Slightly Better than Replacement Level
I’m sitting in my dining room on Friday morning recovering from my recent kidney stone surgery. I could be doing all kinds of things with my time, but thanks to a tweet from the always worthwhile WinterBall Data account I am perusing Junior Lake’s statistics. I really want to delve into his career, but I’m […]
Un punto constante que he encontrado de los historiadores del béisbol es que el declive de Cuba como potencia del béisbol comenzó alrededor de 1962. Hay una razón clara para este período de tiempo, el 7 de febrero de 1962, Estados Unidos promulgó su embargo total contra el país insular de Cuba. Al prohibir la […]
To start the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico season I will admit, I was highly concerned for Carlos Juan Viera. He was coming off of a rather dreadful showing in international play and the concern existed that his arm was just dead tired. As a Cuban ace, he pitches a lot every single year in Serie […]
Advertencia de contenido: violación, agresión sexual y abuso doméstico. Cuando entré por primera vez en el béisbol no afiliado, gravité hacia las principales ligas de México. Tenía sentido, tanto la Liga Mexicana de Béisbol de verano como la Liga Mexicana del Pacífico de invierno son ligas de alto nivel que están llenas de jugadores talentosos […]
These past few years have been pretty boring as a Hokkaido Nippon- Ham Fighters fan. Losing Shohei Ohtani was a big blow, but one that every Fighters fan knew was coming. Still, following his exit to the Major League Baseball ranks the team quickly entered the realm of cellar dweller. Outside of my Wang Po-jung […]