcher Injuries? by Russell A. Carleton

Russell searches for a fact-based alternative to the Verducci Effect.

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Baseball Therapy: Can't Buy Me Chemistry? by Russell A. Carleton

Do teams that stick together win together more often than high-turnover teams?

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Baseball Therapy: Of Dogs, Men, and Stolen Bases by Russell A. Carleton

Can managers be conditioned to change their in-game tactics?

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Baseball Therapy: Maybe I'm Wrong by Russell A. Carleton

Are sabermetricians too willing to blame their own mistakes on bad luck?

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Baseball Therapy: You Gotta Keep 'Em Separated by Russell A. Carleton

Does separating starters of the same type in the same rotation make sense?

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Baseball Therapy: Is Brandon Inge Worth 10 Wins Behind Closed Doors? by...

An attempt to quantify the effect a good clubhouse guy has on his teammates.

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Baseball Therapy: Could the All-Bullpen Approach Actually Work? by Russell A....

Considering all the pros and cons of a revolutionary way to structure a roster.

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Baseball Therapy: The Lessons of Lohse by Russell A. Carleton

Does the hard time Kyle Lohse had finding a job suggest that we should change the draft pick compensation system?

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Baseball Therapy: Rethinking Randomness: Pitchers and Their BABIPs by Russell...

Are we still too accepting of the idea that pitchers have little to no control over balls in play?

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Baseball Therapy: Boys Will Be Boys?: The Carlos Quentin and Zack Greinke...

How baseball's latest brawl was emblematic of American culture.

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Baseball Therapy: What is a Good Pitching Coach Worth? by Russell A. Carleton

Assigning a value to the coaches behind the arms.

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Baseball Therapy: On the Evolution of the Patient Hitter by Russell A. Carleton

Have hitters become too passive, or is there something else going on?

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Baseball Therapy: What is a Good Hitting Coach Worth? by Russell A. Carleton

In some cases, quite a bit.

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Baseball Therapy: Should I Worry About My Favorite Pitcher? by Russell A....

When pitching stats stabilize.

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