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The 10 Not-to-Be Forgotten Plays of the Postseason
Trevor Rosenthal had two saves in the 2014 NLDS, but they weren’t easy. (via Keith Allison) Five years from now, when we think back on the 2014 postseason, we’ll remember Madison Bumgarner. His...
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Digging for Diamonds
SABR President Vince Gennaro created the Diamond Dollars Baseball Analytics Case Competition. (via The SABR Office)NEW YORK — What Hunter Gilbertson wants—and what his New York University analytics...
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A Baseball First Echoes Its Past
Six days ago, this ballpark was empty for a MLB game. (via Keith Allison)No one was taken out to the ballgame in Baltimore last Wednesday. No peanuts, no Cracker Jack and no one rooting for the home...
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On the Genealogy of Trades, Part I
Back in the day, minor-league teams used to make their own trades. (via Jason Prickett) Remember the old joke about the Unitarian who dies and on the way to heaven comes to a fork in the road? Pointing...
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Card Corner Plus: The Superstitious Life of Mike Cuellar
Mike Cuellar won a share of the 1969 AL Cy Young Award.Even a quick glance at Mike Cuellar’s 1975 Topps card reveals the face of a hardened, grizzled veteran. The extreme close-up gives us a good look...
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The First Day of Designated Hitting
Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda was the Red Sox’s first designated hitter. (via Ruben Stein)In January of 1973, the franchise owners of American League teams voted 8-4 to institute rule 6.10, allowing a...
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Which Teams’ Positions Have Gone All-Star-Less?
Surprisingly, Nick Markakis was never an All-Star in Baltimore. (via Keith Allison) This year’s All-Star Game didn’t, in the end, descend into full Kansas City Royals madness, as was threatened by...
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The Physics of Which Way the Wind Blows
AT&T Park has seen its wind decrease since 2007. It’s no Candlestick Park. (via Eric Molina)I wrote about the wind in the newly remodeled Wrigley Field a while back. In that article I examined not...
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The Most Fun, Shareable Moments of 2015
Andrew McCutchen had, easily, one of the coolest player-fan moments of the 2015 season. (via Blackngold29)One of my favorite things about baseball is that regardless of how long you’ve watched the...
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Diamond Jim Gentile’s 24-Karat Season
Jim Gentile was great in 1961 at Memorial Stadium, socking 16 homers with a .989 OPS. (via Paul W)What can you say when an MVP-type season fails to secure you the prize? What can you say when such a...
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Dexter Fowler, Casey Close, Collusion and the Value of Information
Dexter Fowler was reportedly an Oriole before deciding to re-sign with the Cubs. (via screenshot) Back in February, everybody thought Dexter Fowler was going to sign with the Baltimore Orioles on a...
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Why Are Ground Balls Hit?
Zach Britton is, without question, baseball’s best ground ball pitcher. (via kowarski) Zach Britton is MLB’s best groundball pitcher. His groundball rates in each of the past two years—twice eclipsing...
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The Orioles’ First Dynasty
Jimmy Walsh had a late-career resurgence to help the Orioles’ first dynasty. (via Public Domain) What does the phrase “Oriole dynasty” signify to you? You might think of the late 1960s through the...
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The Pyramid Rating System All-Time League and the All-Time Baltimore Orioles
Earl Weaver was the easy selection to be the manager of the all-time Orioles. (via Keith Allison) As mentioned in my first article here last year, one of the side projects I have done with the Pyramid...
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The Iron Man In Baseball
Cal Ripken Jr’s. streak is one that will likely never be broken. (via Hettepop) Since the inception of professional sports, we have records of athletes participating in games and representing teams. In...
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The Top 10 Plays of 2016 According to Championship WPA
Hanley Ramirez had 2016’s highest cWPA on Sept. 15.(via Arturo Pardavila III) In a recent “Hey Bill” response on his website, Bill James said this about the difficulty of taking in the events of the...
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The Pyramid Rating System’s 2016 Season Update
Nolan Arenado is now the best third baseman in Rockies’ franchise history. (via Jennifer Linnea) Paul Moehringer’s Pyramid Rating System & All-Time Teams Aug. 27, 2015: The Pyramid Rating System:...
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On Players’ and Coaches’ Skepticism of Defensive Metrics
Kevin Kiermaier is one of MLB’s best defenders, whether he believes the metrics or not. (via Arturo Pardavila III) Kevin Pillar led major league center fielders during the 2016 season in defensive runs...
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Question: What Would We Name the Team Today?
The Seattle Salty Dogs has a good ring to it. (via Chelsea Nesvig)Some team names are absurdities, so ill-suited to their cities that they seem like jokes or blunders. Hi there, Pittsburgh Pirates!...
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The Kings of Pain
Some seasons are more painful than others. (via John LaRue)Much was made of baseball’s championship droughts in 2016. That was the case all season long because of the Chicago Cubs’ success, but the...
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