Tag: Baseball
Did the MLB’s New Pitch Clock Rule Work? An In-Depth Analysis...
tl;dr: In the blog post, we delve into MLB's ongoing struggle with slow and lengthy games, analyzing recent rule changes aimed at reducing game...
Analyzing Rare Events, Like MLB Perfect Games, with Process Behavior Charts
In my book Measures of Success, I share what I've learned about the "Process Behavior Chart" methodology for management metrics and business performance measures....
A Chart is a Picture That’s Worth More Than a Thousand...
I recently saw this article in the Washington Post:
This MLB season, the ball is making everyone batty
Major League Baseball has been trying to reduce...
Is Bryce Harper a “Bust” This Season (2019)? Or is He...
I'm updating this post with data from the past two seasons, especially since Bryce Harper is considered to be a stong candidate for the...
Revisiting the Harada Method: Lessons from Shohei Ohtani and Norman Bodek
It's a Throwback Thursday...
As I watched the MLB Home Run Derby last night, I really enjoyed watching the Japanese baseball player Shohei Ohtani of...
When It’s Easier to Distort the System Than it is to...
I'm often reminded of what the late Peter Scholtes would write or say (often repeated by W. Edwards Deming), where he basically said there...
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 in the workplace and...
#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 statistics, variation, and Process Behavior Charts.
Bryce Harper's...
A Strong Signal in the Number of Home Runs — and...
It's been a busy few weeks for me with work travel and, blogwise, I'm winding down into a few weeks of "blog vacation" (which...
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.
I've been watching...
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:
Mariners Sunday mailbag: Explaining the...
Breaking Down the Harada Method: Shohei Ohtani and Norm Bodek’s Success...
You might remember my blog post from May about the Shohei Ohtani, a Japanese player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (that's not a very "lean" team name, is it").
I suggested that Norman Bodek contact baseball or sports writers at publications like ESPN or The Wall Street Journal. The Journal wrote about Ohtani and Harada last week:
How Shohei Ohtani Visualized His Baseball Success
The Japanese two-way sensation turned to a personal-growth technique called the Harada Method to help him achieve his goals
