Hace tiempo que he postergado la redacción de un artículo de análisis de transacciones sobre el fichaje de César Prieto con los Olmecas de Tabasco de la Liga Mexicana de Béisbol. No dejaba de decirme que tenía mucho tiempo para hacerlo, sobre todo cuando se anunció que Prieto llegaría tarde a su nuevo club gracias […]
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César Prieto is America Bound
For some time now I have been putting off writing a Transaction Analysis article on César Prieto signing with Olmecas de Tabasco of Liga Mexicana de Béisbol. I kept telling myself I had plenty of time to get to it, especially when it was announced that Prieto would be late in joining his new club […]
A Trip to the Library: Bart: A Life of A. Bartlett Giamatti
It has been some time since I have stumbled across a baseball book that made me question its existence. There have been some books that were bad, some that were misguided or without focus. There have been books that lacked purpose or were written poorly. Not until Bart: A Life of A. Bartlett Giamatti did […]
Thompson Family Pro Baseball Map Journey: #1, American Family Field
For those unaware, and I think that means most of you, I recently got married. My wife’s wedding gift to me was a wood-engraved map of America. It’s not just any map, mind you, it’s a baseball map. What is a baseball map, well, a baseball map is a blank slate for my wife and […]
How MLB Views Baseball
Recently I was listening to the This Week in Baseball History podcast. TWiBH is one of my favorite baseball-related podcasts so it’s not surprising that I was listening to an episode. The guest for this particular episode was Mike Petriello of MLB.com fame. He was on the pod to talk about the stats-driven broadcasts of […]