The Best of FanGraphs: October 30-November 3, 2017

Each week, we publish in the neighborhood of 75 articles across our various blogs. With this post, we hope to highlight 10 to 15 of them. You can read more on it here. The links below are color coded — green for FanGraphs, brown for RotoGraphs, dark red for The Hardball Times and blue for Community Research.

MONDAY
All the Times That That Game Seemed Over, by Jeff Sullivan
I live blogged this game, and I can assure you, it seemed over several times. Jeff walks you through them.

The Most Unbelievable Moment of the World Series So Far, by Dave Cameron
Bunting is bad in most situations. It was horrendous in this one. Horrendous might not even cover it, actually, given the context of the situation.

The Three True Outfits by carrie lynn
Don’t you hate (baggy) pants? Well, you shouldn’t. Carrie explains why.

TUESDAY
Game Five Was as Weird as It Felt, by Craig Edwards
Craig covers the WPA angle.

Justin Verlander: Hall of Famer?, by Craig Edwards
If he retired today, he’d be dicey from a statistical perspective, but I bet he’d get in anyway just on public sentiment.

Setting Guidelines For an Under Performance Metric, by Jeff Zimmerman
Jeff has been making a lot of new statistics lately. He’s on the hunt for another.

WEDNESDAY
The Early At-Bat That Changed the Whole Game, by Jeff Sullivan
Three perfect pitches. That’s all it took.

Surprise! You Believed Their 2016 BABIPs, But Shouldn’t Have – A Review, by Mike Podhorzer
Mike is pretty good at this.

THURSDAY
George Springer Had an All-Time World Series, by Jeff Sullivan
Early on in the World Series, it seemed like Jose Altuve or Carlos Correa had a chance to win Most Valuable Player honors, but by the end it was clear that George Springer deserved it.

Charlie Morton Was Baseball in 2017, by Dave Cameron
Dave makes a great case here. As a guy who has battled through multiple, probably painful surgeries, I’m glad he got to make the final outs.

An Ode to the Astros’ Veterans, by Eno Sarris
Especially Carlos Beltran, who — despite his one famous strikeout — is legitimately one of the best postseason hitters of all-time.

Year Three of xStats–A Review, by Andrew Perpetua
It wasn’t the best year, but the future is still bright.

Virtual Reality as a Training Interface: The Legal Complications, by Michael Hattery
Virtual reality could become a big part of advance scouting.

FRIDAY
Kershaw’s Forgotten Chapter, by Stephen Loftus
The best pitcher in baseball pitched liked the best pitcher in baseball in two of his three World Series appearances. But those aren’t the appearances people are going to remember, and that’s a shame.

Contract Crowdsourcing 2017-18: Ballot 13 of 15, by Carson Cistulli
It’s now the offseason, which means it’s time to vote in our contract crowdsourcing ballots, and it’s time to vote RIGHT NOW! We’ll be using the data next week to help inform our offseason. As the title implies, this was the 13th ballot of 15, but Carson finished the series on Saturday — here are the 14th and 15th ballots. If it’s easier for you, you can just skip to the final ballot.