The Lexington Legends signed 1B/DH-L Keon Barnum to an unknown contract The Lexington Legends spent the past two weeks announcing a slew of signings. Pretty much all of them came and went and didn’t truly register on my radar. Sure, they could turn out great, but none of them were what they unleashed the other […]
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Three Batter Minimum: Mascots
If there’s one thing in the baseball world I would think we could all agree on it would be mascots. Yet, every once in a while I come across someone who is very much in the anti-mascot camp. I do not claim to understand these people, nor do I really want to understand them. I […]
Baseball Beyond MLB: David Espinosa
So far I have used this column to highlight all-time great careers that were worthy of more notoriety. People who excelled outside of Major League Baseball at such a high level that not only should their careers be well remembered but they should be considered among baseball’s elite. There are plenty more players like that […]
Three Batter Minimum: Her First Game
It recently dawned on me that due to various circumstances, like the Coronavirus, this summer may be the first time I take my youngest daughter to a baseball game. I hadn’t given this much thought, but when trying to plan out some summer activities the other day I realized, “Man, I may actually be able […]
It’s All in the Name
This is a short and sweet update. It’s been a while since I made my initial post about my personal policy, as well as the general policy at Words Above Replacement, regarding racist team names. To keep it simple, I don’t use them and the site doesn’t use them. This policy isn’t going to change […]