Slightly Better than Replacement Level
I absolutely love the ridiculousness of professional baseball. It’s a sport, sure, but it is also a professional endeavor. It’s something that grown adults are partaking in so that they can make money, build a career, live their lives, etc. Yet, at the same time, professional baseball is home to events and happenings that are […]
Doosan Bears signed LHP Aríel Miranda to a 1-year, $550,000 contract The Bears lost in game 6 of the 2020 Korean Series. As soon as the game was over the Bears were well aware that they were more than likely to lose their staff ace, Chris Flexen, to the big leagues. Even without losing Flexen, […]
Early on in the Chinese Professional Baseball League season, Aríel Miranda was the talk of the league. He came into the CPBL and set the league on fire. His approach was more straight forward than most foreign pitchers and the idea of a big dude getting guys out while pumping heat was easy to buy […]
I’m not a gamer, I never considered myself one. That’s not to say that I don’t partake in my fair share of video games. I most decidedly do, but they tend to be from one specific genre, fighting games. It’s not that I’m the best at them, nor do I ever dare compete competitively. As […]
Those of us who have been covering and following the Chinese Professional Baseball League for some time now like to refer to the league as our hidden sports league. The reason being that among larger professional baseball leagues the CPBL has remained somewhat forgotten even for those who cover unaffiliated leagues. The lone exception to […]