This post is for voting and discussion in the 110th round of balloting for the Circle of Greats (COG). This round adds to the list of candidates eligible to receive your votes those players born in 1878 and 1879. Rules and lists are after the jump.
Wednesday’s final game of the ALDS between Toronto and Texas, particularly the bizarre happenings in the 7th inning, has the makings of a legendary post-season contest. While it has been said that there hasn’t been a post-season game like it before and probably won’t be again, there are more than passing similarities to another October game from a number of years ago, 98 to be exact.
More after the jump on a weird Wednesday in Toronto, and another odd game many Octobers ago.
I made a woodcut T206 Honus Wagner replica. I’m considering making a limited number of these available. Interested? What do you think is a fair price? This is a single solid piece of wood, stained and then cut to make the reveal.
Hi folks.
Sorry for the site outage. I don’t know the cause but our ISP has fixed things.
Going forward, we are going to change some things here. Within the week, I will be changing to a new streamlined theme that will eliminate ads and other bells and whistles that slow things down.
Without ads, the site will no longer pay for itself. If someone has a good no-cost hosting option, please let me know. Otherwise, I’ll have to revisit options down the road to cover costs.
In the next several months, I will be adding new writers to the site. These will be different voices than we’ve heard from in the past and should lead to some new interesting conversations.
Sorry again and thanks for your patience.
Following up from yesterday’s post on the AL, here’s an NL team-by-team rundown of statistical tidbits from the 2015 season.
More after the jump.
We all know the outcome of a playoff series is a random enough event that it’s pointless to spend 15+ hours building a model to predict the winners. So I spent 15+ hours last week building a model to predict the winners. It’s based on fangraphs’ Runs Above Replacement for pitchers and Runs Above Average for hitters, fielders, and baserunners. More after the jump.
With a few days before the “real” post-season begins (somehow, the wild card games still seem like game 163 to me), here’s a look back at the season that was, team by team. I’m guessing there may be a few surprises along the way.
More after the jump.
This post is for voting and discussion in the 109th round of balloting for the Circle of Greats (COG). This round adds to the list of candidates eligible to receive your votes those players born in 1880. Rules and lists are after the jump.
His election was delayed a few voting rounds but was never in doubt. As its 106th inductee, the Circle of Greats welcomes Grover Cleveland Alexander, the National League’s all-time pitching WAR leader. Alexander is also the career leader in the senior circuit in Wins (tied with Christy Mathewson) and Shutouts, and the modern era leader in Complete Games. In a career of twenty seasons, Alexander logged over 5000 IP and faced almost 21,000 batters, both second in the NL only to Warren Spahn in the modern era. More on Alexander after the jump.
This post is for voting and discussion in the 108th round of balloting for the Circle of Greats (COG). This round adds to the list of candidates eligible to receive your votes those players born in 1881 and 1882. Rules and lists are after the jump.