Bob Wicker is not a baseball name that should stand out to anyone. He spent a few seasons in affiliated ball as a capable pitcher who never exactly overwhelmed. He missed out on the Chicago Cubs late 1900s run of glory by one season and only spent 6 years in the major leagues, with only […]
Tag: minor league baseball
This Week in Baseball: 09-16-2019
Ken Schultz – Outsports: Baseball is about community and it’s important that we make all valued members of the baseball community feel welcome. Pride Days are only a start, it matters more what teams do in-between Pride Days. Still, that start is very important, because without the LGBTQ+ community there is no baseball community. It’s […]
Where Have You Gone, La Tortuga?
The world moves fast, this is as true now as it ever has been. It is for that reason that I like to occasionally slow down and enjoy something. Because of my proclivity for watching unaffiliated baseball more often than not that means some discarded affiliated ballplayer. Sometimes that can mean a player still in […]
For Want of a Highlight
If you’re a baseball fan like me that means you utilize social media as your main method of keeping track of the comings and goings of the baseball you care about. For many of us, the days of opening the morning paper and scrolling through the day’s box scores are a thing of the past. […]
This Week in Baseball: 08-05-2019
Spring Marie Cullen – Baseball Prospectus ($): I grew up playing baseball, and I faced some hazing thanks to being a bigger kid. Any hazing or hard times I ever received paled in comparison next to the grief given to the few girls I played with. It didn’t matter how good they were or how […]