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		<title>New Library Section: Contract Details</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While contractual details may not be sabermetric statistics or concepts, they can still be really confusing. I consider myself a pretty knowledgeable baseball fan, yet I still get baffled with details about player options and service time. Baseball is one of the more complicated sports in terms of rules, and so it only makes sense that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Curious Case of Ben Zobrist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This piece was originally written for a mainstream audience, yet I&#8217;ve never been able to find a good place for it. I think it&#8217;s a good example of how you can write sabermetric pieces without relying heavily on advanced statistics and without scaring away new readers. Enjoy. There are some players in baseball that are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pitchers and Injuries: It Happens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When news broke on Wednesday of Adam Wainwright&#8216;s season-ending injury, it obviously was quite distressing news for Cardinals fans. Not only was Wainwright the ace of the Cardinals&#8217; pitching staff, but the Cardinals are projected to be thick in the race for the NL Central, making his contributions all the more valuable. While Wainwright isn&#8217;t costing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Projections, &#8220;True Talent Level&#8221;, and Variability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the second in a series of posts about projections. The first part was about the methodology behind each projection system. In this section, we look at what projections are actually telling us. If you&#8217;re new to projections and want to use them to, say, help with your fantasy team, it&#8217;s easy to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fangraphs.com/library/index.php/understanding-projections-true-talent-level-and-variability/</link>
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		<title>Food Metaphors, Replacement Level Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When writing my irreverent NotGraphs post on Casey Fossum, an interesting question popped into my head: how could I best explain the concept of a replacement level player using a food metaphor? In other words, is there a &#8220;replacement level&#8221; food? Not every baseball fan is a math nerd, but ALL sports fans love food. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Projection Rundown: The Basics on Marcels, ZiPS, CAIRO, Oliver, and the Rest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that football season is over and baseball is once again close at hand, Projection Season is well underway. Fantasy players, analysts, bloggers, and plain ol&#8217; fans &#8211; everyone turns to projections to help them this time of year. The Hot Stove has cooled down and Spring Training has just started, so really&#8230;what else is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fangraphs.com/library/index.php/the-projection-rundown-the-basics-on-marcels-zips-cairo-oliver-and-the-rest/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Sabermetrics for Dummies&#8221;: Mainstream Media Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jason Collette and Tommy Rancel talking with J.B. Long from the Bright House Sports Network. Rarely do you ever see a mainstream media outlet take the time to discuss sabermetric stats. Every now and then you&#8217;ll see a passing reference to WAR or FIP on ESPN, but the announcers have a maximum of 30 seconds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fangraphs.com/library/index.php/sabermetrics-for-dummies-mainstream-media-style/</link>
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		<title>Left On Base Percentage (LOB%): A Video Explanation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Analyzing pitchers is one of the most difficult things to do in baseball (at least, in the &#8220;non-playing&#8221; category). Pitchers are notoriously fickle, and their performances can vary widely from start to start and year to year. They don&#8217;t follow a set aging curve like position players (who peak at ages 27-30), but improve and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fangraphs.com/library/index.php/left-on-base-percentage-lob-a-video-explanation/</link>
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		<title>Heat Maps: What They Show, and Mistakes to Avoid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When David Appelman dropped his newest bomb on us the other day and announced that you could now find customizable heat maps here at FanGraphs, I think it&#8217;s safe to say that most of us saber-nerds had our minds blown. Personally, I&#8217;ve always admired the work that Dave Allen and other Pitch F/x gurus have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fangraphs.com/library/index.php/heat-maps-what-they-show-and-mistakes-to-avoid/</link>
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		<title>What Is the FanGraphs Library, and How Do I Use It?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After Dave Cameron’s introduction yesterday, I wanted to take a brief minute to explain the purpose and goal of the Library for those that haven’t seen it before. And before I begin, thanks to everyone for the kind words yesterday about the Library. The Saber Library was initially created around a year ago, in response [...]]]></description>
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