Slightly Better than Replacement Level
There is one constant whenever I am doing my research into the Negro Leagues. It’s not that all the players were black, because in actuality they weren’t. It’s not that the quality of play was always great, because honestly, there were some players, leagues, and teams that were pretty bad. No, the one constant over […]
Last week the first round of the Pacific Association bracket took place. The Vallejo Admirals won out over the Sonoma Stompers while the Napa Silverados easily handled the Salina Stockade. Because PACA is a five-team league the reigning league champions, the San Rafael Pacifics, received a bye until this round. To go along with that […]
Daniel R. Epstein – FanGraphs: I’d like to think that every single person who reads this website loves baseball in one way or another. We wouldn’t be here if not for that love. It’s that same love that leads us to write about baseball, agonize over it, scrutinize its warts, and keep playing even when […]
“I have no idea where to watch it,” is one of the most common refrains people have when discussing why they don’t watch unaffiliated leagues. I don’t particularly like that refrain, but after a few years of attempting to educate people on the availability of unaffiliated baseball streaming options, I realized I needed to try […]
I have no idea how good of a two-way player George Hunter was in 1908. He spent that season with the Nashville Volunteers of the Southern Association. The reason I don’t know and the reason no one really knows is that there are no pitching stats for Hunter in that season. We do know that […]