Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Figuring out the best team in the history of Cuban baseball often leads to a heated debate. Baseball in Cuba has been played for well over a century and there are a handful, if not more, of teams who fans will ardently support in any sort of contest to determine who had the best team […]
In baseball, we tend to focus on the major leagues. The vast majority of baseball fans care about the major leagues and major leagues only. The recent announcement by Major League Baseball that they were granting major league status to the Negro Leagues greatly affects the stats and history of the game for those whose […]
Last Wednesday Rob Manfred announced that Major League Baseball would recognize the Negro Leagues as major leagues. Those who have been reading this site in its almost two-year existence know that I have long championed that the Negro major leagues were in fact, major leagues. An announcement from MLB wasn’t needed for them to be […]
Turning on my phone, laptop, or television and watching a baseball game is nothing new. It is an act that I do on an almost daily basis all year round. Most times my biggest concern is whether I will be able to watch the whole game I am seeking out while other days it is […]
As the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Nacional season has rolled along it has become crystal clear that Tren del Norte de Real Estelí are the cream of the crop. They came out of the gate hot, and they’ve never really let up. As I type this the Tren are in the middle of a 10-game […]