Slightly Better than Replacement Level
By the time he made affiliated baseball in 1952, Chet Brewer was already 45 years old. The former Negro Leaguer was chosen to be player-manager for the Riverside-Ensenada Comets who over the course of the season would become the Riverside-Porterville Comets and then just the Porterville Comets. Brewer was brought into the Southwestern International League […]
Like most readers of this website, I am eagerly anticipating the upcoming Serie del Caribe. Last year’s tournament was action-packed with lots of tense, great baseball. I expect much the same from this year’s tournament. That’s even with the news dropping last week that the winner of Serie Nacional de Béisbol will not be participating […]
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions signed RHP Donn Roach to a one-year, unknown dollar amount contract (Chinese Professional Baseball League teams do not always announce the amount they have spent on a free agent.) The desire for foreign pitchers in the CPBL is high. I say this because, well, it’s the only explanation for the Lions […]
Luis Torres – Beyond the Box Score: The Chicago White Sox signing Luis Roberts to an extension is great for the White Sox and for Roberts’ bank account right now. However, it’s also another example of the methods teams have implemented to try and manipulate a player’s service time. If Roberts ends up being the […]
That Smokey Joe Williams played in an era where he could easily be forgotten does not excuse actually forgetting him. The fact that Williams’ name almost never appears on any list of the greatest pitchers ever is a travesty. Yet, it’s all too easy to explain away the erasure of Williams from baseball lore. He […]