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The Spitter Baseball History – The First Bad, Bad, St. Louis Browns
The St. Louis Browns were known for bad baseball, but their 1890’s cousins were even worse.
Read moreAll Hail the King of Three True Outcomes
Advertisements Twenty, heck, 15, Ok, 10 years ago, a regular hitting .204 for his career wouldn’t be a regular for long. Now? At least one .204 hitter is not going to lost his job for a while. Ryan Schimpf started his career as a 5th round pick from LSU in 2009. Advanced college ball players really need to move through
Read moreThe Spitter History Project: The Most Important Rule Change in Baseball History
The most important rule change in baseball history happened in 1893. No, really.
Read moreCareful With That Small Sample Size, Eugene
Advertisements Last year, Texas confounded everyone by outperforming their projected record by 13 games. Most of that was attributable to the bullpen, led by journeyman Sam Dyson, who took over ninth-inning duties for Shawn Tolleson (who was non-descropt for the most part until he became the closer). Matt Bush, Tony Barrette, Jake Diekman, and Alex Claduio also contributed greatly to
Read moreThe Spitter History Project: 1892-1899: MONOPOLY!
The NL got what they wanted – for better or worse. It was the latter.
Read moreIt’s Now or Never: Teams That Need to Win Now!
For these five teams, the future may be a long rebuild, so they need to win now.
Read moreThe Spitter History Project: 1891 -Death of the AA
The AA dies, just as it showcased probably its best team ever.
Read moreThe Spitter History Project: 1890 – The Players League (Sigh…)
The Brotherhood forms its own league, hoping to get the owners to capitulate to their demands. That worked splendidly.
Read moreThe Spitter History Project: It’s Kinda Calm Before the Storm: 1885-1889
After UNION! went bust, the NL and AA got back to business.
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