The Prospectus, which was written by Davis with the exception of one sentence, it was stated,

The first English poet to write mock-heroic ottava rima was John Hookham Frere, whose 1817-8 poem Prospectus and Specimen of an Intended National Work used the form to considerable effect.

As Francisco Rodríguez pursued the single-season saves record in 2008, Baseball Prospectus member Joe Sheehan, Sports Illustrated writer Tom Verducci, and The New York Sun writer Tim Marchman wrote that Rodríguez's save total was enhanced by the number of opportunities his team presented, allowing him to amass one particular statistic.

For most of the time during which he contributed to Baseball Prospectus, Davenport's main employment was as a meteorologist.

Baseball Prospectus was originally founded on the premise that, since no one was publishing the baseball book we wanted to read, we would print one ourselves.

DT's were first published by Davenport on the rec. sports. baseball Usenet site in 1995, before Baseball Prospectus was founded.

Originally called the Winter Field & Reading Period, the two-month term was described by President Robert Devore Leigh in his 1928 Bennington College Prospectus as " a long winter recess giving students and faculty opportunity for travel, field work, and educational advantages of metropolitan life.

He also received the Sporting News NL Manager of the Year Award and was voted the Baseball Prospectus Internet Baseball Awards NL Manager of the Year.

" These four pooled their resources, making a sort of informal, unchartered stock company, chose the other doctors to help, divided up the fields of instruction ...” 1 A Prospectus was published in The Bee ( September 1834 ), written by Thomas Hunt and bearing the signatures of Drs.

The daring, optimistic Prospectus stated that the young doctors hoped to "... advance the cause of science, and to disseminate rational principles so as to remove or alleviate human suffering ..." 2 Although the Prospectus was received with catcalls rather than enthusiasm, the young physicians ' determination remained undaunted.

In 2002, Hollinger released the first Pro Basketball Prospectus which was his first work published in print.

* Note: Let it be known that Will Carroll has admitted to the fact that the pitch that he had taught to Joey Niezer and Craig Stutler, and wrote an article about in the Baseball Prospectus, was not in fact the gyro ( or at least, the same gyroball which is taught by Tezuka and Himeno )

He was also voted the Baseball Prospectus Internet Baseball Awards NL Rookie of the Year and received the NLBM Larry Doby Legacy Award ( NL Rookie of the Year ).

Discoveries made by Firkovich, which were first announced to the world in Pinner's " Prospectus " ( Odessa, 1845 ), gave rise to a whole literature.

In May 2007, Woolner announced his departure from Baseball Prospectus to join the front office of the Cleveland Indians as their Manager of Baseball Research & Analytics.

In its 2008 – 11 Prospectus, the Housing Corporation stated that in the three year period to 2011 subsidy would be " at least £ 8 billion ".

In the June 6, 1840 issue of Philadelphia's Saturday Evening Post, Poe bought advertising space for his prospectus: " Prospectus of the Penn Magazine, a Monthly Literary journal to be edited and published in the city of Philadelphia by Edgar A.

" The Prospectus finished: " To enforce and apply these principles — to make Irishmen thoroughly understand them, lay them up to their hearts, and practise them in their lives — will be the sole and constant study of the United Irishman ".

While at one end of the spectrum students at Constantine could be as young as 15, also publicised in its Prospectus were degree courses validated by the University of London.

Baseball Prospectus called the deal a good ' insurance policy ', adding, " he's a good enough offensive contributor to add value whatever the position among second, short, and third, and a good enough defender at any of them to be playable ".

Such " worksheets " for transport, community development, water, waste and renewable energy and more, will be produced to assist developers in their planning of " eco-towns " to ensure the strict criteria as set out by the Government's publication " Eco-towns Prospectus ".

Various baseball analysts, including Bill James, Pete Palmer, Dick Cramer, and the Baseball Prospectus editors, have found so-called " clutch hitting " ability to be a myth.

Joe Sheehan from Baseball Prospectus wrote that the commission has been focusing " blame for the era exclusively on uniformed personnel ", and failing to investigate any role played by team ownership and management.

