A week ago the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball’s (NPB) Central League (JPCL) signed Trevor Bauer. This isn’t a Transaction Analysis or a look at Trevor Bauer the pitcher. I don’t care about either of those elements. The BayStars could have signed Bauer for $1 and I would still say they were a […]
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Unaffiliated Happenings: 06-13-2022
Welcome to the first edition of Unaffiliated Happenings. For those who missed the question about whether I should do this, here’s a quick breakdown of what we’re doing here. On a semi-weekly basis, I’ll release an Unaffiliated Happenings column where I’ll break down three or so of the most interesting unaffiliated news stories from the […]
Adam Brett Walker II is a Major Leaguer
Like most Milwaukee Milkmen fans I was sad to see Adam Brett Walker II leave the team but happy to see him get a shot in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. When I read that he had signed with the Central League’s Yomiuri Giants I knew that this was likely Walker’s last shot at succeeding in […]
The Flint Flash
A baseball moment that has been burnt into our heads is that of May 1st, 1991. On that day Rickey Henderson stole third base and in doing so he passed Lou Brock as the all-time leader in career stolen bases at the major league level. As a kid growing up, and even well into adulthood, […]
Baseball Beyond MLB: Helen Nicol
In July of this year, the baseball world lost one of the greatest pitchers the game had ever seen. Helen Nicol lived to the age of 100 and at the time of her retirement was one of the best pitchers the game had ever seen. Yet, she is not enshrined in the National Baseball Hall […]