Slightly Better than Replacement Level
On August 30th, 2021 Wang Kuang-hui passed away at the age of 56. If I were to simply break his career down in terms of numbers I’m sure a lot of folks would come away underwhelmed. I’ll get to his actual stats in a bit, but to focus only on those would be to sell […]
Background One can find Progressive Field in the heart of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The field has been in operation since 1994 and was known as Jacobs Field from then until 2007 before taking on its current name in the 2008 season. The stadium can seat 35,041 at capacity and is part of a larger almost […]
The journey of the European Super League of Professional Baseball has been one of the strangest I can ever recall for a prospective league. Their existence was first announced near the end of 2020 during a global pandemic. They had a lot of announcements spread over various social media platforms that didn’t come together to […]
Harry Strohm never played an inning of baseball in the major leagues. The Kansas City, Missouri native spent the entirety of his career, all 25 seasons, in the affiliated minor leagues. His is the sort of career that isn’t really possible nowadays. Strohm played in an era where there were more opportunities in the affiliated […]
Imagine for a moment that you’re Teddy Stankiewicz. You’re riding high on the wave of leading the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions to the 2020 Chinese Professional Baseball League championship. You’ve spent two winters in Mexico and the Dominican Republic as well as two summers in Taiwan showing that you are one of the best pitchers in […]