October Baseball
The Game That Rewired October
Shohei Ohtani entered Game 4 of the 2025 NLCS hitting .103 over his previous 7 games. Then he had the night that rewired what October baseball looks like.
Data-driven visual essays that make the invisible physics of baseball visible. Spin rates, swing decisions, and probability shifts, designed to be felt, not just read.
150 years of baseball. 20,000+ careers. Pick your ballot from the data. WAR, peak value, postseason performance, and the arguments that never end.
The forces behind every pitch, every swing, every season. Free.
Shohei Ohtani entered Game 4 of the 2025 NLCS hitting .103 over his previous 7 games. Then he had the night that rewired what October baseball looks like.
A 2-1 pitcher's duel in 11 innings feels tense. An 18-0 blowout feels dead. We assume the latter is boring because someone won decisively. But that's backward.
The best player of his generation spent his career in Anaheim, missed 350+ games to injury, and may never play in a World Series.
Data-driven analysis of baseball's biggest shifts. No fluff, no gatekeeping.
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