I dunno. No one cares what I think, and I sure won't change anything by complaining. But I haven't been to an MLB game since they started tinkering with all this kind of thing during the Covid panic. I guess I might still go; I'd like to finish visiting all the teams in their home parks with my dad. Minor league baseball is fun, but it's hard not to feel like the game I loved is too much changed.
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Baseball and Maps
To that end then I've made a couple maps. They're not complete and I put them together myself, so if you spot any errors I'd be grateful for corrections. Both maps are still works in progress.
The Greatest Hitter of All-Time
Lots of folks have a dog in this fight. Bonds jacked more homers than anyone else. Ruth was a monster from both the mound and the batter's box. Williams got on base nearly half the times he stepped to the plate. Rose made more trips to first than anyone else. Cobb had a better batting … Continue reading The Greatest Hitter of All-Time
Super Bowls, Quarterbacks, and Alternate Universes
There is no question that the most influential player on most football teams is the quarterback. That is to say, the player at that position has the greatest effect on the outcome of the game. As a consequence, people talk about QB wins and losses, much as they talk about pitching wins and losses in … Continue reading Super Bowls, Quarterbacks, and Alternate Universes
2020 Baseball Hall of Fame Vote
It doesn't seem to be getting quite the buzz that it has in previous years, though there are still some interesting facets to the coming vote for the next class to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame. First, if you're interested in how things are going and are likely to go, you need to go … Continue reading 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame Vote
The Unremembered Greatness of A-Rod
Maybe it's just me. I don't consume a lot of baseball media, but it doesn't seem like he enters conversations about great home run hitters very often. This impression of mine might also result from the fact I'm not a fan of his. I have called him Pay-Rod and Pay-Roid. I've booed him in Seattle … Continue reading The Unremembered Greatness of A-Rod
BR Play Index Search: Walks
So I spent a few bucks and renewed my subscription to the Baseball Reference Play Index that I'd let lapse a few years back. It's not that expensive, but it is a frivolous item for me since I don't do anything at all professionally related to baseball. It's a lot of fun though. So, starting … Continue reading BR Play Index Search: Walks
Hall of Fame Players
How many Hall of Famers are playing baseball right now? The pedantic answer is "none". You can't officially be a Hall of Fame baseball player until at least 5 years after retirement. (Unless you're dead, in which case an exception can be made.) But clearly there must be some. Barring injury or other dramatic change, … Continue reading Hall of Fame Players
World Baseball Snooze
Why don't I (and most US baseball fans, I suspect) care about the World Baseball Classic? Because the US isn't really fielding a proper national team. We get the best baseball in the world from April to October and so sending the best US players to the WBC wouldn't really make a lot of sense … Continue reading World Baseball Snooze
Baseball Cards and Fine Art
Prufrock (if you're not subscribed, you're ill-informed) linked to a piece in the New York Times last week about vast quantities of fine that are locked away in storage in free ports around the world. (If you want to know more about that or what a "free port" is, I commend the article to you.) The … Continue reading Baseball Cards and Fine Art
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