Slightly Better than Replacement Level
John Means’ recent no-hitter for the Baltimore Orioles is a great accomplishment, no doubt. It’s not something I’d usually reference or write about on this site, but in this case, Means’ wonderful accomplishment led to an even more fascinating revelation. Puerto Rican baseball historian Jorge Colón Delgado unleashed the gem below, There’s not much to […]
With the conclusion of the Serie Nacional de Béisbol playoffs, the 2020-2021 baseball season officially came to an end. While a lot of fun baseball was played and there were many great accomplishments, the performance of one player stuck out more than anyone else. The amazing thing is, his accomplishments were much less than what […]
If one spends any amount of time scrolling through minor league statistics on Baseball Reference they quickly realize there are a lot of players with all-time great careers outside of Major League Baseball. I’m not even talking unaffiliated players, but rather those who spent most of their career in the affiliated minor leagues. There are […]
A new Chinese Professional Baseball League season hasn’t truly kicked off until this site has written about one specific player. This isn’t the only time I, or the site, will write about this player, but until I’ve published an article on Mike Loree everything else is eyewash. We’re now 30 games into the 2021 CPBL […]
As a long-time Chicago Cubs fan I was able to witness both of Jon Lester’s famous throw his glove to first base plays live as they happened. When the first happened I thought to myself, “Wow, how crazy is that.” When the second took place I wondered how many more times such a play has […]