Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Background Northwestern Medicine Field was constructed in 1991 and its 10,923-seat capacity is the largest among United States-based unaffiliated teams. The Geneva, Illinois ballpark was originally known as Kane County Events Park, then in 1993 changed its name to Philip B. Elfstrom Stadium, only to change its name yet again in 2012 to Fifth Third […]
I’m going to keep this short and sweet, I haven’t been around at all lately. Who knew that finishing your Bachelor’s while also having a family, a full-time job, and three part-time gigs would cut into one’s ability to watch and write about baseball? I had intended to keep writing, but as my workload piled […]
What did it take to finally get me to write something for the site again? I wish I could say that it was because I am done with college and will be back to writing all time time. Alas, the reality is that I finished up the final semester for my Associate’s Degree early and […]
Max Murphy is a player I’ve known about for a few years now. He first came to my attention when he was with the, still unaffiliated at the time, St. Paul Saints. It’s not hard to get my attention when you’re a decent power hitter on what was then my favorite team in unaffiliated baseball. […]
After seven seasons Jake Skole found himself out of affiliated baseball in 2016. He was done with baseball when he stepped off the field for the Tampa Yankees of the Florida State League that season. Fast forward to 2021, Skole found himself back playing professional baseball with the Gastonia Honey Hunters of the Atlantic League. […]