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16 January 2020

How did Robin Roberts Lose the NL MVP in 1952? (Hint: Not the Ladies' Fault)

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The latest in Joe Posnanski's series on the top 100 baseball players of all time, over at The Athletic, is Robin Roberts . Amon...
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30 September 2019

Homer-Prone Kimbrel the Impetus for Maddon's Firing

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The Cubs had a really rough second half, largely owing to the ineffectiveness of their closer, Craig Kimbrel, signed to a three year contra...
25 September 2019

Why Not Use Aroldis Chapman in a Tie Game on the Road???

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The 2019 Yankees have lost five games on walk-offs on the road this year, and their best relief pitcher, Aroldis Chapman, has appeared in e...
16 September 2019

Talking Tanking: Why Are So Many MLB Teams So Terrible???

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In case you were as yet uncertain of the State of Things in Major League Baseball, i.e. whether teams were really tanking in order to try t...
10 September 2019

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In response to Joe Posnaski's riveting, highly important, gritty journalism piece on the handedness of a computer graphic , I presen...
03 September 2019

Verlander's No-Hitter and Considering Context

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Justin Verlander threw his third career no-hitter on Sunday, against the Blue Jays.  This is apparently a record as he's the first oppo...
15 August 2019

Wain You're Wright, You're Right

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I don't know if this really means anything or not, but it's something I've been noticing all season because - after a decade-lo...
25 March 2019

Howard & Power

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Joe Posnanski posted a fascinating, albeit sad, story about Pumpsie Green , the first African American player to play for the Red Sox, whic...
02 May 2018

Hosmer Hitting Without "Producing"

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Today is the second of May, 2018.  Due to quirks in early season schedules and the fact that Albert Hammond was a prophet , the San Diego P...
22 January 2018

Santana's Case Stretches Thin

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Joe Posnanski is doing a whole series on all the ex-players on the 2018 Hall of fame ballot.  He has, of course, an interesting take of som...
09 January 2018

Cooperstown Conundrum

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Ryan Thibodaux has been tracking all of the baseball Hall of Fame balloting for the last several years so you can see in real time who...
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