Slightly Better than Replacement Level
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 […]
Last year Cam Vale, Chief Executive Office of Baseball Australia and the Australian Baseball League, spearheaded a fundraising campaign for an Australian women’s professional baseball league. The goal was to raise enough money to supplement any government funds and for Australia to join Japan as only the second country with an active professional women’s baseball […]
I’ve long ago given up trying to figure out who Major League Baseball deems worthy of playing in their member clubs and who they refuse to allow through their gates. There’s really no rhyme or reason behind why some players stick, some earn second chances, and others don’t warrant even a glance despite their results. […]
Nelson Figueroa’s Major League Baseball career was long, but not exactly noteworthy. He spent nine seasons in MLB and by the time he was finished had amassed a career 92 ERA+ and 2.7 rWAR. Like I said, not exactly noteworthy, but Figueroa’s professional baseball career did not begin in 2000 and it did not end […]
For the past few years, a part of baseball has been gnawing away at me. I’ve tried to stifle it, to lock it away and ignore that it is calling to me. Alas, I am weak and keep getting into discussions and arguments related to this part of baseball. I’m not referring to anything torrid […]