Sabermiketrics

            I was reminiscing recently about all the games I watched as a Gator and I knew I had to write this. Once again, nothing analytical going on here but I did have a fun time writing this. During my four years at UF, I attended every home game and watched a bunch more on TV. I attended all but one home games with my brother, four with a friend, one with my parents, and even one with my girlfriend. I will admit that I never watched college football before 2016. Being at UF, however, that quickly changed. B         Before I get into my ten favorite games from 2016-2019, I’ll mention a couple honorable mentions. 2018 at Vanderbilt got some serious consideration. That game saw a shouting match between Dan Mullen and Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason, as well as an exciting comeback that saw the score change from 3-21 to a final 37-27. I also considered having any of the two victories over FSU. While they were both blowouts, t...

Now that it’s been rumored that the season could come back with roughly half the games of a normal season, it got me thinking about some of the best half-seasons we’ve seen in recent years. The small sample sizes of these short season allow for some noise. Would these players have regressed if their seasons had continued? Did their injuries prevent us from experiencing some all-time great seasons? Mind-boggling stats at the end of the season are always fun to look at, and maybe a short 2020 will provide us some new examples. Here are some of my favorite short seasons from the previous decade. Not a lot of analysis going on here but this was still something fun for me to look at. Hanley Ramirez, 2013 (86 games) Hanley had a weird career arc up to this point. From 2007 to 2010, he was one of the best players in the game, then unexpectedly became average during his next two (age 27 and 28) seasons. In 2013, Ramirez had his first full year as a Dodger where at the plate, he was s...