Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Last week the Atlantic League made baseball headlines when the Wild Health Genomes selected Alexis Hopkins with the eighth pick of the 2022 ALPB Player Draft. What made the selection headlines is that Alexis Hopkins is a woman. That fact led to a lot of headlines, and while well-intentioned most of those headlines buried two […]
The Australian Baseball League canceled its 2021-2022 season, but a few ABL clubs weren’t content with taking the season off. The Melbourne Challenge is a result of the Melbourne Aces wanting to play baseball this winter and play baseball they have. It’s a circus league, which for those not familiar is not a bad thing. […]
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 […]
Tyler Kepner – The New York Times: Tim Anderson is everything that is right with baseball. The game needs more bright, energetic, and emotional stars like Anderson. Those who can’t deal with the emotion he displays are victims of playing the game the wrong way. Baseball is, after all, a game and games carry plenty […]
No one cares. It’s a harsh statement to make, but an honest one. It’s also a statement that I have to remind myself of based on what I have chosen to write about. I’m not referencing unaffiliated baseball this time, though it is true that the great majority do not care about that baseball either. […]