Russell A. Carleton

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Russell A. Carleton

@pizzacutter4

Author of "The New Ballgame" out now from @TriumphBooks. (https://t.co/JEtr6g3Zh0) Contributor to @baseballpro. Quad-A Sabermetrician. He/Him.

Atlanta, GA Katılım Aralık 2009
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Russell A. Carleton
Russell A. Carleton@pizzacutter4·
It's release day for "The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden-Forces Shaping Modern Baseball" I hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it. Thanks @TriumphBooks for going on this journey with me. amazon.com/New-Ballgame-N…
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Russell A. Carleton@pizzacutter4·
@2daysprospects Thorpe never played for the Cleveland Indians baseball team. In 1921, he signed with a football team in Cleveland also called Indians, which had its roots in (and got its name from) an Akron team formed in 1908. By 1915, there were a lot of teams around called "Indians."
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ProspectBlueprint@2daysprospects·
@pizzacutter4 It had to do with Indian athletes, most specifically, (not probably) from the Carlysle Indian school drawing sellouts while barnstorming. The Indians even signed Thorpe 5 years later because he still had local drawing power due to his Canton Bulldog football affiliation.
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Russell A. Carleton@pizzacutter4·
1/ (THREAD) A couple of years ago, I wrote a thread about the "Sockalexis Myth", the idea that the name "Cleveland Indians" had been taken to honor Louis Sockalexis. It's time for an update with some more details. Short version: There's little evidence for the idea.
Russell A. Carleton@pizzacutter4

1/ (THREAD) Now that @CleGuardians are playing real games under their new name, you're going to see the "Sockalexis Myth" going around again, that the team's former name was a "tribute" to Louis Sockalexis. Let's put this to bed.

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Russell A. Carleton@pizzacutter4·
@2daysprospects In that 1912 Olympiad, Andrew Sockalexis (Louis's cousin) finished fourth in the marathon race. Carlisle was probably part of it. There were other teams called Indians around, including a semi-pro football team in Cleveland.
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ProspectBlueprint
ProspectBlueprint@2daysprospects·
@pizzacutter4 And then Jim Thorpe & the Carlysle Indians saw huge sport success in 1911, and attracted sellouts everywhere. People wanted to see the Indian athletic prowess. Hence, in 1915, post the Thorpe Olympics, the Cleveland Indians were named. Thorpe signed 5 years later in 1920! 🤘
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Russell A. Carleton@pizzacutter4·
@YankeesFiles I will add to this that you don't want your scrubs to be too scrub-y, for the obvious reason. This is a "ceteris paribus" type effect. If you had to choose between two sets of players each with equal aggregate talent, but had to apportion talent equally or S&S, pick S&S.
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Yankees Files@YankeesFiles·
Thank you to the inimitable Russell Carleton for digging up the article for which I've haplessly searched for weeks, and settling the stars & scrubs debate. baseballprospectus.com/news/article/2…
Russell A. Carleton@pizzacutter4

@YankeesFiles This is ten years old, but I would very much put my quarter down on the "stars and scrubs" approach. Run production in baseball works on a compounding basis. It usually requires that hits/walks be bunched together within the space of three being put out. baseballprospectus.com/news/article/2…

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Russell A. Carleton@pizzacutter4·
@YankeesFiles This is ten years old, but I would very much put my quarter down on the "stars and scrubs" approach. Run production in baseball works on a compounding basis. It usually requires that hits/walks be bunched together within the space of three being put out. baseballprospectus.com/news/article/2…
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Yankees Files@YankeesFiles·
@pizzacutter4 would you be able to weigh in here? Is it better for a lineup's production to be concentrated in a couple spots or more evenly distributed 1-9?
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Yankees Files@YankeesFiles·
The Yankees have a 119 wRC+ as a team. They're the only team above 115. Some people seem unhappy that so much of that figure is carried by Judge and Soto. Would you rather have things this way, or have every player in the lineup post a 119 wRC+?
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John Thorn
John Thorn@thorn_john·
Possibly direct origin for the Cleveland Indians name, from 1896: Native Americans on the Public Square during the city's centennial celebration. I agree: forget Sockalexis as the inspiration. @pizzacutter4
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Russell A. Carleton@pizzacutter4·
@thorn_john There was an organization of Native Americans in Cleveland that put on an annual "war dance" (poking through newspapers, I saw a lot of the notices of the event.)
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John Thorn@thorn_john·
@pizzacutter4 1/2 The NY Mets of 1886 were called, after the owner, “Wiman’s Indians.” His Staten Island Amusement Company leased the ball grounds for lacrosse games, including those played by the St. Regis Indians; the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show also played on those grounds. (In mid-1887...
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Russell A. Carleton@pizzacutter4·
73/ It never was. What developed was a fan culture of Chief Wahoo and fans wearing red face and bad stereotype puns and "teepees and tomahawks." I grew up with it. I participated in it. I am left only with the regret that I didn't realize my error sooner. /fin
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Russell A. Carleton@pizzacutter4·
72/ I believe that even a bad origin story can be redeemed. Whether they took the name knowing full well what Sockalexis went through or whether it was just a cynical cash grab, the name could have become a way to bring legitimate honor to Sockalexis and Native Americans.
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