The Amazing Numbers Crunching Manager
With the knowledge that this first number-crunching move of yanking the starter even while he is effective has failed, (Roberts) now has to adapt.
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Pitch To The Man: A Story Of A Player Unafraid To Fail
Matt Barnes is now my favorite professional ball player named Matt Barnes. Granted, the bar was set pretty low.
Read moreThe Magical 61: A Number For Kings
For six decades, plus a year, Roger Maris has held the home run record. That record is in danger of finally falling.
Read moreOccasional Days Of Remembrance Are Not Enough To Address Issues Blacks in Baseball Faced Or Their Future In The Game
“…stop whitewashing the history, acting as if the story ended in 1947. And, MLB would do small but important things to bring back the connection to black fans so that the interest spreads to the talented among us. “
Read more62: Baseball’s New Magic Number?
Wins are hard to get nowadays. Pitchers are pulled from games earlier and earlier. According to Bleacher Report, there were 734 complete games in 1982. We are on pace this year for…four
Read moreMLB 2022 Quarter Pole: Astros
Still enough in the tank to make another road trip to the postseason? The Houston Astros should be looking at the possibility that time is running out on the most successful run in team history. George Springer, Marwin Gonzales, Carlos Correa, and Gerritt Cole are all gone. Jose Altuve, Yuli Gurriel, Alex Bregman and Michael Brantley remain. Will the new
Read moreIt Was Perfect…Until It Wasn’t
Or, how an over-protective manager robbed a player of a chance at immortality. Of course Dodger manager Dave Roberts should have pulled Clayton Kershaw from the game after 80 pitches and a perfect game after seven innings. After all…um…nope. What I mean to say is, it’s better for Kershaw to be denied the opp…ur…nuh uh. Let’s try…cooler heads will prevail
Read moreMLB Lockout: The Backdrop
“You’re getting too big of a share,” say the owners who let themselves be talked into enormous contracts for mediocrity. “Why don’t you pay your best players?” asks the union. Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association have done virtually nothing in the way of labor talks since the end of the World Series and as such
Read moreA Career So Sweet…But Too Short For The Hall?
Bob Moffitt: (Posey was) rookie of the Year, MVP, 7-time All Star in 10 full years in the field, four Silver Sluggers, one Gold Glove,
Steve Harmon: Not arguing at all that he wasn’t great, that he accumulated all that platinum. But one thing he didn’t accumulate were the numbers. I’m sorry, but 1,500 hits and 153 home runs – even for a catcher.
World Series 2021: Braves Vs Astros
Yes, they Braves are hot, but I don’t know if Atlanta is the second coming of the Minnesota Twins.
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