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Albert Almora Jr. makes a catch in the Wrigley Field outfield.
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The Slow Failure of Albert Almora Jr.

The state of Albert Almora Jr.’s 2019 campaign, if not his whole career, can be summed up in the experience of writing this article. I initially wanted to write about how odd it was that a talented contender like this years Chicago Cubs would continue to trot out a below replacement level player as much […]

Posted on August 20, 2019August 27, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 08-19-2019

Daniel R. Epstein – FanGraphs: Women’s baseball is important, as is its history. To understand why women’s baseball is in its current state you need to understand the journey of women’s baseball. It is baseball in every way, no matter how many people try to place baseball as a men’s game. There have been ebbs […]

Posted on August 19, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Harry Howell poses for a picture.
Bridging the Two-Way Gap

Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Harry Howell

Harry Howell had been in the major leagues for three seasons as a pitcher before he jumped on the two-way train. His OPS+ of 114 in 49 plate appearances with the Brooklyn Superbas may have been a small sample but it still gave the Baltimore Orioles the ammunition they needed to take a decent pitcher […]

Posted on August 16, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Cover of The Cooperstown Casebook by Jay Jaffe.
A Trip to the Library

A Trip to the Library: The Cooperstown Casebook

My issues with the National Baseball Hall of Fame have been well documented on this site. Those views haven’t changed, but I am a fan of Jay Jaffe’s writing for FanGraphs, and that made his book The Cooperstown Casebook an easy grab while perusing a local Half Price Books a few months back. I knew […]

Posted on August 15, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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The Good and Bad of Sabermetrics

The question of to win or not to win is a common refrain in baseball. Speaking of Major League Baseball teams specifically, the desire for control of players has become more important than winning. This, of course, grows out of the sabermetric movement to find the true value in baseball players. At least it is […]

Posted on August 14, 2019August 27, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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