I was noodling around with the Play Index and did a search for batters who hit 20 or more HRs in their first season in the bigs, but restricted it to players who debuted at age 30 or older. I figured there couldn't be too many since anyone capable of hitting 20 HRs at the … Continue reading Old Rookies
Day: August 8, 2007
Baseball
I found an interesting baseball game where Nolan Ryan pitched 8 innings without giving up an earned run, struck out 11 and still lost the game 1-0. Interesting as that is by itself, the run was scored in the fourth inning when, after walking the first batter, Ryan managed to pick him off but an … Continue reading Baseball
Caught up!
Okay, so I don't have a post for today up yet, but that's okay. It will be here later this evening. But now I have posts for all the days I missed and I'm gonna put them in just a minute. I will endeavor not to fall so far behind again. Apologies and all that.
Okay, okay, this one isn’t out of use.
It is unusual and probably used infrequently, but it would be considered modern and correct to use it, even if perhaps a bit technical. There is another word which means the opposite which is just as fun. We won't get to that (if ever) for years and years though. And it's our first geographical word. … Continue reading Okay, okay, this one isn’t out of use.
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