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One Night Only: Hot Game Previews for June 23rd


Tonight’s featured game is brought to you by the adjective Mega.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. An expanded preview of tonight’s Arizona-Kansas City contest — known to basically everyone as Mega Game 2011.

2. A brief note — namely, that there are only five games tonight, so plan your life accordingly.

3. Very proprietary Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s five dumb games.

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FanGraphs Audio: Franchise Opportunities

Episode Seventy-Eight
In which the panel is at a loss for words — and other things, too.

Headlines
The Dodger Situation — Nearly Comprehended!
The Albert Pujols Situation — Considered Briefly!
The Franchise Player Draft — Squabbled Over!

Featuring
Dave Cameron, Boss of Us
Joe Pawlikowski, Crack Baseball Analyst
Matt Klaassen, Other Pod Guest

Finally, you can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things.

Audio on the flip-flop. (Approximately 55 min play time.)

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One Night Only: Hot Game Previews for June 22nd


A puppet on the hand is equivalent to no specific number in the bush.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. An expanded preview for tonight’s biggest of events: Tampa Bay at Milwaukee.

2. Brief, but no less charming, previews for these games: Toronto at Atlanta, Colorado at Cleveland, and Philadelphia at St. Louis.

3. Yet another experimental design for the day’s slate of games — including, as always, very proprietary Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s games.

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One Night Only: Hot Game Previews for June 21st


This is happening again.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. An expanded preview for the big, big Houston-Texas match-up.

2. Brief, but totally charming, previews for these games: Colorado at Cleveland, New York (AL) at Cincinnati, and Philadelphia at St. Louis.

3. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s games — in a sweet new, slightly more interactive table.

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One Night Only: Hot Game Previews for June 20th


At least one of these words applies to the present edition of One Night Only.

This edition of One Night Only is limited in terms of written copy, on account of most of the author’s effort was expended in the pursuit of designing a cleaner, more user-friendly presentation for the daily slate of games — which design one can see by reading furtherly in the present post.

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One Night Only: Previews for Weekend of June 18th


It was big in New Zealand, at least.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. Expanded previews for four games: Saturday’s Baltimore at Washington and Toronto at Cincinnati games, and Sunday’s Texas at Atlanta and Detroit at Colorado games.

2. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of this weekend’s games.

3. Precisely 1,000 apologies for not posting a Friday edition of ONO.

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One Night Only: Hot Game Previews for June 16th


Whaddo I look like, a frigging psychologist over here?

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. Previews of varying sizes for four games: Texas at New York (AL), Baltimore at Toronto, Milwaukee at Chicago (NL), and New York (NL) at Atlanta.

2. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s games.

3. One man’s trash.

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One Night Only: Hot Game Previews for June 15th


Hold on to your you-know-whats.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. Previews of varying sizes for these four games: Florida at Philadelphia (Game Two), Florida at Philadelphia (Game One), San Diego at Colorado, and Boston at Tampa Bay.

2. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s games.

3. Some free association, and then some association that’s actually kinda expensive.

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One Night Only: Hot Game Previews for June 14th


Some say the world will end in Justin, while others agree.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. This announcement, first of all:

Please be advised that tonight’s slate of games is one of the more — if not the most — interesting in the time that I’ve been submitting these daily previews. Only one game tonight (White Sox-Twins) has received a below-average NERD score — which, I recognize that, on account of it’s a totally made-up stat, NERD is possibly not what we’d call “entirely reliable.” Still, it seems to to a good enough job.

Six games tonight have NERD scores of 7, and another four have scores of 6. Even the games with 5s are probably more interesting than their scores might otherwise suggest, including games featuring Juan Nicasio, Charlie Blackmon, Josh Collmenter, Danny Duffy, Eric Hosmer, Michael Moustakas, Trevor Cahill, Jered Weaver, Peter Bourjos, etc.

2. Previews — some thorough-er, some not so much — for these five games: Indians at Tigers, Florida at Philadelphia, San Diego at Colorado, San Francisco at Arizona, and Kansas City at Oakland.

3. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s games.

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One Night Only: Hot Game Previews for June 13th


Padre Anthony Bass makes his major-league debut tonight.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. A serious-serious preview of tonight’s game between San Diego and Colorado.

2. Brief, but scintillating, previews of Arizona at Florida and Atlanta at Houston

3. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s games.

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