Slightly Better than Replacement Level
There were two-way players before Babe Ruth. A quick look at the Deadball Era reveals a number of short-lived two-way players. Some were experiments, some were actual strategic moves, and others were larks and nothing more. For some players, they underwent a transitional period. During this period they would see time on the other side […]
In my heart of hearts, I like to believe that Al Maul was given the nickname “Smiling” as some sort of inside joke. With a last name like Maul he had to be a killer, is what I tell myself when I think of the lost opportunities when it came to the Philadelphia natives nickname. […]
For a few years, I was lucky enough to consider myself among the burgeoning number of fans who were falling in love with Shohei Ohtani. Nowadays everyone, sans New York Yankees fans, is in love with the slugging flamethrower. That’s good though because they should be; Ohtani is awesome, and really all that is good […]