Slightly Better than Replacement Level
When people hear 868 home runs they know that the subject at hand is Sadaharu Oh and his all-time professional home run record. It’s always struck me as a bit sad that we limit Oh to only 868 home runs, he did after all hit many more home runs in the Central League playoffs and […]
I’ve often wanted to write about Dennis Sarfate, but the time has never been quite right. I wasn’t writing about baseball during his affiliated years, nor had I switched to mainly covering unaffiliated baseball when he finally found success in Nippon Professional Baseball. Once I realized that players like Sarfate were the ones I wanted […]
For months now people have been crying about baseball coming back. We all know that they really meant Major League Baseball and not baseball in general. Well, it’s time for people to admit that MLB is in the middle of a justifiable labor dispute and there may not be an MLB season this year. Even […]
Gordon Wittenmyer – Chicago Sun-Times: The Ricketts family can’t stop putting themselves into hot water. The solution for the Chicago Cubs’ owners is simple, stop being racist. Time and again they are simply unable to stop letting their racist colors fly. Whether it’s father Joe’s litany of racist emails or son Pete’s “you people” comments, […]
J.J. Cooper – Baseball America ($): We’ve known all along that The Houston Plan would become reality. It’s still sad to reach the point where reports are signaling that 42 Minor League Baseball teams are about to be contracted. It’s sad because baseball is part of the fabric of our lives. Not Major League Baseball […]