At this point in the Major League Baseball Season if I were to ask a group of people to name the best pitcher in the league I’d get a smattering of similar answers; Jacob DeGrom, Justin Verlander, Hyun-jin Ryu, Blake Snell, Max Scherzer, etc. All of those guys would be great picks and they are […]
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The Machine is Already Broken
Ever since the moment I finished reading The Only Rule Is It Has to Work I knew that it was my favorite baseball book I’d ever read. It approached the game of baseball in a way I can relate to and asked the questions that I want to see asked when it comes to strategy […]
A Trip to the Library: The Soul of Baseball
Writing a book about Buck O’Neil couldn’t have been an easy task. The author of The Soul of Baseball, Joe Posnanski, spent an entire year with Buck and came away with countless stories to relate to his readers. All it takes is watching one interview with Buck to know that any time spent with him […]
This Week in Baseball: 06-10-2019
Jesse Dougherty – The Washington Post: When people refer to America as a melting pot I tend to roll my eyes. It’s a phrase that gnaws at me for no other reason than it is very cliche. There is truth in that phrase, cliche-ridden or not. Baseball in America is truly the embodiment of the […]
Bridging the Two-Way Gap: George Sisler
Long before his 1922 season as the American League Most Valuable Player playing first base for the St. Louis Browns George Sisler spent time as a two-way player. Well, he spent one season as a dedicated two-way player and followed that year up with sporadic pitching appearances until 1928. But, for one year the Browns […]