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29 September 2020

2020 Playoff Teams and Batting Champs, by Region Instead of Leagues

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This was a weird year.   In an effort to minimize travel, and thereby minimize potential exposure to COVID-19, Major League Baseball impleme...
27 September 2020

The 2020 Yankees: So Streaky, Even Facing the Twins May Not Save Them...

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People sometimes talk about a team being "consistently inconsistent," meaning that they never seem to string together a winning (o...
18 August 2020

Tatis' Grand Slam, and Writing about Unwritten Rules

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Hoo-boy... I dunno if y'all heard about this one, but Fernando Tatis hit two homers! The second one when his team was already leading by...
12 August 2020

What the DiMaggio-Williams Rivalry Can Teach us About Modern MVP Voting...

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Welp, here I am again, going down another JoePos rabbit hole... Today's baseball-in-the-time -of-COVID essay details the inexplicable w...
30 July 2020

Missing the Markakis in the Quest for 3,000

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The news today that Nick Markakis is to rejoin the Braves , having changed his mind about opting out due to concerns over COVID-19 reminde...
05 March 2020

Ken Griffey Jr. and NL Gold Glove Voting Trends

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One of the more fun aspects of Joe Posnanski's run-down of the 100 greatest players of all time over at The Athletic is his tendency ...
21 January 2020

Notes on the MLB HoF Voting before the 2020 Announcements

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Modern technology is great. For the last decade or so, a small group of devoted fans, led by Ryan Thibodaux , has been collecting the p...
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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