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http://www.flotsam-media.com/2007/12/flotsam-data-special-tangiblizing.html

After Tim McCarver’s month-long David Eckstein sploogefest that was October 2006, a serious investigation into 'grit' was long overdue. Despite the penchant of sportswriters and broadcasters to throw the term around willy-nilly, I was hard-pressed to locate a firm definition of grit in the baseball sense. Using lots of laptop science stuff, I think I’ve improved the definition, which isn’t really saying much, since there wasn’t one to begin with.

In case anyone wonders without reading, David Eckstein is NOT the grittiest player of all time.

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