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Baseball Remembers: Vic Raschi
Vic Raschi deserves to be remembered, if only because the fireballing native of Springfield, MA, home of the main armory where rifles were made for the…
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Bad Decisions: The 1980 NL Rookie of the Year
For a while in the 1970s and 80s, it became sort of a thing to talk about how remarkable the Dodger farm system was. “Their whole infield is homegrown…
Sep 20
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Educating Twitter: Justin Turner, Hall of Famer?
I’m going to make this one pretty short and sweet: No, Justin Turner would not “probably be a Hall-of-Famer” if he’d been given “a fair shot at playing…
Sep 19
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Character Letters
One would imagine that the recent controversy involving a certain Hollywood celebrity being convicted of terrible crimes, and certain other Hollywood…
Sep 18
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Friday Stuff
Monday While doing research for my book (coming to you in 2024 from McFarland Publishers!!), I came across the story of Bill Bevens, and his near…
Sep 15
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Baseball Remembers: Henry Kimbro
It’s difficult to quantify how good Henry Kimbro was. He played in the Negro Leagues, and statistics weren’t kept in the same way they were in the White…
Sep 14
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Bad Decisions: Trading Dennis Eckersley
On June 4, 1977, in a game at the Kingdome against the expansion Seattle Mariners, Indians centerfielder Rick Manning was having a great night. He’d…
Sep 13
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Educating Twitter: No One "Robbed" Aaron Judge
I am but a mortal man. Like everyone, I have weaknesses. I eat food that isn’t good for me. I don’t floss as much as I should. I unfairly judge people…
Sep 12
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The World Series No-Hitter That Wasn't
Bill Bevens was hurting. Somewhere during that fourth game of the 1947 World Series, his pitching arm had started to hurt. It had never given him any…
Sep 11
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Friday Stuff
Monday We began the week with an ode to scorekeepers everywhere. One super awesome guy on Twitter re-posted it with the snarky, yet…
Sep 8
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Baseball Remembers: Ripper Collins
What a name, right? “Ripper.” I mentioned last week that we don’t have enough great nicknames anymore, and this is exactly what I’m talking about…
Sep 7
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Bad Decisions: Gutting the Phillies’ Farm
Before the 1982 season, the Philadelphia Phillies had an embarrassment of riches when it came to the shortstops in their system. Larry Bowa had been…
Sep 6
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