* Baseball Prospectus is an annual publication and web site are produced by a group of sabermetricians who originally met over the Internet.

The Alternative Prospectus is written and produced by current students for prospective applicants.

* Pitchers who retired 27 consecutive batters or more over a span of two or more games Baseball Prospectus article by Keith Woolner on " hidden " perfect games ( also see the follow-up )

EqA has been used for several years by the authors of the Baseball Prospectus.

In 1817 he published a mock-heroic Arthurian poem entitled Prospectus and Specimen of an intended National Work, by William and Robert Whistlecraft, of Stowmarket in Suffolk, Harness and Collar Makers, intended to comprise the most interesting particulars relating to King Arthur and his Round Table.

Peripheral ERA ( PERA ) is a pitching statistic created by the Baseball Prospectus team.

* Ocean Energy: A Prospectus by John Piña Craven

A careful computer analysis of Matsuzaka's pitches for the Boston Red Sox for the first half of the 2007 season by Dan Fox of Baseball Prospectus suggests that while Matsuzaka commands a dazzling array of pitches, the gyroball is more myth than reality.

DePodesta has served as a keynote speaker at numerous business conventions and has been recognized by several publications including Baseball Prospectus and Fortune Magazine, which named him as one of the Top 10 innovators under the age of 40.

In a study of drafts from 1984 to 1999, Baseball Prospectus writer Rany Jazayerli concluded that, by the 1990s, the gap in production between the two groups had nearly disappeared.

In the study published in Baseball Prospectus, which included a follow up article of the financial benefits, Jazayerli concluded that the very young players return more value than expected by their draft slots.

For example, John Hookham Frere's mock-heroic Arthurian tale Prospectus and Specimen of an intended National Work had suggested Beppo, and, at the same time, had prompted and provoked a sympathetic study of Frere's Italian models, Francesco Berni and Luigi Pulci ; and, again, the success of Beppo, and, still more, a sense of inspiration and the conviction that he had found the path to excellence, suggested another essay of the ottava rima, a humorous poem " à la Beppo " on a larger and more important scale.

* Christina Kahrl: Co-founder of Baseball Prospectus and current ESPN columnist, Kahrl puts an emphasis on advanced baseball analytics.

* Nate Silver: Writer and former managing partner of Baseball Prospectus, inventor of PECOTA.

* Keith Woolner: Creator of VORP, or Value over Replacement Player, is a former writer for sabermetric group / website Baseball Prospectus.

Several Baseball Prospectus authors have invented or improved upon widely relied upon sabermetric measures and techniques.

He did, however, write a poetic Prospectus to " The Recluse " in which he lays out the structure and intent of the poem.

Derek Zumsteg of Baseball Prospectus wrote an exhaustive review of the case James made and concluded: " James ' defense of Rose is filled with oversights, errors in judgment, failures in research, and is a great disservice to the many people who have looked to him for a balanced and fair take on this complicated and important issue.

* Steven Goldman ( born 1970 ), author, columnist for YES Network and Baseball Prospectus.

The Univ Alternative Prospectus offers student written advice and guidance to potential Oxford applicants.

Other works taking their title from the book include: the Futurama episode " Future Stock "; a segment on The Daily Show starring Samantha Bee ; Kevin Goldstein's recurring column on the Baseball Prospectus website ; a Magic: The Gathering pre-constructed deck ; and the National Wrestling Alliance's 1989 Starrcade event.

In their Adjusted Standings Report, Baseball Prospectus refers to different " orders " of wins for a team.

* Clay Davenport, " Baseball Prospectus Basics: About EqA ," BaseballProspectus. com ( February 24, 2004 ).

Clay Davenport, a native of Hampton Roads, Virginia, now living in Baltimore, Maryland, is a baseball sabermetrician who co-founded Baseball Prospectus ( BP ) in 1996.

He co-edited several of the Baseball Prospectus annual volumes and is a writer for BaseballProspectus. com.

In 2011, he departed Baseball Prospectus, but maintains his own website ClayDavenport. com on which he continues to publish baseball analysis and projections.