Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Every so often you start reading a book and realize very quickly, “Yeah man, this is my jam!” The book in question resonates with you from the very onset and that resonation only grows stronger the deeper into the book you get. Finally, you finish the book and you wish there were more pages for […]
In the next month, I should have a review on the site of Rob Ruck’s Raceball. The short version of the review is that it is one of the best books on baseball I have ever read. While all of it has been interesting and thought-provoking there was one issue that was touched upon that […]
In professional wrestling there has been a tried and true tag team formula for years now; the compatriots. Sometimes this means two partners from the same nation who play into their patriotism, while at others it means two partners from separate countries who play into a weird sort of joint patriotism. More often than not […]
Raúl Valdés last pitched in Major League Baseball in 2014. To most that would mean his career ended on that day. They would tell you that he never panned out despite high hopes when he left Cuba in 2001. Those same people would wonder why someone like Valdés is being written or talked about. With […]
For a few years now I have made the argument that the best second baseman in all of baseball wasn’t José Altuve, Ozzie Albies, or anyone playing Major League Baseball. The best second baseman in baseball for some time now has been the Tokyo Yakult Swallows’, Tetsuto Yamada. He still holds that title, and I […]