From: kbos@carina.unm.edu (Kurt Bose "of Biscayzee")
Subject: R.S.BB FAQ V 1.01 (LU: 7/26/92) NEED HELP!!!!!!!
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 13:35:39 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico

Here goes.  Below is a tentative skeleton for the FAQ, not including information
received by me in the last 36 hours. Please read, correct, suggest, add to,
submit articles, use, enjoy, fold, spindle, mutilate, whatever, just help get it
in workable form, because (and I quote) "God knows we need a FAQ".


            Rec.Sport.Baseball FAQ V1.01 - last update: 7/26/92

	Welcome to the Frequently Asked Questions list (FAQ) for Rec.sport.
baseball!  This is the latest of many attempts to perform the herculean task of
answering some of the questions that pop up with amazing regularity in this
newsgroup.  Included are the following categories...

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	1] Getting along with other people on R.S.BB
	2] Ticket information
	3] Team Contact Information
	4] Schedule Information
	5] Archives
	6] Statistics
	7] Miscellaneous

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GETTING ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE ON R.S.BB

[I'm just going to snip this section from a few FAQs and tweak it, OK?  Anyone
else have any suggestions???]

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TICKET INFORMATION

	Here are the addresses and phone #s for each of the teams in the major
leagues, at least as far as I know.  

Form:

	Team
	 Stadium
	 Stadium Address
	 Team offices (I think)
	 Ticket information
	
American League

  Baltimore Orioles			Boston Red Sox
   Orioles Park At Camden Yards 	 Fenway Park
   (anyone have the new address?)	 4 Yawkey Way
					 Boston, MA 02215
   301-481-6000				 617-267-1700
   410-685-9800				 617-267-8661

  California Angels			Chicago White Sox
   Anaheim Stadium			 Comiskey Park
   Box 2000				 333 West 35th Street
   Anaheim, CA 92803	  		 Chicago, IL 60616
   714-634-1300				 312-559-1212
   714-634-2000				 312-924-1000

  Cleveland Indians			Detroit Tigers
   Cleveland Municipal Stadium		 Tiger Stadium
   Cleveland, OH 44114			 2121 Trumbull Avenue
  					 Detroit, MI 48216
   216-961-1200				 313-962-4000
   216-241-5555				 313-682-1401

  Kansas City Royals			Milwaukee Brewers
   Royals Stadium	 		 Milwaukee County Stadium
   Box 419969				 Milwaukee, WI 53214
   Kansas City, MO 64141			
   816-921-2200				 414-933-4114
   816-921-8000				 414-933-1200

  Minnesota Twins			New York Yankees
   Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome		 Yankee Stadium
   Minneapolis, MN 55415		 Bronx, NY, 10451
   612-375-1366				 212-293-4300
   612-375-7444				 212-293-6000

  Oakland Athletics			Seattle Mariners
   Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	 Kingdome
   Oakland, CA 94621			 Box 4100
					 Seattle, WA 98104
   415-638-4900				 206-628-3555
   510-568-5600				 206-628-3555

  Texas Rangers				Toronto Blue Jays
   Arlington Stadium			 SkyDome
   Box 1111				 300 The Esplanade West, Suite 3200
   Arlington, TX 76004-1111		 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 3B3
   817-273-5222				 (Phone # for office, anyone?)
   817-273-5000				 416-341-1111


National League

  Atlanta Braves			Chicago Cubs
   Fulton County Stadium		 Wrigley Field
   Box 4064				 1060 W. Addison St.
   Atlanta, GA 30302-4064		 Chicago, IL
   404-522-7630				 312-382-5050
   404-522-7630				 312-404-4467

  Cincinnati Reds			Houston Astros
   Riverfront Stadium			 Astrodome
   Cincinnati, OH 45202			 Box 288
					 Houston, TX 77001
   513-421-4510				 713-799-9500
   513-421-7337				 713-799-9555

  Los Angeles Dodgers			Montreal Expos
   Dodger Stadium			 Stade Olympique
   1000 Elysian Park Avenue		 Box 500, Station M
   Los Angeles, CA 90012-1199		 Montreal, Quebec, Canada H1V 3P2
   213-224-1500				 514-253-3434
   213-224-1400				 514-253-3434

  New York Mets				Philadelphia Phillies
   Shea Stadium				 Veterans Memorial Stadium
   Flushing, NY 11368			 Box 7575
					 Philadelphia, PA 19101
   718-507-6387				 215-463-6000
   718-507-8499				 215-463-1000

  Pittsburgh Pirates			San Diego Padres
   Three Rivers Stadium			 Jack Murphy Stadium
   Box 7000				 Box 2000
   Pittsburgh, PA 15212			 San Diego, CA 92120-0020
   412-323-5000				 619-283-4494
   1-800-289-2827			 619-283-4494

  San Francisco Giants			St. Louis Cardinals
   Candlestick Park			 Busch Stadium
   Box 24308 				 250 Stadium Plaza
   San Francisco, CA 94124		 St. Louis, MO 63102-1722
   415-468-3000				 314-421-3060
   415-467-8000				 314-421-3060

  Colorado Rockies			Florida Marlins
   Suite 4100				 100 NE 3rd Avenue
   1700 Lincoln				 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
   Denver, CO 80203

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TEAM CONTACT INFORMATION

	In order to help people follow their favorite team, several people here
have graciously allowed their names to be put here to answer questions about
teams that they follow.  While hopefully, individual files with all sorts of
information will soon be compiled to answer some of the more basic questions
you may have concerning your team, the people below should be able to help you.

