Long-Reads

Longreads

Saturday, April 25, 2020

'Rona-Free Hot Links, Vol. 14

Had a computer issue last night that seems to have been mostly worked out.

*FanGraphs: Does cheating matter?

*The Top 10 Pitching Seasons in Astros history, ranked by FanGraphs' fWAR:

1. J.R. Richard (1979): 8.9
2. Mike Scott (1986): 8.6
3. Gerrit Cole (2019): 7.4
4. Larry Dierker (1969): 7.3
5. Justin Verlander (2018): 6.6
6. Roy Oswalt (2004): 6.5
7. J.R. Richard (1978): 6.4
8. Nolan Ryan (1987): 6.4
9. Justin Verlander (2019): 6.4
10. Roy Oswalt (2002): 6.2



*Buzzfeed: How I became a minor celebrity in China (after my stolen phone ended up there).

*Texas Monthly: The Man Who Walked Backward.



*Washington Post: The Case of the Stolen Ruby Slippers.

*BBC: How the fake Beatles conned South America.



*Vice: How a random guy made the #2 movie in America for $1,000.



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