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Hat Stealing Umpire – 1967 World Series

by David March 31, 2012 Baseball Randomness

Last week I was watching one of the quarterfinals episodes of Baseball IQ that had aired on MLB Network.  (If you missed it, this show pitted a representative of each MLB team plus one from MLB.com and the Hall of Fame in a single elimination trivia tournament that raised money for each team’s charity.)  Rather [...]

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Declaring WAR on Clayton Kershaw’s 2011

by David March 25, 2012 Sabermetrics

One of baseball’s most distinguishing traits is the enormous number of statistics available from eras new and old.  If you are so inclined, you can find information and stats on just about any season, team, and player since professional baseball became a thing in the 1800s.  As a matter of fact, there is an entire [...]

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Viewing Clayton Kershaw’s 2011 with Sabermetrics and Traditional Stats

by David March 20, 2012 Sabermetrics

Pitching at any level of baseball is a constant test of physical and mental strength.  At the major league level, only the catcher sees a more demanding workload.  If you have pitched at any level, then you know of the continuous focus required to navigate a pitch, a batter, an inning, a lineup, a game, [...]

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Clayton Kershaw’s 2011 – Overview

by David March 5, 2012 Pitch F/X

If you were paying attention the last few seasons, it should have come as no surprise that Clayton Kershaw had the type of year he did in 2011. In each of his first three full big league seasons (2009-2011), the Dodgers’ left-handed starter has increased his season totals of strikeouts, innings pitched, and WAR. In [...]

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Pinch Hitting for Myself

by David February 28, 2012 Round Ball Round Bat

So this site has been on the DL for quite some time now. Probably one of those mysterious strained obliques that make their way around every big league clubhouse at some point in the season. It is now time for Round Ball, Round Bat to be put to use again. This time there will be [...]

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Baseball Road Trip: Game 13 in Cincinnati

by David September 25, 2009 Ballpark Reviews

The famous saying goes,”All good things must come to an end.”  Unfortunately, this was true for our trip of a lifetime.  Our final stop on this tour of America’s great ballparks brought us to Cincinnati and the Great American Ballpark.  This home of the Reds is situated right up against the Ohio River in downtown [...]

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Baseball Road Trip: Game 12 in Cleveland

by David August 10, 2009 Ballpark Reviews

Our second-to-last stop on this grand baseball trip was at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.  We had purchased our tickets ahead of time from the Indians’ website because it was Major League Monday complete with a Rick Vaughn bobblehead giveaway.  As it turns out, our good planning was unnecessary as there were plenty of good [...]

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Baseball Road Trip: Game 11 in Pittsburgh

by David July 7, 2009 Ballpark Reviews

Our stop in Pittsburgh was short and sweet.  We arrived just before first pitch and headed out of town after the game ended.  Such is life for us hard-core road trippers, but we were able to (mostly) enjoy PNC Park and the game between the Detroit Tigers and the host Pirates. This stop got off [...]

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Baseball Road Trip: Game 10 in Philadelphia

by David June 30, 2009 Ballpark Reviews

We followed up our visit to New York with a trip to the home of the defending World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies.  Yes, I do still harbor some hard feelings from last October when they ended the Dodgers’ playoff run, but we had to visit Citizens Bank Park since we were so close.  I now [...]

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Baseball Road Trip: Game 9 at the New Yankee Stadium

by David June 26, 2009 Ballpark Reviews

Our next stop brought us to baseball’s hallowed ground in the Bronx.  Well, we were next to what used to be hallowed ground.  Of course I am referring to the New Yankee Stadium. We timed our passage through New York perfectly as we caught the first installment of this season’s Subway Series – the first [...]

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