Throwback Tuesday: Shohei Ohtani, Norman Bodek, and the Harada Method
As I watched the MLB Home Run Derby last night, I really enjoyed watching the Japanese baseball player Shohei…
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When It’s Easier to Distort the System Than it is to Improve It: Baseball…
I'm often reminded of what the late Peter Scholtes would write or say (often repeated by W. Edwards Deming), where…
Respect for People as a Competitive Advantage in Major League Baseball
"Respect for people" is, of course, a core tenet of Lean and the Toyota Production System. It's an important idea…
#Throwback Thursday (and Updates): Bryce Harper, Home Runs, Attendance, and Game…
The Major League Baseball regular season has ended, so there's an opportunity to revisit some posts about…
Is Bryce Harper a “Bust” This Season? Or is He Just More Consistent?
Here's a post about baseball... but it's really about statistics. Baseball has an endless supply of numbers and…
A Strong Signal in the Number of Home Runs — and a Surprising Special Cause
It's been a busy few weeks for me with work travel and, blogwise, I'm winding down into a few weeks of "blog…
A PDSA Cycle in the Early Days of Baseball Uniforms
As somebody who grew up as a big baseball fan, I somehow managed to not see the Ken Burns documentary, Baseball.
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Is “Kaizen” a Slogan or a Methodology for the Seattle Mariners?
Here is an interesting article that a few people pointed me toward the other day about the Seattle Mariners team:
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Shohei Ohtani, Norm Bodek, and The Harada Method Featured in the WSJ
You might remember my blog post from May about the Shohei Ohtani, a Japanese player for the Los Angeles Angels of…
Home Runs as Tables of Numbers, Run Charts, and Process Behavior Charts
If you're not a baseball fan, I apologize for a second baseball-themed post this week. Baseball has a lot of…
Taking Don Wheeler’s Class; MLB Batting Averages are Lower… So What?
I recently saw this headline:
Baseball on pace for lowest batting average since 1972
Just because it's the…
Is the Reported Drop in Major League Baseball Attendance a “Signal” or…
Here is my latest article that I published on LinkedIn:
Is the Reported Drop in Major League Baseball Attendance…
Major League Baseball Works on Standardizing the Ball… For What Purpose?
Back in 2014, I wrote an article for The Lean Post:
"Standardization is a Countermeasure, Never the Goal"
I'm a…
The Making of an MLB Phenom, Shohei Ohtani: Looking at The Harada Method
I first learned about an approach to personal development called "The Harada Method" when Norman Bodek co-authored…
How to Go From Analytical Wonk to “Process Improvement” Coach
As you might know, I have always enjoyed baseball and like blogging about ideas and statistics that come from the…
Are Minor League Baseball Games Getting Slower or Faster?
Are minor league games taking longer? Well, yes and no, depending on the league.
My next book, Measures of…
The 2017 World Series Had the Most Home Runs Ever. So What?
If you watched this year's World Series, you saw a lot of home runs. There were many dramatic home runs in late…
A Little Kaizen in Baseball – The Washington Nationals’ Bullpen
I saw this article over the holiday weekend: "Nats install bullpen seating for relievers."
The Washington…