Being a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan and living in Illinois for most of my life until my recent move to Milwaukee I tend to be privy to more Cubs stuff than any other team. That means that even though I’ve written a bunch about the Cubs lately I’m about to write about them one more […]
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The Fun of Baseball
In lieu of an opening paragraph, I’m going to present you a simple image, one of pure unadulterated joy and then we will continue from there, The clip speaks for itself, no sound needed whatsoever. To be honest I shouldn’t be required to prattle on about the clip either. It’s Nicholas Castellanos celebrating like a […]
Succeeding in NPB
One of the ideas often put forth in baseball circles is that going from Major League Baseball to Nippon Professional Baseball will result in instant success. The general context behind this idea is that MLB players are so good that even those MLB players who can no longer cut it in that league will excel […]
This Week in Baseball: 08-26-2019
Stephen J. Nesbitt – The Athletic ($): Baseball is a game, a distinction that should carry nary a single negative connotation. Major League Baseball is a business, but at the end of the day, its players are playing a game. That means it’s fun, what they do is fun, and us watching them do their […]
Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Johnny Cooney
If not for a 1922 demotion to the A-level New Haven ball club (As a reminder, I don’t use racist team names on this site so if you want to know the actual name you will need to look it up yourself) Johnny Cooney may never have spread his two-way wings. Though he spent his […]