Slightly Better than Replacement Level
It’s safe to say that most folks have become rather numb to the effects of the Coronavirus on professional baseball. We reached a fatigue point somewhere during the 2020 season and I honestly don’t believe most fans, and even pundits covering the sport, came back from that fatigue. For most, COVID is just a thing […]
Background Located in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin suburb of Franklin, the easily named Franklin Field has been in operation since 2019. That year the park was known as Routine Field and after an ugly legal spat over naming rights, the ballpark was briefly known as Milkmen Stadium during the off-season before officially becoming Franklin Field for […]
It’s been a while since I published one of these columns. For the uninitiated, what will follow this introduction are quick bite-sized glances at players of note in the American Association. We’ve reached the stage of the AA season where we can take a quick look at some players who have stood out from the […]
For the most part, the unaffiliated baseball world is a very organized one. The years of it being this wild and crazy place where surprising stuff happens all the time ended long ago. They play professional baseball, the same as the affiliated leagues. There’s nothing truly zany about the way unaffiliated baseball leagues and teams […]
If you had told me a few years ago that I would be spending an hour poring over the Liga Colombiana de Béisbol Profesional website so I could scan through box scores and get accurate stats for a player I’d have called you crazy. Fast forward to the present and I’m finally able to write […]