Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Para ser honesto, aprecio las muestras de pequeña factura en el béisbol, pero estaba pensando no arrojarme sobre esto debido a que me parecía demasiado temprano: ¿El cubano José Miguel Fernández entró a este lunes por la noche golpeando .500 luego de sus primeras 81 apariciones en home en la KBO? ¡Eso suena increíble! Con […]
To be honest, while I appreciate small sample sizes in baseball, it seemed too early to jump on this one: The Cuban player José Miguel Fernández is hitting .500 after his first 81 home appearances in the Korea Baseball Organization. That sounded amazing! With the Doosan Bears going 10-7, Fernández, 32, has 36 hits in […]
A topic I often return to in all my baseball writing is my amazement at the global nature of the professional game. No matter what is going on in the baseball world I am consistently fascinated and impressed by how far the professional game has grown in even the short time I have been a […]
About the only disappointing aspect of Lin An-Ko’s 2020 season is that the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions have opted not to use him as a two-way player. Oh, how nice it would be if they had decided to go down that route and he was dominating opposing hitters on the mound and frustrating opposing pitchers at […]
On June 10th there will be professional baseball in America. It won’t come from Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball. Nor will one of the major independent leagues such as the Atlantic League or American Association be playing. Rather, the four-team United Shore Professional Baseball League will hold it’s Opening Day. Get ready for […]