Baltimore Orioles:  ---
Boston Red Sox:  tedward@cs.cornell.edu [Valentine, aka Edward (Ted) Fischer]
Cleveland Indians: ---
Detroit Tigers: ---
Milwaukee Brewers: ---
New York Yankees: ---
Toronto Blue Jays: ---

California Angels: ---
Chicago White Sox: ---
Kansas City Royals: ---
Minnesota Twins: ---
Oakland A's: ---
Seattle Mariners: ---
Texas Rangers: ---

Atlanta Braves: ---
Cincinnati Reds: ---
Miami Marlins: ---
Montreal Expos: ---
New York Mets: ---
Philadelphia Phillies: ---
Pittsburgh Pirates: ---

Chicago Cubs: ---
Denver Rockies: maybe me, if ABQ gives info, but anyone else???)
Houston Astros: ---
Los Angeles Dodgers: ---
San Diego Padres: ---
San Francisco Giants: ---
St. Louis Cardinals: ---

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SCHEDULE INFORMATION

	Several publications give schedules at the beginning of the year for
the entire league, the USA Today Baseball Weekly gives schedules for the
coming two weeks, and you can probably get schedule info by calling the numbers
above.  Still, if you need information about where a team is playing on a 
certain date, you can send e-mail to the person listed below for the divison in
which your team plays.

[I'd like some volunteers...but until then, mail:]

kbos@carina.unm.edu (Kurt M. Bose)

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ARCHIVES

	Current (to the week, I believe) statistics for all major leaguers are
available via FTP from the following address:

	wuarchive.wustl.edu

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STATISTICS

[This area is under construction.  Please send any submissions to the FAQ 
keeper.  If you regularly post information on a certain statistic, please
mail me so that I can add it to the list.]

[This area will be turned into a separate article when fleshed out]

      The game of baseball is perhaps unrivaled in the number of statistics and
items measured regarding game play.  In fact, the study of baseball statistics
has become so far-reaching that a new term has popped up in the last twenty
years to identify this field, sabermetrics.  Below are listed the "official"
categories kept by Major League Baseball, followed by a short description of
each.

      After that, several of the more esoteric, derived statistics that have
come into use in the past few years are presented.  These formulae are attempts
to reduce some of the bias of the official stats by throwing out some of the
illusions the "traditional" measures of player performance provide.

[List of official stats will be added when I find my official rulebook]

      Below are the unofficial, sabermetric statistics used commonly here in
R.S.BB.

Form for entries - 

	NAME:
	FORMULA:
	APPLICATION:
	EXAMPLE:
	PROS:
	CONS:

[It would be nice if we could get this format for all contributions, but getting
 the information to the public is the important thing.  Time permitting, I may
 edit entries to save space and adhere to the above format.]

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MISCELLANEOUS

	a) What's this expansion draft about?
	b) How do you determine free agency?
	c) What's a 10-and-5 man?
	d) How do waivers work?
	e) What's a "park factor"?
	f) There are a lot of stat books out here!  Which one do I buy???
	g) Come on, minor league stats can't predict major league success,
	   can they?
	h) My favorite player was moved from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL.
	   Why should I care???

[Anybody want to tackle these???]

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Please send all submissions, changes, questions to kbos@carina.unm.edu.  This
FAQ will be posted approximately once a month, and also when major changes
occur.  Please note the Version # given in the subject line and the last update
date given to determine how comprehensive the changes are. 

Thanks to the following people for all their help:

Valentine, Carol Collins, Scott Barman, David Masten, Tom White, Warren Usui, 
David Tate, Nelson Lu, Michael Zimmers, Sean Sullivan, Robert Buce Bauer, Paul
Brownlow, Duane Cooper, Phil Gilley, Joel Glomski, Cleveland Hardin, Greg
Hewlett, Dave Hodge, Al Larson, Brian Macmillan, Tony Nardo, Craig Presson, Jim 
Rising, Frank Solensky, Glenn Chin, Greg Spira, Tom Sullivan, Brian Casey, and
Matt Wall. (Yes, this includes people from whom information for previous
attempts at the FAQ were given.)

-- 
Kurt Bose (as in Daisy, not Rose) - kbos@carina.unm.edu - I'm not the AntiChrist
I AM a Junior Stathead.  Flame me; it's fun!  I'm a shutmouthed, selfless idiot!
Latest Attempted Compiler of the R.S.BB FAQ - Now Accepting Submissions...(hint)
Have you hugged a Dan Gladden fan today? - Dave Rossing : .456/39/132 at Denver!