Allison McCague – Baseball Prospectus ($): Whether you call it the Houston Plan, the Manfred Plan, or some other iteration makes no difference when it comes to Major League Baseball’s proposal to eliminate 42 Minor League Baseball teams. What does matter is that it is a terribly thought out plan that is choosing short term […]
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Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Cy Seymour
In the 1890s two-way play was just a thing that happened. That’s not to say that it was extremely commonplace, but if you could swing a bat and throw a baseball you could play both ways if you so desired. That’s how baseball ended up with players like Cy Seymour. If they played great or […]
The Right Chemistry
Reading this site it is clear that there is a sabermetric bent. I run this site by myself, don’t tell Zoo and Franny that, and enjoy digging as deep as I can into not just the results we see on a baseball field or a stat sheet but also why those results came about. I’m […]
Top Threads Tournament: LBPRC Semifinals
The Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente wild card game didn’t prove to be much of a contest as Gigantes de Carolina manhandled Atenienses de Manatí to advance to the semifinals. LBPRC Wild Card Game The three teams that received wild car byes now enter the fray. Voting remains the same, with the winners meeting […]
This Week in Baseball: 11-25-2019
Craig Edwards – FanGraphs: Major League Baseball is less competitive than it has been in a long time, maybe even ever. This is a big problem, one of the biggest problems facing MLB today. People watch sports to see competition and if that competition is not present then they eventually tune out and often never […]