A Chart is a Picture That’s Worth More Than a Thousand Words? Mark Graban May 24, 2022 0 Blog I recently saw this article in the Washington Post: This MLB season, the ball is making everyone batty Major!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Is Bryce Harper a “Bust” This Season (2019)? Or is He Just More… Mark Graban Sep 17, 2021 7 Blog I'm updating this post with data from the past two seasons, especially since Bryce Harper is considered to be a!-->…
Throwback Tuesday: Shohei Ohtani, Norman Bodek, and the Harada Method Mark Graban Jul 13, 2021 0 Blog As I watched the MLB Home Run Derby last night, I really enjoyed watching the Japanese baseball player Shohei!-->…
When It’s Easier to Distort the System Than it is to Improve It: Baseball… Mark Graban Jul 8, 2021 2 Blog 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 Mark Graban Jun 24, 2020 1 Blog "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… Mark Graban Oct 3, 2019 2 Blog The Major League Baseball regular season has ended, so there's an opportunity to revisit some posts about!-->…
A Strong Signal in the Number of Home Runs — and a Surprising Special Cause Mark Graban Jun 27, 2019 2 Blog 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 Mark Graban Jun 18, 2019 1 Blog As somebody who grew up as a big baseball fan, I somehow managed to not see the Ken Burns documentary, Baseball. !-->!-->…
Is “Kaizen” a Slogan or a Methodology for the Seattle Mariners? Mark Graban Apr 18, 2019 2 Blog Here is an interesting article that a few people pointed me toward the other day about the Seattle Mariners team: !-->!-->…
Shohei Ohtani, Norm Bodek, and The Harada Method Featured in the WSJ Mark Graban Sep 18, 2018 1 Blog 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 Mark Graban Sep 12, 2018 2 Blog 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? Mark Graban Sep 10, 2018 8 Blog 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… Mark Graban Jun 22, 2018 1 Blog 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? Mark Graban May 29, 2018 2 Blog 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 Mark Graban May 16, 2018 6 Blog 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 Mark Graban Apr 16, 2018 0 Blog 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? Mark Graban Mar 29, 2018 0 Blog 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? Mark Graban Nov 8, 2017 8 Blog If you watched this year's World Series, you saw a lot of home runs. There were many dramatic home runs in late…