Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Top of the 7th, game five of the Serie Nacional de Béisbol finals. Alazanes de Granma is up to bat, they are down 3-2 in the game, but lead the series against Cocodrilos de Matanzas 3-1. They have the bases loaded and Carlos Benítez has just singled to right field. Darién Palma scores, the game […]
Rob Whalen is playing professional baseball again. He recently signed with the West Virginia Power of the Atlantic League. He has not appeared in a game since 2018, a season in which he struggled mightily. Whalen isn’t being written about for traditional baseball reasons because more than anything else it is simply a nice feeling […]
We’re almost deep enough into the latest Chinese Professional Baseball League season for there to have been enough games played to actually write meaningfully about the season. We’re not quite there yet though and I figured what way to scratch that always-present CPBL itch than with an article about an all-time CPBL great. Not just […]
If ever there was a topic that is geared specifically for me, it’s the topic that this book purports to be about. I have written extensively about the major league status of the leagues I have come to refer to as the Negro major leagues. Any exploration of this topic is welcome by me as […]
There are some aspects of the baseball world that I enjoy writing about and others that are always frustrating. To be honest, those two ends of the spectrum are the easiest to write about. If a topic is about a great accomplishment or something fun the words tend to flow pretty darn easily. The same […]